单词 | cocoa brown |
释义 | > as lemmascocoa brown cocoa brown n. and adj. (a) n.a shade of brown similar to the colour of cocoa (cf. sense A. 4); (b) adj. of this colour (cf. sense B.) ΚΠ 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 417/2 Lialis Burtonis..is of a pale ashy brown above..and beneath of a pale cocoa-brown. 1868 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 1 Nov. 225/1 A dull cocoa-brown colour. 1940 F. D. Davison in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 64 A broad-shouldered figure in a cocoa-brown suit. 1956 Billboard 18 Feb. 92/3 Mrs. William Jones chose a cocoa brown satin. 2005 L. L. Narlock & N. Garfinkel Wine Lover's Guide to Wine Country 73 As you travel, you'll see how the earth can change color from a light cocoa brown to a fierce red. < as lemmas |
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