单词 | autumn-hued |
释义 | > as lemmasautumn-hued c. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having (any of) the colours or shades (such as red, gold, or brown) characteristic of the leaves of deciduous trees in the autumn’, as autumn-coloured, autumn-hued, autumn-tinted, etc. ΚΠ 1825 T. L. Beddoes Let. Mar. in Poems (1851) I. p. xl I believe the valuable autumn-hued envelope is the most deserving of the collection. 1829 N.Y. Mirror 30 May 369/1 The crowded vehicles..rolled rapidly away from the village, and were lost behind the autumn-tinted copses. 1839 Morning Post 4 Oct. A dress of autumn-coloured silk. 1873 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Dec. 670/2 The wooded slopes retained but shreds of their autumn-dyed raiment. 1929 Times 15 Nov. 17/4 A bouquet of autumn-shaded chrysanthemums and yellow roses. 1940 Oceania 11 137 The red autumn-tinted leaves..add a smart touch of colour. 1983 Washington Post 9 July c4/1 Five women..dressed in autumn-hued tops and pants. 2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 48/2 The dry and autumn-coloured deciduous woodlands..run south for a thousand miles. < as lemmas |
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