| 单词 | light grey |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight grey a. Of colour, tint, shade, etc.: pale; lacking intensity or depth. Frequently modifying adjectives and nouns denoting a specific colour (often prefixed, sometimes with hyphen), as in light grey, light yellow, etc.: pale in tone or shade; containing little pigment or colouring agent.See also Light Blue n. and adj., light red n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > faint or weak wateryOE dima1250 lighta1398 rare?1440 delayed1543 faint1552 weak1585 pale1598 distempered1621 washya1639 thin1649 languid1663 dilute1665 welmish1688 sickly1695 dimmed1863 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > light or pale whiteeOE palec1350 lighta1398 whitey1556 bleak1566 wan1567 whitish1577 pasty1607 mirage1927 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlv. 258 Ȝelouȝ colour [of urine] and melky..tokeneþ feblenes of hete... Dorrey and citrine and liȝt red [L. subrufus] tokeneþ mene. c1420 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 617 7 pannis integris de lyghtgrene. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hij A lyght plunket colour. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366/1 Leues new..Some very red and some a glad light grene. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 71 The dawn in light-grey mists arose. 1833 New Sporting Mag. Mar. 320/1 These birds are rather different from the Arabian ostrich, being of a lighter colour and considerably less in size. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 16/1 First of all, paint the floor a light yellow and let it dry thoroughly. 2017 A. Thomas Hate u Give xvii. 292 His black tux with a light-blue vest and tie match the strapless tea-length gown I have on. < as lemmas |
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