| 单词 | pinkish-purple |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspinkish-purple C1. Modifying colour words to form adjectives and nouns, as pinkish-brown, pinkish-grey, pinkish-purple, etc. ΚΠ 1785Pinkish white [see sense 1]. 1857 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. vii. 360 The castle is built of stone which has a beautiful pinkish-grey tint. 1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 105 The series..varies between a purplish- or pinkish-red, and stone-grey ground-colour. 1905 Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Jan. 16/2 This gentleman [sc. a land crab] is a pinkish yellow creature from two to four inches long. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 59 Spathe yellowish-green and pinkish-brown. 2003 Pop. Ceramics May–June 12/3 Blue under a pink translucent will give a pinkish-purple color. < as lemmas |
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