| 释义 |
ocher
I. noun
or ochre \ˈōkə(r)\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English oker, from Middle French ocre, from Latin ochra, from Greek ōchra, from ōchros yellow, pale
1.
a. : an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore that is extensively used as a pigment; also : any of various ferruginous clays — compare hematite, limonite
b. : an earthy metallic oxide
< tungstic ocher >
2. : the color of ocher, especially of yellow ocher : ocher yellow
3. : any of various chiefly yellow to orange pigments prepared from the natural ochers (as by washing, grinding, and sometimes calcining) — see burnt ocher; compare sienna, umber
II. transitive verb
or ochre \“\
(ochered or ochred ; ochered or ochred ; ochering or ochring \-k(ə)riŋ\ ; ochers or ochres)
: to color with ocher |