单词 | sun gold |
释义 | sun goldn.adj. A. n. 1. Bright sunlight likened to gold; golden sunshine. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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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