| 单词 | self silver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasself silver a. Of a colour: the same throughout, uniform. Often prefixed to adjectives denoting colour (sometimes hyphenated), as self russet, self silver. Cf. self-colour n.Earliest in self-black adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > monochrome claurie1486 self1562 whole-coloured1605 concolour1646 unicolorate1657 unicolorous1657 self-coloured1682 single-coloured1703 unicolor1781 monocoloured1798 monochromic1803 unicoloured1811 concolorous1840 monochrome1849 one-coloured1854 monochromous1857 monochroous1857 monotoned1857 unicolour1860 solid1883 sole-coloured1885 monochroic1886 whole1892 whole-colour1896 single-colour1935 monocolour1955 mono1970 monotonal1973 1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 152 Blacke woulle, xx s. Selblacke woulle, xij s. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. vii. 439 In a peece of selfe russet cloth (such as is made of blacke wooll as it came in the fleece from the sheepe). 1651 R. Williams Physical Rarities 138 Take Walwort and Waybred, Self-green Housleek, and Smallage, of each a like much. 1775 Daily Advertiser 6 July advt. Likewise 18 different Sorts of yellow grounded Carnations.., and Self-Yellows, the most curious Flowers in England. 1851 B'ham & Midl. Gardeners' Mag. May 71 A third [prize], to Mr. Sharp, for one [sc. seedling] named Purity, a self-white. 1898 Ladies' Field 6 Aug. 378/2 The chinchillas or self-silvers [i.e. cats]; the latter is undoubtedly the correct name... The self-silvers are a fine collection. 1905 Daily Chron. 12 July 3/2 The border carnation Miss Willmott, a beautiful self brick-red flower of a quite distinct shade. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 2/1 Not in one self-tint, not spotted, but in tiny squares. 1920 T. A. Coward Birds Brit. Isles 2nd Ser. 262 A wide pectoral band, which in younger birds is almost self brown, but in those a little older is formed of brown streaks and blotches. 2009 Penrith (Austral.) Press (Nexis) 7 Apr. 44 Upholsteries, bedding and accessories layered with self tones. < as lemmas |
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