单词 | sunblush |
释义 | sunblushn.adj. A. n. 1. literary and poetic. A brief or soft glow of sunlight. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.adj.1832 |
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