| 单词 | in green |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin green a. Green colour; greenness. In plural: different tints of green. †in green (Heraldry): on a field of green (obsolete).Green is a primary additive colour.Frequently with prefixed nouns or adjectives denoting a particular shade. almond, emerald, leek-, parrot, pea-, sea-, Spanish green: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] greennessOE green?c1225 greenheada1325 greenshipc1390 verdurec1400 viridityc1430 sinople1489 flourish1594 deep green1601 verdour1610 verdancy1631 verdue1641 zinnober green1879 vernality1896 virescence1904 verd1915 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 119 Grene of alle heowes froureð mest echnen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12302 Þat heo wolden of ane heowen heore claðes habben. Sum hafde whit sum hafden ræd sum hafde god grene æc. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1168 (MED) That is Novembre..Whan that the lef hath lost his greene. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 90 Or for she whitnesse hadde of honestee And grene of conscience, and of good fame The swote sauour lilie was hir name. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 238 A bar off blew in-till his schenand scheild, A bend off greyn desyren ay the feild. 1544 Will of Charles White (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/30) f. 179v A gowne lyned of gosetourde grene. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 457 He bair grauit in Gold, and Gowlis in grene..Ane Tyger. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366/1 Leues new..Some very red and some a glad light grene. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. iii. 385 By seuerall compoundings of these extremes, reds, blewes, yellowes, greenes, and all other intermediate colours may be generated. 1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 84 The best is Cedar-green. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 479 In all the Liveries dect of Summers pride With spots of Gold and Purple, azure and green . View more context for this quotation 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 9 In the clear azure Gleam the Flocks are seen, And floating Forests paint the Waves with Green. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Dyers make divers Shades, or Casts of Green, as Light-Green, Yellow-Green, Grass-Green, Laurel-Green, Sea-Green, Dark-Green, Parrot-Green, and Celadon-Green. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies iv. 2 Near some lone fane or yew's funereal green. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing iii. 176 Light-yellow has much clearness and beauty on purple and green. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 404 Its [sc. the olive's] pearly greys and softened greens. 1899 Daily News 16 Sept. 7/4 Lovely shades of green, such as grape, pistachio, and reed-green. 1901 Speaker 12 Jan. 396/2 The reds and lemons and greens of its [sc. Uppsala's] houses..form a charming bouquet of colour. 1947 Life 17 Nov. 141/1 Compotes made of confectioner's sugar and initialed ‘D.A.R’ in green. 1955 K. Hutton & A. Swallow Chem. for Gen. Sci. ix. 127 If a borax bead were tinged with bottle-green, what would you do to make it white again? 2008 New Yorker 25 Feb. 74/3 Shot in sullen browns and greens, ‘Miller's Crossing’ begins as a rapturous Bertoluccian piece of filmmaking. < as lemmas |
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