单词 | brick-red |
释义 | brick-redadj.n. A. adj. Of the colour of red brick; deep brownish red. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 1740 J. Andree Acct. Tilbury Water (ed. 2) 17 I took some of the Spirit of Nitre lower'd to a very small degree of Acidity, and touch'd coarse blue [printed hlue] Paper with it, which immediately turn'd of a brick red Colour. 1856 Manch. Guardian 27 Feb. 4/2 The vase is..dull brick-red clay or terracotta, unglazed. 1897 E. H. Cooper Marchioness against County viii. 350 Lady Hetherington turned brick-red with indignation. 1933 E. A. Powell Slanting Lines of Steel x. 151 Reservists in the brick-red trousers..to which the French had clung since the days of the third Napoleon. 1968 H. Holthouse in B. Brander et al. Australia v. 103 The bright brick-red sands of the Central Australian plains. 2006 Elle Girl Mar. 101 Next, blend brick-red blush on the apples of your cheeks for an outdoorsy flush. B. n. The colour of red brick; a deep brownish red. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 1759 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. i. 52 Red Silver ore..is distinguished from Cinnabar, by its colour inclining not to an aurora or brick red, but to the garnet or ruby red, or a purple red. 1817 Ann. Reg. 1816 Chron. 561 Breast and belly are of a fine brick red. 1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1 July 12/3 The copper colors, the brick reds, the dark grizzly blues, and the coarse cotton fabrics..are an abomination, and not to be tolerated. 1920 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Oct. 14/3 She blushed a miserable brick red. 1966 Compar. Educ. Rev. 8 206/2 Constructed in natural stone and cement and colorfully decorated in brick-red and blue, the school is a thing of beauty. 2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xi. 100 The color of a piece of Brazilian rosewood can range from a golden pumpkin to a greenish gray to a striking brick-red. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1740 |
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