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单词 isabelline
释义 isabelline, a.|ɪzəˈbɛlɪn, -aɪn|
[f. prec. + -ine.]
Of an Isabella colour, greyish yellow.
isabelline bear: a variety of the Syrian bear, found in the Himalaya Mountains, of a yellowish-brown colour; the Indian white bear; cf. Isabella 3, quot. 1835.
1859Tristram in Ibis I. 430 The upper plumage of every bird, whether Lark, Chat, Sylvian, or Sand-grouse..is of one uniform isabelline or sand colour.1889Cornh. Mag. Mar. 307 The smaller denizens of the desert..must be quite uniformly isabelline or sand-coloured.1893Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 198 The face is of the same isabelline tint as the body.
b. Comb., as isabelline-hued.
1883Athenæum 15 Sept. 336/3 We turn with a sigh of relief to the old leather-covered, isabelline-hued copies of the angling patriarch.
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