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单词 amber-yellow
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amber-yellow
b. Modifying the names of colours, forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘—— with an amber hue’, ‘—— tinged with amber’, as in amber-yellow, amber-brown, etc. Cf. sense A. 3a.
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1759 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. i. 136 A light citron or amber yellow [Ger. Bernstein-gelbe] colour.
1879 F. A. Flückiger & D. Hanbury Pharmacographia (ed. 2) 237 This gum, which is uniformly of an amber brown, is produced in plenty in the Cape Colony.
1890 Decorator & Furnisher 16 200/2 An amber-orange flower on a gray-blue ground had a novel and rich effect.
1957 V. Nabokov Pnin vi. 138 Amber-brown Monarch butterflies flapped.
1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Mar. a16 ‘Unbelievable,’ rhapsodized one man after taking a tiny sip of the amber-yellow wine.
2018 N.Y. Mag. (Nexis) 6 Dec. Every single shade could be considered festive, but I am especially in love with ‘Bette’, a rich amber-gold that makes eyes look extra big and bright.
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