单词 | aquamarine |
释义 | aquamarinen. 1. A bluish-green variety of beryl. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > beryl > [noun] > aquamarine seawater1617 aquamarine1728 aigue-marine1730 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xx. 117/1 One entire Stone of a Sea-Water Green Colour, known by the Name of the Agmarine.] 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Aqua Marina,..a Gem, or precious Stone, of a Sea-Green Colour. 1802 Bournon Corundum in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 318 Of a fine bluish green, like the aqua marine. 2. Hence as adj.n. Bluish-green (colour); sea-colour(ed. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue peacock colour1598 verditer1819 verdigris blue1832 robin's-egg blue1844 aquamarine1846 turquoise1853 verditer blue1857 bird's-egg blue1858 Alice1872 Nile blue1873 starch blue1875 cyan-blue1879 peacock1881 peacock blue1881 bird's egg1885 Gobelin blue1886 cyan1889 Nile1895 kingfisher1901 Alice blue1905 teal1923 aqua1936 teal blue1949 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > greenish blue turquoise1573 pavonaceous1688 aquamarine1846 verditer1857 robin's egg1871 peacock1873 starch blue1875 bird's-egg blue1878 Alice blue1905 kingfisher1930 teal blue1949 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 329 Its general hue of aquamarine green. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. i. 16 The wet aquamarine upon the palette. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1728 |
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