单词 | celadon |
释义 | cel·a·don ![]() n. 1. A pale to very pale green. 2. A type of pottery having a pale green glaze, originally produced in China. [French, after Céladon, the central male character of L'Astrée, a widely read pastoral novel by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer (the character being associated with the color green in the popular imagination and probably dressed in a pale green costume in early theatrical adaptations, perhaps because of the association of the color green with amorous adventures), after Celadōn, a warrior briefly mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphoses.] cela·don′ adj. |
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