| 单词 | martha-coloured |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMartha-coloured Martha-coloured adj. poetic rare of a particular shade of blueish-purple (Edith Sitwell's word: see quot. 1936). ΚΠ 1924 E. Sitwell Sleeping Beauty xiv. 50 The Martha-coloured scabious Grew among dust as dry as old Eusebius. 1936 E. Sitwell Sel. Poems Pref. 25 ‘The Martha-coloured scabious’..is the result of a personal memory... As a child, I had a nursery-maid called Martha, who always wore a..gown..exactly the colour of a scabious. 1937 E. Sitwell I live under Black Sun ii. x. 296 The Martha-coloured scabious waved aimlessly. < as lemmas |
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