| 单词 | pigeon's throat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspigeon's throat pigeon's throat n. a blue-green colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green verditer1552 sea-green1598 blue-green1659 verdigris colour1668 verdigris green1794 beryl1834 pigeon's throat1868 duck's egg1876 peacock green1876 1868 Sci. Amer. 7 Oct. 226/2 Afterward the steel takes several shades, rapidly following and blending with each other; they are purple, pigeon's throat, copper, brown purple. 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Oct. 698/2 The newest colour for this purpose is ‘pigeon's throat’, a pretty blue-green shade. 2000 A. Thorpe Shifts (2001) 51 Now we will see the iron go blue and green. We call it pigeon's throat. It means that it is very strong. < as lemmas |
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