| 单词 | duck-egg blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasduck-egg blue c. The colour of the egg of a duck; used attributively. Frequently duck-egg blue, duck's egg blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue watchetc1405 vessey colour1562 fesse1587 Venice blue1598 Turkey colour1661 powder blue1752 Eton blue1851 ice-blue1851 periwinkle blue1852 Cambridge blue1858 baby blue1861 starch blue1875 duck's egg1876 pervenche1876 opal blue1881 periwinkle1895 pervenche blue1898 harebell blue1909 horizon-blue1919 Nattier blue1923 zircon blue1928 Mary blue1943 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green verditer1552 sea-green1598 blue-green1659 verdigris colour1668 verdigris green1794 beryl1834 pigeon's throat1868 duck's egg1876 peacock green1876 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xix. 191 A general flat tint of duck's-egg green. 1893 W. G. Collingwood Life & Work J. Ruskin II. 190 The walls, painted ‘duck egg’, are hung with old pictures. 1899 Daily News 13 Feb. 8/5 One of the prettiest of the new colours is a soft, duck's-egg blue. 1934 Times 18 July 17/6 This year pastel colours are much used, particularly a rather dark duck-egg blue. a1954 F. B. Young Wistanslow (1956) iv. 87 The cool duck-egg blues and greens made fashionable by the Adam brothers. 1967 Harper's Bazaar Mar. 8 (advt.) Sweater…In maple..duck egg blue. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。