| 单词 | buttercup yellow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuttercup yellow buttercup yellow n. and adj. (a) a bright golden-yellow colour resembling that of the buttercup (cf. A. 2); (b) of this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > golden yellow goldOE gold colour1547 goldness1657 goldishness1671 aventurine1791 goldenness1829 gilding1851 orange-gold1859 buttercup yellow1863 old gold1871 red-gold1884 Tuscan1887 honey1981 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 1863 Floral World Oct. 223/2 The ground colour of the leaves then is a golden buttercup yellow, veined and marbled with light and dark green. 1880 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 30 Jan. 2/2 A toilette of damask..was draped..in front, and had a long train of buttercup yellow satin. 1910 Washington Post 10 July 9/5 Pale cheese and buttercup yellow butter are also in great demand because their color pleases the public. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vi. 110 Two jacanas bathing, their underwings flashing buttercup yellow. 1990 J. Hodgins in L. Svendsen Words we call Home 164 Lived just down the road a ways from us in that little farm with the buttercup-yellow house. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Sept. 12 Pale pink, sky blue, mint green and buttercup yellow are the colours of the season. < as lemmas |
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