| 释义 |
grey-blue, a. and n.
A. adj. Of a blue colour tinged with grey.
B. n. A grey-blue colour.
1888Quiver Sept. 827/1 Her keen grey-blue eyes. 1893Gunter Miss Dividends 263 He knows what those gray-blue lips mean. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 186 The more distant peaks were soft gray-blues and purple.
Hence grey-blue v., to make greyish-blue in hue.
1834Blackw. Mag. XXXV. 821 A hissing of red-hot iron, that loses none of its heat, though it grey-blues its colour. |