单词 | carroty |
释义 | carrotyadj. Like a carrot in colour, red; said of hair. Also, of persons: red-haired. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red redc1275 auburn1591 Abraham?1592 sorrel1600 Abram1602 sandy-coloured1661 carrot1671 carrot-coloured1684 Judas colour1695 carroty1696 sandy1734 gingery1844 Titian1863 gingerous1864 1696 J. Tutchin Pindarick Ode v. 18 Long was his Chin, and carotty his Beard. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 106 I have never met with any North-Briton, Dane, or any other, more carotty and freckled. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xiv. 106 I had parted with these carroty locks. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 27 Long, carroty hair. 1887 Daily News 9 Dec. 8/5 He was a tall, carroty man. 1912 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Heather Moon iii. 297 The plainest, oldest, and carrotiest of the three red-headed maids. 1947 W. S. Maugham Creatures of Circumstance 16 A shock of untidy carroty hair. Compounds carroty-haired, carroty-headed, carroty-polled. ΚΠ 1795 J. Wolcot Hair Powder in Wks. (1812) III. 285 Poor Carroty-polled Phyllis. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack viii. 42 A carroty-headed boy. 1856 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Bks. 251 That carroty-haired Angelica. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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