单词 | yellowish-green |
释义 | > as lemmasyellowish-green C1. Modifying adjectives and nouns of colour, as yellowish-brown, yellowish-green, etc. Π 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 134v It hath leaues lyke basil, and a yelowish rede sede, all full of oyle. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 123 The Prymerose..hath small whitishe, or yellowish greene leaues in all partes. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 541 Rounde huskes or knoppes, conteyning a yellowishe browne seede. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 15 A certaine foure-footed beast, of a yellowish-carnation colour. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2411/4 A yellowish bay Stone-horse. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 499 The yellowish-grey Fringilla. 1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. I. 619 A large slab of yellowish white, very abundantly yellowish grey veined Alabaster. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 214 Miemite of a rich yellowish-green. 1882 Garden 12 Aug. 145/3 Lovely yellow or yellowish scarlet tints. 1925 Sci. Monthly Oct. 441 A yellowish red oil, transparent and viscous. 1975 Strawberry Insects (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 2184) 3/2 Color ranges from yellowish green to dark bluish green or black. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. a10 It shouldn't be that yellowish-brown. < as lemmas |
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