| 单词 | olive-green |
| 释义 | > as lemmasolive-green olive-green n. and adj. = sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > yellowish green > olive green olive-green1699 olive1734 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 98 Oyl..with an Eye..of..Olive green. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 350 The natural colour of these filaments is a kind of an olive-green [Ger. Olivengrüne]. 1801 C. Hatchett in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 57 Prussiate of potash changed the colour of the..solution to an olive-green. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 463 Celadonite... Color deep-olive-green, celandine-green, apple-green. 1936 Discovery Oct. 317/1 An olive-green liquid is produced. 1993 Times 26 Apr. 18/3 As the oak trees come into leaf, the woods take on a more olive-green shade. 2001 Bird Keeper Feb. 14/1 Both sexes have the upper surfaces of olive-green with a yellow suffusion. < as lemmas |
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