| 单词 | isabella | 
| 释义 | Isabellaadj.n. 1.  Greyish yellow; light buff. Like other colour names, also used as n.(Various stories have been put forth to account for the name. That given in D'Israeli  Cur. Lit. (Article  Anecdotes of Fashion), and also in Littré, associating it with the archduchess Isabella and the siege of Ostend 1601–4, is shown by quot. 1600   to be chronologically impossible.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > 			[noun]		 > greyish yellow Isabella1600 Isabel1828 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > 			[adjective]		 > greyish yellow Isabella1600 Isabella-coloured1681 isabelline1859 fauchie1911 1600    Inv. Queen's Garderobe July in  J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth 		(1823)	 III. 505  				Item, one rounde gowne of Isabella-colour satten,..set with silver spangles. 1661    T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman 		(new ed.)	 xiv. 156  				Of the signification of Colours... Isabella, Beauty. 1689    London Gaz. No. 2459/4  				A new red Coat with an Izabella colour Lining. 1719    G. London  & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner 		(ed. 7)	 71  				Is in Shape like the Rousselet, of a very light Isabella Colour, like the Martin Sec. 1805    R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 5  				From the names of persons, as Isabella yellow, now called cream yellow. 1811    J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 329  				Of a yellowish grey, verging on Isabella colour. 1870    A. L. Adams Notes Naturalist Nile Valley & Malta 38  				The desert lark..is..of a light Isabella colour above, and white below.  2.  Applied to varieties of fruits:  a.  A kind of peach. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > 			[noun]		 > stone fruit > peach peacha1425 Isabella1664 peachlet1877 1664    J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 70 in  Sylva  				Peaches. Nutmeg, Isabella, Persian.  b.  A species of North American grape ( Vitis Labrusca) with large fruit, sometimes purple, often green and red. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > 			[noun]		 > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine > types of wild vinea1382 malmsey1511 malvoisie1517 raisin1573 parsley vine1648 winter grape1670 morillon1691 summer grape1709 Pineau1763 tresseau1763 frost grape1771 muscadinec1785 sweet-water1786 chicken grape1807 scuppernong1811 Marsanne1824 Merlot1825 Cabernet1833 Isabella1835 mustang1846 Traminer1851 labrusca1854 Pinot1854 Catawba1857 Isabel1858 Trebbiano1860 aglianico1862 Canaiolo1862 verdelho1883 vinifera1888 Durif1897 Chardonnay1911 Chenin Blanc1913 Sylvaner1928 Syrah1928 Tokay wine1959 Mourvedre1967 1835–40    T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 		(1862)	 197  				In an arbor, surrounded with honeysuckle, and Isabella grape. 1846    Knickerbocker 27 419  				A snaky looking vine..from which glorious bunches of Catawbas and Isabellas may be gathered. 1853    B. F. Taylor Jan. & June 		(1871)	 23  				A respectable Apple tree..inexperienced in the wiles and ways of Catawbas, Isabellas, and the like. 1863    Handbk. Bot. 292  				The Isabella..varieties of this species. 1864    9th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric.  i. 35  				Years after the introduction of the Isabella came the Diana, Concord, and some others. 1949    Amer. Photography Apr. 244/1  				Vitis labrusca..has furnished the catawba,..the Concord,..and the Isabella. Compounds  Isabella-coloured  adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > 			[adjective]		 > greyish yellow Isabella1600 Isabella-coloured1681 isabelline1859 fauchie1911 1681    J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 48  				Isabella coloured Mohair. 1686    tr.  J. Chardin Trav. Persia 371  				All the Nysain horses were Isabella coloured. 1835    Penny Cycl. IV. 89/2  				Isabella-coloured Bear, Ursus Isabellinus. 1858    J. R. Planché tr.  Countess d'Aulnoy Princess Belle-etoile 573  				She mounted an Isabella-coloured horse; the black mane of which was dressed with rows of diamonds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < | 
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