| 单词 | sunset-red |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunset-red C2. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as sunset-red, sunset-orange, etc.See also sunset yellow n. (a) at Compounds 7. ΚΠ 1848 tr. in London Lit. Pioneer 22 July 238/2 Your carmine, dawn-of-morning, sunset-red cheeks that resemble a pot of paint. a1861 E. B. Browning Epist. to Canary (1913) 11 A spark of light from highest dawn, Which glows and opens..till sunset reds are likest to them. 1888 Bristol Mercury 27 Feb. 3/3 The lady's train..was lined with sunset-pink satin. 1916 N.Y. Times 7 Feb. 4/1 (advt.) There are bird's-eye tweeds and Harris tweeds, in Tipperary greens, sunset purples and ocean blues. 1949 Washington Post 13 Nov. 15 b/2 Chairman Mason turned a sunset crimson. 1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man. (1998) 112/3 This high-visibility sunset-orange floating line..sits especially high in the water for easy pick-up. 2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 198/2 The surrounding colour of the stone varying from mussel blue to pink, to sunset red and grassy emerald. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。