单词 | spinach-green |
释义 | > as lemmasspinach-green spinach-green n. (a) a dark green vegetable dye made from spinach; (b) a dark green colour; also attributive or as adj. 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 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > dyes and dyestuffs greening worta1200 greening weeda1399 spinach-green1845 emeraldine1864 methyl green1873 malachite green1875 viridine1875 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xx. 508 (heading) Spinach green, for colouring sweet dishes. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. x. 250 Spinach Green For Colouring Various Dishes... Pick and wash the spinach free from dirt, and pound the leaves in a mortar to extract the juice; [etc.]. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 May 3/1 A neckband of rich bright colour, cerise velvet or perhaps orange or spinach green. 1937 Burlington Mag. June 300/2 A fine example of the bold relief of the K'ang-hsi period is a bowl of spinach-green nephrite. 1943 R. Godden Rungli-Rungliot 4 The engine..was painted a spinach-green. 1968 ‘J. Ross’ Diminished by Death xvii. 163 A figured silk confection in spinach green. 1975 Times 31 May 7/2 His former employers ought to be spinach-green with envy. 1980 Catal. Fine Chinese Ceramics (Sotheby, Hong Kong) 210 A spinach-green jade covered censer, raised on tripod supports. < as lemmas |
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