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单词 aubergine
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auberginen.

/ˈəʊbə(d)ʒiːn/
Etymology: French, diminutive of auberge, variant of alberge ‘a kind of peach’ (Littré), < Spanish alberchigo, alverchiga, ‘an apricocke’ (Minsheu 1623).
a. The fruit of the Eggplant, Solanum esculentum, resembling a goose's egg in size and shape, and usually of purple colour; also called brinjal.
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1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. xii. 307 The aubergines are a species of fruit which grows in the shape of a cucumber.
1811 Monthly Mag. 32 258 The tomato, the aubergine, and several other culinary plants.
1883 St. James's Gaz. 20 Dec. 5/2 I wonder also that the aubergine did not remind him of another kitchen fruit.
b. A purple colour resembling that of the fruit. Also attributive and as adj. aubergine purple, a shade of purple found in Oriental porcelain.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > other purples
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1895 Windsor Mag. 1 109/1 An aubergine silk lining.
1898 Daily News 29 Sept. 3/4 Cashmere in a tone of Burgundy that is sometimes called aubergine, from the deep reddish mauve of the vegetable.
1903 Daily Chron. 31 Oct. 8/4 Aubergine..is a tint with some claret and a touch of violet in it.
1906 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. 23 The deep purple, or aubergine (ch'ieh tzú), of the Chun-chou wares.
1909 Daily Chron. 29 Jan. 4/5 Aubergine coloured cloth.
1927 Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 13/3 Examples of the Ming dynasty..vases, jardinières, bowls,..an aubergine fish-bowl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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