| 单词 | adelaide blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAdelaide blue General attributive and parasynthetic, as Adelaide-colour, Adelaide blue, Adelaide-coloured, etc. ΚΠ 1831 Standard 28 Feb. The skirt is of Adelaide blue crape. 1831 Morning Post 13 May Train of Adelaide colour watered gros de Naples. 1833 Court Jrnl. 22 June 436/2 A dress of white satin, embroidered in gold, en bonquet; train of Adelaide coloured satin, lined with white gros de Naples. 1887 F. Whisshaw tr. F. Dostoevsky Friend of Family iii. in Friend of Family & Gambler 37 Will you put on the Adelaide-coloured tie, sir, or this spotted one? 1914 D. K. Broster & G. W. Taylor Vision Splendid 231 Beneath the four upright ostrich plumes which topped her lemon-yellow bonnet, beneath its wide brim lined with Adelaide-blue crepe, Horatia saw the irregular features of the woman. 1989 A. Littlewood tr. J. Catteau Dostoyevsky & Process Literary Creation xxvi. 402 Dostoyevsky mentions a tie of ‘adelaide’ colour, a completely forgotten name which used to denote a dark blue very fashionable from 1830–50. 1992 T. Howard Desire's Bride 35 He deposited his Adelaide-blue hat, gloves, and silver-topped cane on the entrance table. < as lemmas |
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