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单词 sun gold
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sun goldn.adj.

Brit. /ˈsʌn ɡəʊld/, U.S. /ˈsən ˌɡoʊld/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: sun n.1, gold n.1
Etymology: < sun n.1 + gold n.1, after German Sonnengold golden sunshine (late 18th cent. or earlier), orange coal-tar dye (1881 or earlier).
A. n.
1. Bright sunlight likened to gold; golden sunshine. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Now rare.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine
sunOE
sun gleamc1225
sunlightc1275
sunshinea1325
sun-shiningc1400
sunningc1595
shine1622
sun gold1868
ray1957
1868 E. R. Sill tr. H. Rau Mozart iii. vi. 134 The glowing imagination pours out the sun-gold [Ger. Sonnengold] of happiness over the whole earth.
1897 Outing 29 554/1 The water..flashed with untold brilliance under the flooding sun gold.
1920 Nature-study Rev. May 211 The pulsing sun-gold of mid-day.
1974 J. D. Jennings in J. Billard World of Amer. Indian 47 (caption) Spiny fingers bright with sun-gold, cholla cacti sink thirsty toes into southwestern sands, vying with frazzle-topped yucca for the desert's precious treasure.
2. An orange coal-tar dye. Obsolete.Apparently a sodium salt of 2,4,5,7-tetranitro-1-naphthol, C10H4O9N4.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
orange lake1758
orange lead1813
orange chrome1849
neutral orange1869
sun gold1881
cadmium orange1895
1881 Chem. News 29 Apr. 199/1 Prof. Merz and Weith, of Zurich, have discovered a new colouring-matter, which they name ‘sun-gold’.
1890 J. J. Hummel Dyeing Textile Fabrics xviii. 401 This colouring matter [sc. heliochrysin] is the sodium salt of tetra-nitro-naphthol, it is also known as Sun Gold.
1918 Color Trade Jrnl. 1 162/2 Heliochrysine, or Sun Gold, is tetranitro-alphanaphthol and is prepared by nitrating 3 parts of bromo-naphthalene with 12 parts of fuming nitric acid.
3. A warm golden colour resembling that of the sun or sunlight.
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1937 Times 1 Mar. 19/1 It [sc. Tortaz] is in a plain cloth and also in a close net wool lace in a range of colours including cactus green,..sun-gold, and sky blue.
1977 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 11 Mar. 4 b/6 (advt.) The pants, blazers and jackets are in sun gold with white piping.
2004 M. Osborne Foxfire Bride vi. 102 She would always have a touch of sun-gold on her skin and rose on her cheekbones.
B. adj.
Of a warm golden colour resembling that of the sun or sunlight. Also: coloured or tinged gold by the sun. Cf. sun-golden adj. at sun n.1 Compounds 5a, sun-goldened adj. at sun n.1 Compounds 4b(b).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow
gildenOE
goldena1382
goldya1398
dory1398
goldc1400
goldisha1425
sunlyc1425
goldlya1450
aureatec1450
gildedc1450
giltenc1450
scorn-golda1586
Pactolian1586
aureal1587
gold colour1648
gold-coloured1674
spun gold1728
aurulent1731
aurelian1791
deaurated1818
Tuscan1830
corn-coloured1854
old gold1877
buttercup yellow1880
aureoline1881
sun gold1887
Tuscan-coloured1905
guinea-gold1938
spun-golden1978
1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Dec. 800/2 Full many a day which darkly dawns And shadows forth a world of cares, With sudden light grows clear and bright, And Noon a sun-gold crownlet wears.
1896 Indiana State Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 15 July 6/6 His clothes were those of a sailor—rough sea boots, shaggy coat, ragged shirt; his sun-gold hair was not even tied behind.
1916 J. London Little Lady of Big House xvi. 191 I love the sun-gold burn in my hair; but I don't dare a thorough tanning.
1929 Manitoba Free Press 26 Jan. (Saturday Story section) 3/5 A tall Viking man. Hair like new yellow rope, sun gold skin.
1952 V. Mulkerns Time Outworn iv. 221 I thought of the sun-gold face laughing at Máire's awkwardness, of the racing figure in a brief swim-suit covering the spaces of shimmering sands with slender long legs.
1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Final ed.) t27 Vivid yellow roses, green moss or sun-gold achillea.
2004 H. Hollick Hollow Crown iii. xvi. 524 The tide was far out, exposing the wide sweep of the curved bay, sun-gold sand and blue, blue sea.

Compounds

sungold tomato n. a variety of cherry tomato with a bright orange skin and a sweet flavour.
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1994 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. c3/2 He included Sun-Gold tomatoes for their intensity.
1999 Times 12 June (Weekend section) 12/1 Sungold tomatoes waver between scarlet and orange, are thin-skinned and so sweet as to be almost like a dessert fruit.
2013 M. Rubin Tomatoes 98 Add the Sungold tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, and salt; bring to a boil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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