单词 | fair-coloured |
释义 | > as lemmasfair-coloured fair-coloured adj. ΚΠ ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 9 The pecok that is proud of the fayr fethers diuersly fair colourd wiche he spreded roound as a whele. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. iii. f. 55v It [sc. abstinence] clarifieth the humoures, maketh the body fayre coloured. 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) i. 151 See that..your Clarret wines be faire coloured, and bright as a Rubie. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 91 Fair-colour'd threads. 1823 T. Roughley Jamaica Planter's Guide vi. 336 The manufacture of..strong-grained, fair-coloured, marketable Muscovada sugar. 1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv. 361 A fair-coloured woman with turquoise-studded headgear. 1993 Frontiers 13 64 Christina's ethnicity was ambiguous since she had fair-colored skin but dark brown hair. < as lemmas |
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