英语词汇“auburn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

auburn1

/ˈɔːbən

/ /ˈɔːbəːn/

adjective

(Of hair) of a reddish-brown colour.Her long auburn hair was the same colour as Tanya's, but Tanya keeps hers up in a ponytail....

She was striking to look at - auburn hair, bright-blue eyes, high cheekbones and a great figure.
It was the image of a man with blue eyes, receding auburn hair above the temples and small, thin lips.

Synonyms

reddish-brown, red-brown, dark red, Titian, Titian red, tawny, russet, chestnut, chestnut-coloured, copper, coppery, copper-coloured, rust-coloured, rufous, henna, hennaed

rare rufescent

noun [mass noun]

A reddish-brown colour.He had black-brown hair coming to just slightly above his ears, half-dyed a tint of auburn....

Every shade of auburn, russet and tan shone through and seemed to make him look almost angelic.
In the dark, it was hard to tell what color his hair was, but her memory painted it a warm, red auburn.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French auborne, alborne, from Latin alburnus 'whitish', from albus 'white'. The original sense was 'yellowish white', but the word became associated with brown because in the 16th and 17th centuries it was often written abrune or abroun.

The root of our word auburn is Latin albus, which actually meant ‘white’. Based on this, medieval Latin formed the word alburnus ‘whitish’, which in Old French became alborne (or auborne) ‘yellowish white’ and was subsequently adopted into English. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was spelt in a number of different ways, including abron, abrune, and abroun, and these spellings must have put into people's minds the idea that auburn was in fact a kind of brown. Its meaning gradually changed from ‘yellowish-white’ to ‘golden-brown or reddish-brown’. See also album, baize, brown

Rhymes

Auburn2

/ˈôbərn

1An academic city in eastern Alabama, home to Auburn University; population 56,088 (est. 2008).

2An industrial city in southwestern Maine, on the Androscoggin River, across from Lewiston; population 23,177 (est. 2008).

3An industrial and commercial city in west central New York, on Owasco Lake; population 27,138 (est. 2008).

4An industrial city in west central Washington; population 55,426 (est. 2008).

单词	auburn
释义	auburn1 /ˈɔːbən / /ˈɔːbəːn/ adjective (Of hair) of a reddish-brown colour.Her long auburn hair was the same colour as Tanya's, but Tanya keeps hers up in a ponytail.... She was striking to look at - auburn hair, bright-blue eyes, high cheekbones and a great figure. It was the image of a man with blue eyes, receding auburn hair above the temples and small, thin lips. Synonyms reddish-brown, red-brown, dark red, Titian, Titian red, tawny, russet, chestnut, chestnut-coloured, copper, coppery, copper-coloured, rust-coloured, rufous, henna, hennaed rare rufescent noun [mass noun] A reddish-brown colour.He had black-brown hair coming to just slightly above his ears, half-dyed a tint of auburn.... Every shade of auburn, russet and tan shone through and seemed to make him look almost angelic. In the dark, it was hard to tell what color his hair was, but her memory painted it a warm, red auburn. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French auborne, alborne, from Latin alburnus 'whitish', from albus 'white'. The original sense was 'yellowish white', but the word became associated with brown because in the 16th and 17th centuries it was often written abrune or abroun. The root of our word auburn is Latin albus, which actually meant ‘white’. Based on this, medieval Latin formed the word alburnus ‘whitish’, which in Old French became alborne (or auborne) ‘yellowish white’ and was subsequently adopted into English. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was spelt in a number of different ways, including abron, abrune, and abroun, and these spellings must have put into people's minds the idea that auburn was in fact a kind of brown. Its meaning gradually changed from ‘yellowish-white’ to ‘golden-brown or reddish-brown’. See also album, baize, brown Rhymes Bourbon Auburn2 /ˈôbərn / 1An academic city in eastern Alabama, home to Auburn University; population 56,088 (est. 2008). 2An industrial city in southwestern Maine, on the Androscoggin River, across from Lewiston; population 23,177 (est. 2008). 3An industrial and commercial city in west central New York, on Owasco Lake; population 27,138 (est. 2008). 4An industrial city in west central Washington; population 55,426 (est. 2008).
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