| 单词 | bird's-egg blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird's-egg blue bird's-egg blue n. and adj. (a) n. a light greenish-blue colour; (b) adj. of this shade or colour.Cf. duck-egg blue and robin's-egg blue n. and adj. 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 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > greenish blue turquoise1573 pavonaceous1688 aquamarine1846 verditer1857 robin's egg1871 peacock1873 starch blue1875 bird's-egg blue1878 Alice blue1905 kingfisher1930 teal blue1949 1858 J. G. Wilkinson On Colour Index 390 Bird's-egg-blue. 1878 Art Jrnl. 4 56/1 Bird's-egg-blue satin that shimmers with every fitful change of light. 1969 P. M. Hubbard Cold Waters i. 3 I noticed for the first time that his bird's-egg blue eyes were very slightly bloodshot. 2012 R. Neumeier House of Shadows vi. 104 The walls were plaster, painted a pale bird's egg blue. < as lemmas |
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