| 单词 | ground-colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasground-colour ground-colour n. (a) a first coating of paint (cf. 6b); (b) the prevailing colour of any object, diversified with markings of other colours. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] ground1340 root1340 substancec1384 fundament1395 foundationc1400 groundment?a1412 footing1440 anvila1450 bottom ground1557 groundwork1557 foot1559 platform1568 subsistence1586 subject matter1600 ground-colour1614 basisa1616 substratum1631 basement1637 bottoma1639 fonda1650 fibre1656 fund1671 fundamen1677 substruction1765 starting ground1802 fundus1839 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > laying on of colour > of preparatory layer > preparatory layer grounda1398 champ1573 ground-colour1614 sublition1656 dead colour1658 imprimatura1951 the world > matter > colour > [noun] > background colour ground-colour1849 grounding1882 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede ii. 286 This conceit..serues as a ground colour for disposing mens soules to take the sable dye of Hell. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 558 Do..as Zeuxis did, who painted for eternity; which you can never do, unless your ground-colours be well laid. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 147 In adult specimens the ground-colour of the back is yellowish-white, with markings varying from dark gray to dusky black. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 192 The ground-colours then to be laid firmly... On this first colour, the second colours. 1904 W. H. Hudson Green Mansions vi. 72 A coral snake..its ground colour a brilliant vermilion. 1912 Catal. Birds' Eggs Brit. Mus. V. 105 The ground-colour varies from greyish-white to very pale greyish-green. 1970 H. E. Smith Bantams iii. 20 Females..should be chosen for clear ground colour. < as lemmas |
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