释义 |
ˈolive-ˌcoloured, a. = olive B: a. Olive-green, olivaceous; b. Dusky or brownish yellow.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage vi. xv. (1614) 656 The tawney Moore, blacke Negro,..oliue-coloured American, should with the whiter European become one sheepe-folde, under one greate Sheepheard. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 173 If that woman be olive-coloured or yellowish, with her black eyes. 1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 162 The large, smooth, olive-coloured Pinna. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 220 The complexion olive coloured, and the hair black. 1859Lang Wand. India 302 They were remarkably handsome birds, with..olive-coloured feathers on their backs. 1863Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 203 Hampered by liaisons with Hindoo women and by crowds of olive-coloured children. |