jet-blackadj.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛtˈblak/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛtˈblæk/

Forms: see jet n.² and black adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: jet n.², black adj.

Etymology: < jet n.² + black adj.

As black as jet; absolutely black; glossy black.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as jet

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 987 (MED) Þis Eban tre..Blak as is get.]

a1477 Bk. of Curtesye (Oriel 79(2)) (1882) l. 44 Youre nayles loke they be not geet blake.

1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. B^v There perceiues a fountaine richly fram'd Of Iet-black Marble.

1693 N. Tate tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires ii. 24 With Jet-black Pencils one his Eye-brows dyes.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5353/12 A jet black Mare,..a thick Mane lying on the wrong side.

1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Persians in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 478 That led his dark'ning squadrons..On jet-black steeds.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Sleeping Beauty i, in Poems 143 Year after year unto her feet,..The maiden's jetblack hair hath grown.

1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 100 Balthazar was jet black.

1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. iv. 141 The lax pouches of skin under her jet-black eyes were larger and heavier than he had seen.

1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 176 A good criterion was the blackness of the sky, and on this occasion the sky had been jet-black right up to Saturn's limb.

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 24/2 About 60 percent of the incidents involve a jet-black, leopardlike cat, while the other 30 percent describe a light-brown felid resembling a North American puma.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jet-black
释义	jet-blackadj. Brit. /ˌdʒɛtˈblak/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛtˈblæk/ Forms: see jet n.² and black adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: jet n.², black adj. Etymology: < jet n.² + black adj. As black as jet; absolutely black; glossy black. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as jet jet-blacka1477 jetty1477 jetty-black1477 jettish1599 jet1607 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 987 (MED) Þis Eban tre..Blak as is get.] a1477 Bk. of Curtesye (Oriel 79(2)) (1882) l. 44 Youre nayles loke they be not geet blake. 1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. B^v There perceiues a fountaine richly fram'd Of Iet-black Marble. 1693 N. Tate tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires ii. 24 With Jet-black Pencils one his Eye-brows dyes. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5353/12 A jet black Mare,..a thick Mane lying on the wrong side. 1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Persians in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 478 That led his dark'ning squadrons..On jet-black steeds. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Sleeping Beauty i, in Poems 143 Year after year unto her feet,..The maiden's jetblack hair hath grown. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 100 Balthazar was jet black. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) I. iv. 141 The lax pouches of skin under her jet-black eyes were larger and heavier than he had seen. 1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 176 A good criterion was the blackness of the sky, and on this occasion the sky had been jet-black right up to Saturn's limb. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 24/2 About 60 percent of the incidents involve a jet-black, leopardlike cat, while the other 30 percent describe a light-brown felid resembling a North American puma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1477
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