单词 | chocolate-brown |
释义 | > as lemmaschocolate-brown chocolate-brown n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > dark brown burneta1450 chocolate colour1729 chocolate-brown1766 chocolate1785 mocha1895 mocha brown1895 nigger1914 nigger-brown1915 tête de nègre1916 cocoa1923 charcoal brown1959 peat1971 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 67/2 The whole bird, the head excepted, is of a chocolate brown, tinged with rust color. 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 732 The breast of the male is chocolate-brown. 1879 O. N. Rood Mod. Chromatics xi. 165 Good representations of olive-greens or chocolate-browns. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Feb. 8/2 The bride's going-away dress was composed of chocolate brown vigogne. 1941 Coast to Coast 146 The soil under the tank was a rich chocolate brown. 1994 N.Y. Times 20 Dec. d1/5 The familiar chocolate-brown trucks of the United Parcel Service. 2012 Independent 3 Mar. (Mag.) 51/1 The hats come in a great palette of colours from black, chocolate brown, champagne, caramel, fudge and white. < as lemmas |
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