| 单词 | off-yellow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff-yellow b. Prefixed to an adjective, usually the name of a colour: designating a colour that approximates to but is not identical with the colour specified, as off-black, off-green, off-yellow, etc.; esp. as off-white n. and adj. See also off-dry adj. ΚΠ 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham iii. 56 White, or a little off white.] 1927 Daily Mirror 10 Dec. 16/1 Jumper suits in white, yellow, or what the Paris dressmakers call ‘off whites’ will see you through. 1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 5 One of the new off-black shades.., a sort of unripe blackberry colour, is used for the third model. 1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 250 The walls are alternately painted Off-yellow and festival mauve. 1960 Guardian 9 Dec. 8/5 A feeling for the gentler blues and off-greens. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 10 d (advt.) Colors included..nocturne (off-black). 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon 99 She wore the standard off-blue boiler suit that was virtually the uniform of low to mid-level [Chinese] bureaucrats in the various government ministries. < as lemmas |
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