| 单词 | rifle green |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrifle green rifle green adj. and n. (a) n. a dark olive green colour, as found on the uniforms of many early British rifle regiments; (b) adj. of this shade of green. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > dark green steel-greena1560 bottle-green1785 corbeau1810 forest-green1810 rifle green1829 spinach-green1845 pine green1892 army green1897 malachite1900 seaweed-green1937 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > dark green steel-greena1560 moss green1705 bottle1784 corbeau1810 forest-green1810 rifle green1829 spinach-green1845 hunter's green1872 moss1897 army green1908 jungle green1946 loden1964 1829 Belfast News-Let. 22 May (advt.) Cloths of the very finest West of England Manufacture,..In the shades of Brown, Olive, Black,..Rifle Green. 1830 Sporting Mag. July 202/2 He sported a black velvet cap, much out of keeping, and a rifle-green or black coat. 1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. July 117/2 So many masses of rifle-green trees plunged into the deepest shadow. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob 46 Gown of dark green cloth—rifle green I believe they call it. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xvii. 189 The paramilitary nature of the force lies in its origins in the Royal Irish Constabulary, which adopted the rifle green of the Light Infantry who trained them. 2007 N. Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 15 Feb. 31 The cadets will be issued with the Rifle green berets. < as lemmas |
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