| 单词 | green-gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen-gold green-gold n. and adj. ΚΠ 1796 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. VIII. sig. A6 Copper-coloured Buprestis with a gloss of green-gold; the wing-shells wrinkled, and bidentated at the extremities. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Ibis—Glossy The bird, in flying, appears gilded when the sun shines upon it; quills green-gold, and when closed reach the end of the tail. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 602/2 That green-gold beetle, the most splendid of British insects. 1961 F. Leiber Big Time (1969) 37 The green-gold markings made him look like a merman. 2002 Derbyshire Life & Countryside Nov. 125/2 Dry, sharp, with purity of fruit, perhaps appley,..it is steely fresh with green-gold glints that flash from the glass. < as lemmas |
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