| 单词 | peacock blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeacock blue peacock blue n. and adj. (a) n. = sense A. 5; (b) adj. = sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue peacock colour1598 verditer1819 verdigris blue1832 robin's-egg blue1844 aquamarine1846 turquoise1853 verditer blue1857 bird's-egg blue1858 Alice1872 Nile blue1873 starch blue1875 cyan-blue1879 peacock1881 peacock blue1881 bird's egg1885 Gobelin blue1886 cyan1889 Nile1895 kingfisher1901 Alice blue1905 teal1923 aqua1936 teal blue1949 1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 65 The curtains made of peacock blue, are bordered with..bands of turquoise blue serge. 1882 H. P. Grattan in Theatre June 348 Fashion..was carried to the verge of caricature. Crimson and peacock blue stocks, three layers of different coloured under~waistcoats, [etc.]. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 260 (heading) Rachow's Fundulus. Native to Portuguese East Africa. The general colour is a soft peacock-blue, the back darker. 1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football vii. 94 Wash your face and hands, comb your hair and slip into your peacock blue sari and then go inside to touch your mother-in-law's feet. < as lemmas |
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