| 单词 | dun-grey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdun-grey a. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, indicating a shade of the colour that is dull and has a greyish or brownish element, as dun-brown, dun-grey, dun-red, dun-yellow, etc.Compare Old English dunfealu: see discussion in etymology. ΚΠ ?c1450 in Anglia (1896) 18 330 (MED) Fumiter is erbe..Dun-red is his flour. a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 15th Cent. (1899) 124 (MED) Loke þi coloure be noȝt to ȝalow of þe saffroun, but lete it be a donne ȝalowe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Rousette A certaine ruddie, or dunne-red bird. 1659 Mercurius Politicus No. 584. 693 (advt.) A Dun yellow Nag, about Eleven or Twelve years old. 1766 C. Bisset Med. Ess. & Observ. 24 The face is of a pale, or dun yellowish hue. 1783 J. Lightfoot in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 11 All of one uniform dun-brown colour. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 516 It does not exhibit the dun yellow colour of the middle coat. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 336 The air is thick with dun-brown dust. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 33 On sic a dour Din-grey December day. 2003 R. Taylor-Perry God who Comes ii. 34 The Cyprian catsnake, a lovely dun-yellow creature. 2010 Independent (Nexis) 2 Oct. 48 The San Joaquin Valley, dun-grey hills, sandy ranges broken by dust-covered orchards and corn. < as lemmas |
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