单词 | tannish |
释义 | tannishadj. Somewhat tan-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > yellowish brown > tan tanned1575 tan1665 tannish1935 1935 J. T. Farrell Judgment Day xiii. 287 He glanced at a squat fellow in a crimson jersey and tannish knickers. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 53 It [sc. the calf] had Rosy's colouring, only at the ends the hair deepened into the Jersey's tannish black. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) iii. 40 We ambled into..a tiny Saxon church. Of tannish stone..it was thick-set..and sheltering. 1965 Amer. Philos. Q. II. 320/2 A deep olive green..would be more beautiful..against a tannish pink. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1935 |
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