| 单词 | yolk-coloured |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyolk-coloured yolk-coloured adj. of the colour of an egg yolk; bright yellow. [With use with reference to choler (see quot. 1684) compare quot. 1662 for yolk-like adj. at Derivatives and earlier examples of yolky adj.2 in similar use; compare also earlier vitelline adj.] Π 1684 J. Phillips tr. N. A. de La Framboisière Art of Physick i. 40 D. How many sorts of Choler are bred in the Veins contrary to Nature? C. Three sorts; the pale, the yolk-colour'd [L. vitellina], and the black. 1869 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 189 The other evening..there was a slash of glowing yolk-coloured sunset. 1979 Ploughshares 5 117 Beyond the barn he could see her Clarence, a faint billow of yolk colored exhaust trailing behind the tractor. 2010 Guardian 23 June 39/5 The stunning bird's foot trefoil, its clusters of yolk-coloured flowers sometimes splashed with red. < as lemmas |
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