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单词 gold colour
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gold colourgold colorn.adj.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊld ˌkʌlə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊld ˌkələr/
Forms: see gold n.1 and colour n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.1, colour n.1
Etymology: < gold n.1 + colour n.1Earlier currency (in the sense ‘gold pigment’; compare colour n.1 18a) is probably shown by the following example (although the first element could alternatively be interpreted as showing an earlier use of gold adj. 2):1335 in Archaeologia (1789) 9 151 Item, in 3 lib. de gold colour emp. ad idem, 2s. 2d. Compare (in the sense ‘the colour of gold’) Middle Dutch goutvaruwe (Dutch goudverf), Old High German goldfarawa (Middle High German goltvarwe, German Goldfarbe, also from the 15th cent. in the sense ‘gold pigment’).
A. n.
The colour of gold; a shiny, bright, or deep yellow colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > golden yellow
goldOE
gold colour1547
goldness1657
goldishness1671
aventurine1791
goldenness1829
gilding1851
orange-gold1859
buttercup yellow1863
old gold1871
red-gold1884
Tuscan1887
honey1981
1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe at Aur lliw Gold colour.
1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 70 To vernish yron or steele, take the gall of a Calfe (and your yron or steele being cleane vernished), take & stryke with a cloth your gall thereon, and then let it drye in the sunne, and it will shew like a gold colour.
1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick i. iii. 46 Amongst Dutchmen there is no colour more highly commended then the gold colour or yellow, like as it was much esteemed of the Romaines: so that sometimes they dyed their beards and haire with gold.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 368 A lovely yellow or gold-colour.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sol..is taken..in Heraldry for the Gold Colour, in the Coats of Soveraign Princes.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. vii The wax is coloured..for aventurine or gold-colour with orpiment.
1814 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. II. i. xi. 197 The Comet of 1531 was of a bright gold colour; that of 1607 dark and livid.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South II. xxvi. 346 It's not a dead gold-colour, ma'am. It's a straw-colour.
1908 Brass World & Platers' Guide Aug. 271/1 A gold color may be obtained upon small brass articles, such as buckles, buttons, upholstery hardware, furniture trimmings, etc., by a simple dip.
1958 Life 1 Dec. 49 (advt.) In majestic gold color with crystal-clear rays all around.
2016 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 24 Oct. The notes were printed in a gold colour and were being sold at Bt1,000 each.
B. adj.
Of the colour of gold; shiny, bright, or deep yellow.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow
gildenOE
goldena1382
goldya1398
dory1398
goldc1400
goldisha1425
sunlyc1425
goldlya1450
aureatec1450
gildedc1450
giltenc1450
scorn-golda1586
Pactolian1586
aureal1587
gold colour1648
gold-coloured1674
spun gold1728
aurulent1731
aurelian1791
deaurated1818
Tuscan1830
corn-coloured1854
old gold1877
buttercup yellow1880
aureoline1881
sun gold1887
Tuscan-coloured1905
guinea-gold1938
spun-golden1978
1648 B. Plantagenet Descr. New Albion 24 A white Grape creeps on the land, maketh a pure gold colour white wine.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Golden A Reddish or Gold-colour Powder will precipitate.
1770 Public Advertiser 26 Apr. 1/3 (advt.) A new discovered Gold colour Silk worked on Muslins.
1823 National Advocate (N.Y.) 23 June Gold color brass nails in small packages.
1887 Lady 20 Jan. 38/3 A broad stripe of gold-colour plush.
1923 Times 31 May 9/5 A gown of gold and red shot tissue, veiled in gold colour georgette.
1965 Motor Boating Feb. 148/2 Cased in dark gray plastic with narrow gold-color border.
2016 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 23 I chose the gold colour one [sc. tablet computer].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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