| 单词 | custard yellow |
| 释义 | > as lemmascustard yellow custard yellow n. and adj. (a) n. a shade of yellow resembling the colour of custard; (b) adj. of this shade or colour. ΚΠ 1861 Ann. Sci. Discov. 370 Dr. C. T. Jackson..mentioned a case in which the stomach, carefully washed, had at first assumed a yellowish tint,..then changing into a pasty mass of a custard yellow. 1875 Gardeners' Chron. 9 Oct. 458/2 Whether the centre be white or cream-white, or yellow or custard-yellow. 1981 T. Wogan Day Job 63 I had played in ‘custard-yellow’ trousers. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Arts section) 25 The colours vary, from a custard yellow through to a rather beautiful dirty strawberry. 2003 Daily Tel. 16 May 25/2 Engrossed in a family kickabout in her local park in Notting Hill, Guinness cuts an incongruous figure in her custard yellow football top and tracksuit bottoms. < as lemmas |
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