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单词 flesh-colour
释义 ˈflesh-colour
[f. flesh n. + colour.]
The colour of the flesh (of a ‘white’ human being) as seen through the skin; usually employed to denote a tint composed of ‘a light pink with a little yellow’ (O'Neill Dyeing 1862).
1611Cotgr., Baillet, a pale red, or flesh colour.1674J. Josselyn Voy. New Eng. 74 The flesh of it [water-melon] is of a flesh colour.1882Garden 15 July 58/2 Flowers of fine substance and form..flesh colour, suffused with pink.
b. attrib. or adj. = next.
1711Addison Spect. No. 13 ⁋3 He once gave him a Ripp in his flesh-colour Doublet.
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