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

Verdigris is the blue-green tarnish on certain metals after they are left outside for a long period of time. A lot of churches have rooftops coated with verdigris, and many capitol buildings have verdigris on their domes.

Bronze, brass, and copper metals get verdigris because of exposure to air and wetness, especially saltwater. The Old French origin of verdigris literally translates to “green of Greece,” which can help you remember how to pronounce the word: VURR-de-Greece. The word is a noun that refers to the actual layer of green pigment that coats a surface. It’s a handsome color, and many painters use verdigris when they want a sea-foam look.

TASTY MORSELS

Vocabulary Shout-Out: Sadiqa de Meijer for "Verdigris"

In a new poem, "Pastorals in the Atrium," which appeared in the most recent issue of Poetry Magazine, Canadian Sadiqa de Meijer uses the word verdigris in her opening stanza, writing:

The tour has only started when
I’m ambushed by that flat-lined verdigris I’d know even
as a stumbling sleepwalker: landschap
with tin river, cleaver of sodden pastures —

Poems are great places to mine for interesting and unfamiliar words. But sometimes those words can function like blazes on a trail. Miss one, and you're lost.

Take verdigris as an example: It means either a blue-green color, or the tarnish of a blue-green shade that appears on bronze, brass, and copper metals. (Think of those pennies you occasionally find in the back of a drawer that have turned blue with age.) Here, verdigris gives the impression not just of blue-green highlights, but of the browns and bronzes that appear in landscape paintings as well.

By making use of verdigris, de Meijer is able to nail down an image rich in color associations in three short syllables…assuming her reader's vocabulary is up to the task. Which now yours is!/p>

WORD FAMILY

verdigris: verdigrised

USAGE EXAMPLES

Erin Hatfield, spokeswoman for the agency, says Nowata stopped pulling water from the Verdigris River on Wednesday afternoon as a precaution.

Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016)

They came to the verdigris lions and the large concrete letters: Z-O-O.

The New Yorker(May 30, 2016)

We could see the verdigris bronze statue of Bosch in the city square, and two of the three houses where he once lived.

New York Times(Apr 27, 2016)

1n 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

Hyper

patina

a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

2n a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment

Syn|Hyper

cupric acetate

pigment

dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

3v color verdigris

Hyper

color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize

add color to

单词	verdigris
释义	verdigris (once / 24072 pages) nv Verdigris is the blue-green tarnish on certain metals after they are left outside for a long period of time. A lot of churches have rooftops coated with verdigris, and many capitol buildings have verdigris on their domes. Bronze, brass, and copper metals get verdigris because of exposure to air and wetness, especially saltwater. The Old French origin of verdigris literally translates to “green of Greece,” which can help you remember how to pronounce the word: VURR-de-Greece. The word is a noun that refers to the actual layer of green pigment that coats a surface. It’s a handsome color, and many painters use verdigris when they want a sea-foam look. TASTY MORSELS Vocabulary Shout-Out: Sadiqa de Meijer for "Verdigris" In a new poem, "Pastorals in the Atrium," which appeared in the most recent issue of Poetry Magazine, Canadian Sadiqa de Meijer uses the word verdigris in her opening stanza, writing: The tour has only started when I’m ambushed by that flat-lined verdigris I’d know even as a stumbling sleepwalker: landschap with tin river, cleaver of sodden pastures — Poems are great places to mine for interesting and unfamiliar words. But sometimes those words can function like blazes on a trail. Miss one, and you're lost. Take verdigris as an example: It means either a blue-green color, or the tarnish of a blue-green shade that appears on bronze, brass, and copper metals. (Think of those pennies you occasionally find in the back of a drawer that have turned blue with age.) Here, verdigris gives the impression not just of blue-green highlights, but of the browns and bronzes that appear in landscape paintings as well. By making use of verdigris, de Meijer is able to nail down an image rich in color associations in three short syllables…assuming her reader's vocabulary is up to the task. Which now yours is!/p> WORD FAMILY verdigris: verdigrised USAGE EXAMPLES Erin Hatfield, spokeswoman for the agency, says Nowata stopped pulling water from the Verdigris River on Wednesday afternoon as a precaution. Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016) They came to the verdigris lions and the large concrete letters: Z-O-O. The New Yorker(May 30, 2016) We could see the verdigris bronze statue of Bosch in the city square, and two of the three houses where he once lived. New York Times(Apr 27, 2016) 1n 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 Hyper patina a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal 2n a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment Syn\|Hyper cupric acetate pigment dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) 3v color verdigris Hyper color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize add color to
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