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| 释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue (23) peacock colour1598 verditer1819 The blue or green colour characteristic of verditer. verdigris blue1832 attributive, as verdigris blue, verdigris colour, verdigris water. robin's-egg blue1844 (a) n. a light greenish-blue colour resembling that of an American robin's egg; (b) adj. of this shade or colour. aquamarine1846 Hence as adj. n. Bluish-green (colour); sea-colour(ed. turquoise1853 As name for a colour (short for turquoise blue): see compounds 2b. verditer blue1857 attributive. With names of colours, esp. verditer blue. bird's-egg blue1858 (a) n. a light greenish-blue colour; (b) adj. of this shade or colour. Alice1872 attributive. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the character Alice, esp. with reference to her fantastical adventures. Cf. Alice-in-Wonderland… Nile blue1873 A pale greenish blue colour supposedly resembling that of the Nile. Also as adj. starch blue1875 A pale shade of blue or greenish-blue. cyan-blue1879 A greenish-blue colour, lying between green and blue in the spectrum. peacock1881 A deep greenish-blue colour, resembling that of a peacock's neck. peacock blue1881 (a) n. = sense A. 5; (b) adj. = sense B. bird's egg1885 A light greenish-blue colour resembling that of some birds' eggs. Cf. bird's-egg blue n. adj. at compounds 2, duck's egg, n. c. Gobelin blue1886 a greenish-blue colour, similar to that used in Gobelin tapestry. cyan1889 = cyan-blue, n. Nile1895 The colour Nile blue or Nile green. kingfisher1901 A brilliant blue or blue-green colour resembling that of a kingfisher. Alice blue1905 A light greenish-blue colour. teal1923 A shade of dark greenish blue resembling the patches of this colour on the head and wings of the teal. aqua1936 A light greenish blue colour. teal blue1949 a shade of dark blue tinged with green (cf. sense 1c above). |
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