单词 | dun-coloured |
释义 | > as lemmasdun-coloured dun-coloured adj. of a dull greyish-brown colour; (also of a horse) of a sandy yellow colour; cf. senses 1a, 1b. ΚΠ 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lv. 99/2 The outward part is Dun coloured. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 9 Of the Dun Hound..there are few dun-coloured to be found bad. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. ii. 55 The English race-horse..is said never to be dun-coloured. 2013 L. Billings Five Billion Years Solitude viii. 199 The Institute occupies a nondescript building of tinted glass and dun-colored brick. < as lemmas |
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