单词 | aqua |
释义 | aqua (once / 5637 pages) n Aqua is a greenish-blue color, often thought of as the shade of water. When you buy a new blender, you might decide that the aqua one will brighten up your kitchen. Aqua is pretty close to the color known as cyan, almost exactly halfway between green and blue on the color spectrum. You can buy aqua clothing or aqua paint if you love the color and want your dining room to feel cool and colorful. The word aqua is sometimes also used to mean "water," and in fact the Latin root means "water, the sea, or rain." WORD FAMILYaqua: aquae, aquas USAGE EXAMPLESAqua - with all due respect, we Americans like to innovate, try new approaches and eat dishes in whatever season we want. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Crate & Barrel’s spring collections include generous dollops of pistachio and aqua, bringing these nostalgic hues into kitchenware and accessories. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Prosecutors say Draper fired a gun in the direction of the Aqua Lounge in April after getting into an argument inside the club. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) n a shade of blue tinged with green Syn|Hyper aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise blue, blueness blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime |
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