| 单词 | almond black |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmond black almond black n. and adj. (a) n. a black pigment made from charred almond shells (cf. peach black n. at peach n.1 and adj. Compounds 2) (now rare); (b) adj. of a deep lustrous black colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > pigment blackOE lamp-black1598 charcoal-black1622 ivory-black1634 blue-black1665 bone black1665 Indian ink1665 India ink1700 smoke-black1712 China-ink1782 Frankfort black1823 almond black1835 Spanish black1839 gas black1841 abaiser1849 peach black1852 vine-black1860 carbon black1872 drop-black1879 aspergillin1891 1835 G. Field Chromatogr. xxi. 180 Similar blacks are prepared of vine twigs and tendrils,..also from peach-stones, &c. whence Almond black. 1869 T. W. Salter Field's Chromatogr. (new ed.) xxi. 407 Peach Black, or Almond Black, made by burning the stones of fruits, the shell of the cocoa-nut, &c., is a violet-black, once much used by Parisian artists. 1893 Chicago Tribune 6 Mar. 9/5 Mme. Sieh..had an overdress of almond black silk. 1905 L. Mott Jules of Great Heart 147 The girl was tall and graceful, with almond black eyes, like those of a deer. 2007 L. Sholes & J. Moore Hades Project 292 Kai's almond black eyes flashed. ‘What are you talking about?’ < as lemmas |
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