| 单词 | robin's egg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrobin's egg robin's egg adj. and n. originally U.S. = robin's-egg blue n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > greenish blue turquoise1573 pavonaceous1688 aquamarine1846 verditer1857 robin's egg1871 peacock1873 starch blue1875 bird's-egg blue1878 Alice blue1905 kingfisher1930 teal blue1949 1871 Our Young Folks Apr. 229 She saw her robin's-egg sash and gloves. 1871 W. Whitman in N.Y. Evening Post 7 Sept. 2/5 Gladdening the sun and sky—enhued in cheerfulest hues, Bronze, lilac, robin's egg, marine and crimson. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) v. 91 Cloud battalions retreating, and stragglers streaked with red—geranium, salmon, vermilion, magenta. Between them, their complements of robin's egg, turquoise, and faint bottle green. 1991 G. Bear & S. M. Stirling in L. Niven et al. Man-Kzin Wars IV 263 The sky was gorgeous robin's egg at the horizon and lapis overhead. < as lemmas |
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