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单词 cyan
释义

cyann.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪən/, /ˈsʌɪan/, U.S. /ˈsaɪən/, /ˈsaɪˌæn/
Etymology: Short for cyan-blue n.
= cyan-blue n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue
peacock colour1598
verditer1819
verdigris blue1832
robin's-egg blue1844
aquamarine1846
turquoise1853
verditer blue1857
bird's-egg blue1858
Alice1872
Nile blue1873
starch blue1875
cyan-blue1879
peacock1881
peacock blue1881
bird's egg1885
Gobelin blue1886
cyan1889
Nile1895
kingfisher1901
Alice blue1905
teal1923
aqua1936
teal blue1949
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1957 R. W. G. Hunt Reprod. Colour iv. 37 The colours of the dyes used are cyan, magenta, and yellow.
1964 Observer 22 Nov. 23/1 Pinkish lights would make the picture greenish-blue or cyan, the engineers' word for sickly green.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cyanv.

Brit. /kjɑːn/, U.S. /kjɑn/, Caribbean English /kjaːn/
Forms:

α. 1800s cyahn't (U.S. regional (Virginia)), 1800s cyan't (U.S. regional), 1800s– cyant, 1900s– cyaant, 1900s– keant, 1900s– kean't.

β. 1800s cyahn' (U.S. regional (Virginia), reflecting African-American usage), 1800s–1900s cyan' (U.S. regional, reflecting African-American usage), 1900s– cyaan, 1900s– cyahn, 1900s– cyan, 1900s– kyaan, 1900s– kyaang.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English can't.
Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation (with palatalization of the initial consonant) of can't (see Forms 2.a.(ii) and 2.c.(ii) at can v.1).In the β. forms with simplification of the final consonant cluster.
Originally U.S. regional. Now chiefly Caribbean.
‘Cannot’, ‘can't’. Cf. cyah v.
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1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman lvii. 287 I cyant write myself, but I'll give ye a resate on the crass wid me mark.
1884 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 476/1 You know I cyahn' read no letteh-writin'.
1901 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 June 4/2 ‘But you cyan wa-ak twenty miles, sab!’ ‘Can't I?’
1992 R. Monar High House & Radio 96 Nowadays, you cyaan trust some buddy.
2016 N. Dennis-Benn Here comes Sun iii. 46 I still cyan wrap my head 'round how yuh still single.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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