| 单词 | honey-coloured |
| 释义 | > as lemmashoney-coloured honey-coloured adj. [originally after Hellenistic Greek μελίχρους (uncontracted μελίχροος)] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown yellow-dun1593 honey-coloured1603 cinnamon-coloured1679 cinnamon1685 lurid1767 rhubarb1792 tombac-brown1794 sherry-bay1856 khaki1863 khaki coloured1879 golden oak1883 rhubarby1885 crotal1901 brown-gold1909 Sahara1923 safari1934 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 93 As for the terme Melichriis [Gk. μελίχρουν], that is, Hony-coloured, it is alwaies..a flattering word..to mitigate and diminish the odiousnesse of a pale hue. 1726 S. Penseyre New Guide Astrol. 79 His Complexion is honey-colour'd or sun-burnt. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 62 The bush of honey-coloured beard. 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 127/1 There she lay..with her white throat and her honey-coloured hair flung back across the dark boughs. 2003 Adirondack Life Nov. 37/1 Our tap water was honey-colored. < as lemmas |
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