单词 | clair-de-lune |
释义 | clair-de-lunen. The colour of moonlight, a soft white or pale blue-grey, the shade which appears in the glaze of certain Chinese porcelains. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > bluish white milk-and-water1511 blue-white1787 clair-de-lune1877 1877 Young Ladies' Jrnl. 14 842/3 Bonnets embroidered with clare [sic] de lune beads. 1906 R. L. Hobson Porcelain 15 Lovely blue glazes, ranging from deep sky-blue to the palest clair de lune. 1954 E. Jenkins Tortoise & Hare ii. 21 Jars in clair-de-lune and blanc-de-Chine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1877 |
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