| 释义 |
iron-blue, a. and n.
a. adj. Of a blue colour like some kinds of iron or steel.
b. n. A blue colour like that of some iron; steel-blue; also (for iron-blue fly), a kind of fly used by anglers.
1697Dryden Virg. Past. ii. 67 The Daughters of the Flood have..set soft Hyacinths with Iron blue, To shade marsh Marigolds of shining Hue. 1787Best Angling (ed. 2) 113 The little Iron blue fly comes on about the seventh of May. 1897Daily News 27 July 8/1 That was an Iron Blue changing into a Jenny Spinner.
c. n. The pigment Prussian blue (Prussian a. 2).
1930A. W. C. Harrison Manuf. Lakes & Precipitated Pigments ix. 124 The term ‘iron blue’ covers a number of types and shades of ‘Prussian blues’. 1948S. F. Dimlich in W. von Fischer Paint & Varnish Technol. vi. 93 Iron blue is probably the most important blue pigment used by the paint industry. 1967Karch & Buber Offset Processes vii. 268 Iron blue (made in a number of shades, such as milori blue, bronze blue, prussian blue, etc.) is a chemical compound of iron. |