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单词 sunblush
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sunblushn.adj.

Brit. /ˈsʌnblʌʃ/, U.S. /ˈsənˌbləʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.1, blush n.
Etymology: < sun n.1 + blush n.
A. n.
1. literary and poetic. A brief or soft glow of sunlight.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > gleam or glint of
sun gleam1627
sun blink1635
gleen1656
sunblush1832
sunglow1841
1832 L. M. Child Coronal 263 On thy pure cheek health's mantling glow Flits like a sun-blush o'er the snow.
1857 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 187/1 There were spirits to remark to How the sun-blush tinged the leaf.
1917 H. Porter Our Young Aeroplane Scouts at Verdun 107 The unseemly hour of first sun-blush, when bed is most attractive to many people.
1997 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 15 Nov. r35 Dusk comes, and again the landscape is covered in the dusty sunblush.
2.
a. A pink colouring caused by the sun; a light suntan or sunburn.
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1864 Proc. Royal Hort. Soc. 4 61/2 Saint Patrick [sc. variety of apple]. Large, flatly conical, slightly angular, greenish, next the sun blush of uniform rich red; ornamental.
1885 Amer. Angler 20 June 292/1 Employer to clerk: ‘I don't object to your going to a funeral once in a while, but I think you might bring me home a fish or two.’ Sunblush on end of clerk's nose extends rapidly to his ears.
2004 C. Cussler & P. Kemprecos White Death (new ed.) 88 She was tanned except for the sun blush on her high cheekbones.
2014 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 Aug. (Business section) 69 The nets also cut down on wind rub and sun blush, which allows us to produce better quality fruit.
b. A light to medium pink colour.Frequently with reference to tights and stockings.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
incarnationa1475
carnation?1533
peach colour1573
maiden's blush1598
maiden blush1600
flesh-colour1611
gridelinc1640
incarnadine1661
pinka1669
peach bloom1716
pompadour1761
rose pink1772
salmon-colour1813
orange-pink1820
peachiness1820
maiden rose1827
pinkiness1828
peach-blow1829
peach1831
pink madder1835
flesh-tint1839
pinkness1840
rose du Barry1847
flesh1852
almond1872
ash of roses1872
nymph-pink1872
rose Pompadour1872
salmon1873
pinkishness1874
mushroom1884
salmon-pink1884
naturelle1887
shell-pink1887
sunrise1890
sultan pink1899
mushroom colour1900
sunblush1925
flesh tone1931
magnolia1963
1925 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 12 Dec. 5/4 (advt.) Buy your Hosiery from us!.. In Black, White, Champagne, Tinsel-Gold, Flesh, Cameo, Lila, Eau-de-nil, Sunblush.
1945 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 16 July 4/1 If it's a sun-blush your [sic] wearing, liquid or cake will do the hiding.
1954 Advertiser (Adelaide) 11 June 11 (advt.) No ladder worries. In shades of Sunblush and Winsome.
1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 11 May (Consumer section) 9 Ladder- resistant, sheer, 15 denier tights, but with the strength of opaques. Available in black, barely black, sun blush and sherry.
B. adj.
1. Designating a colour, shade, etc., reminiscent of a light suntan or sunburn. Now rare.Chiefly with reference to tights and stockings.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > other reds
strawberry1675
raspberry red1735
pomegranate1844
framboise1904
raspberry1909
sunblush1930
crushed raspberry1931
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > light brown
parchment1597
whited brown1650
whitey-brown1658
coffee-coloured1695
dust-coloured1800
ochre-brown1853
blonde1866
biscuit1875
weedy-brown1886
mousy1888
bisque1890
toast-coloured1898
suntan1923
sunblush1930
rachel1951
1930 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 25 May 6/2 New Kayser Hose... You'll want to buy them by the box when you see the new sun-blush shade.
1936 Del Rio (Texas) Evening News 8 Oct. 8/7 (advt.) Elastic binding at waist and legs, seamless front and back. Sunblush tone.
1947 Sydney Morning Herald 10 July 11/1 Nineteen plain colours—and the most fascinating of the 1947 vintage are amber,..sunblush pink, bonbon blue [etc.].
2. Originally and chiefly British. Designating tomatoes that have been partly dried (in the oven, by the sun, etc.); = sun-blushed adj. 2.Cf. sun-dried tomatoes, which are subjected to a more extensive drying process (see sun-dried adj. 1a).A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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1998 Observer 6 Dec. (Life section) 41 (advt.) Somewhere between the tomato and the sun-dried tomato lies the sunblush tomato.
2002 Cheshire Life Aug. 214/2 Dinner started with lobster ravioli.., followed by fillet of Welsh black beef, sunblush tomato and spring onion potato cake.
2013 Waitrose Kitchen July 19/1 (caption) Red peppers, cucumber and spinach with sunblush yellow tomatoes and olive oil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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