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单词 verdigris
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verdigris


ver·di·gris

V0061600 (vûr′dĭ-grēs′, -grĭs′, -grē′)n.1. A blue or green powder consisting of basic cupric acetate used as a paint pigment and fungicide.2. A green patina or crust of copper sulfate or copper chloride formed on copper, brass, and bronze exposed to air or seawater for long periods of time.
[Middle English vertegrez, from Old French verte grez, alteration of vert-de-Grice : verd, green; see verdant + de, of (from Latin ; see de-) + Grice, Greece.]

verdigris

(ˈvɜːdɪɡrɪs) n1. (Elements & Compounds) a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze and consisting of a basic salt of copper containing both copper oxide and a copper salt2. (Elements & Compounds) a green or blue crystalline substance obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper and used as a fungicide and pigment; basic copper acetate[C14: from Old French vert de Grice green of Greece]

ver•di•gris

(ˈvɜr dɪˌgris, -grɪs)

n. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate. [1250–1300; Middle English vertegrez < Old French vere grez green of Greece]
Thesaurus
Noun1.verdigris - a blue or green powder used as a paint pigmentcupric acetatepigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
2.verdigris - a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of timepatina - a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
Verb1.verdigris - color verdigriscolor, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
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verdigris


verdigris

(vûr`dəgrēs'), one of three copper acetates: blue verdigris, Cu(CH3COO)2·CuO·6H2O; green verdigris, 2Cu(CH3COO)2·CuO·6H2O; or neutral verdigris, Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O; or a mixture of them. It is a poisonous gray-green to green-blue substance that is formed by the action of acetic acid on copper or copper oxide, e.g., verdigris can form on copper pots used to cook acidic foods such as tomatoes. Verdigris is used as a mordant in dyeing, as a pigment, and in making Paris greenParis green,
also called Schweinfurt green, an extremely poisonous, bright green powder that was formerly used extensively as a pigment (e.g., in wallpaper) and that is sometimes used as an insecticide or to kill plant fungi; it must be used with great caution because of its
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. Verdigris may also be used to mean patinapatina
, coating of carbonate of copper on articles of copper or bronze, formed after long exposure to a moist atmosphere or burial in the earth. Although commonly green, patina varies in color and consistency; it may be red, brown, black, blue, or gray, or it may be smooth,
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Verdigris

The green copper carbonate formed on copper roofs and statues that are exposed to the atmosphere; the patina it produces can be carefully controlled.

verdigris

[′vərd·ə‚grēs] (organic chemistry) cupric acetate

verdigris, aerugo

The greenish blue corrosion on copper that has been exposed to air for a long period of time; used as a pigment.

verdigris

1. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze and consisting of a basic salt of copper containing both copper oxide and a copper salt 2. a green or blue crystalline substance obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper and used as a fungicide and pigment; basic copper acetate

verdigris


ver·di·gris

(ver'di-grēs, -gris, -grē), Cupric acetate (normal). [O. Fr. verd, green, de, of, Gris, Greeks]

verdigris

(vĕr″dĭ-grĭs) [O.Fr. vert de Grece, green of Greece] 1. Mixture of basic copper acetates.2. The green-gray deposit of copper carbonate on copper and bronze vessels.

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Synonyms for verdigris

noun a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment

Synonyms

  • cupric acetate

Related Words

  • pigment

noun a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time

Related Words

  • patina

verb color verdigris

Related Words

  • color
  • color in
  • colorise
  • colorize
  • colour in
  • colourise
  • colourize
  • colour
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