| 单词 | dead white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead white dead white n. (also dead-white) (a) flat or lustreless white; (b) absolute white; pure white; also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white all-whiteOE dead white1794 the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > dull white dead white1794 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 327 Its colour white, two opposite faces silvery white, two others dead white, or yellowish. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 640 If it is to be finished flat, or, as the painters style it, dead white, grey, fawn, &c. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxx The straight, beautifully-turned ankle, cased in dead-white silk. 1863 Mrs. H. Wood Verner's Pride III. xx. 212 The dead white of the roses was not more utterly colourless than Sibylla's face. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. i. 67 Jane in a square-cut, high-waisted, dead white frock. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 119 She turned white—dead white. < as lemmas |
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