单词 | green-and-gold |
释义 | > as lemmasgreen-and-gold c. Forming compound adjectives with the names of other colours, as green-and-gold, etc. ΚΠ 1811 W. J. Burchell Jrnl. 29 Dec. in Trav. Interior S. Afr. (1822) I. xix. 502 The Green-and-gold Cuckoo was found in abundance. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 100 The Brookeana, a beautifully-marked green-and-black butterfly. 1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 225/1 In an old satchel he carried a crazy collection of brushes, lamp-black, dried up paints, and the green-and-gold diploma of a ‘fingerprint institute’ in Washington. 1966 B. Brophy Don't never Forget 66 Most house fronts are tiled, so that they look trellised by some intricate green-and-blue or green-and-yellow flowering plant. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire i. 7 She saw the woman walk to one of the green-and-white striped chaises-longues beside the pool. < as lemmas |
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