| 释义 |
browny, a. rare.|ˈbraʊnɪ|
[f. brown a. + -y.]
1. Inclining to brown.
1582Stanyhurst æneid iv. (Arb.) 164 Thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth. 1597Shakes. Lover's Compl. xiii, His browny locks did hang in crooked curles. 1873Kingsley Valentine's D., Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird.
2. Comb.: with the name of another colour, as browny-green, browny-grey.
1905Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 10/2 It is a very becoming tone, that bronze browny green. 1906Daily Chron. 10 Dec. 4/4 The browny-grey soldiers of Russia. 1907Ibid. 12 Apr. 9/3 The browny-grey back of her sharply-pointed wings. 1945G. Millar Maquis vii. 147 He wore a very old browny-green tweed coat and trousers. |