单词 | pearly-grey |
释义 | > as lemmaspearly-grey pearly-grey n. and adj. ΚΠ 1757 J. Hill Eden 389/2 The Ground Colour of the Flower [sc. painted amethystine tulip] is a pearly grey, with a Tinge of faint crimson diffus'd all over it. 1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 311/1 The substantial richness of Correggio, with his pearly grays seen under a body of transparent colouring. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxix A costume of pearly grey. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvii. 261 Big, pearly-gray birds..with black-crowned heads..the night herons so harmonise with the twilight as to seem a part of it. 2003 Time Out (Nexis) 26 Nov. 48 The creamy black sky appears denser than the pearly grey sea. < as lemmas |
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