| 释义 |
duskish, a.|ˈdʌskɪʃ|
[f. dusk a. + -ish.]
Somewhat dusk or dusky; blackish; partly obscure.
1530Palsgr. 310/2 Doskysshe of colour, soubz brun. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 47 As duskish cloudes do darken dayes. 1624Wotton Archit. (1672) 61 Let them have rather a Duskish Tincture, then an absolute black. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 91 To return as soon as it was duskish. 1840T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. LX. 290 It was getting duskish. 1842D. R. Hay Nomencl. Colours (1846) 36 Described as a duskish red.
¶ Used as n. The time when it is near dusk.
1696S. Sewall Diary 25 Oct. (1878) I. 436 About duskish we know there is a house on fire. 1745Gentl. Mag. 105 At duskish the Dreadnought was about 7 miles astern. |