单词 | gold colour |
释义 | gold colourgold colorn.adj. A. n. The colour of gold; a shiny, bright, or deep yellow colour. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.adj.1547 |
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