英语词汇“indigo”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	indigo
释义	Trends of indigo View usage for: indigo (ɪndɪgoʊ) colour Something that is indigo is dark purplish-blue in colour. ...the stars in the indigo sky. Indigo tattoos adorn her forehead. indigo in British English (ˈɪndɪˌɡəʊ) nounWord forms: plural -gos or -goes 1. Also called: indigotin a blue vat dye originally obtained from plants but now made synthetically 2. any of various tropical plants of the leguminous genus Indigofera, such as the anil, that yield this dye Compare wild indigo 3. a. any of a group of colours that have the same blue-violet hue; a spectral colour b. (as adjective) an indigo carpet Derived forms indigotic (ˌɪndɪˈɡɒtɪk) adjective Word origin C16: from Spanish indico, via Latin from Greek Indikos of India indigo in American English (ˈɪndɪˌgoʊ) nounWord forms: plural ˈindiˌgos or ˈindiˌgoes 1. a blue dye, C16H10N2O2, obtained from certain plants, esp. a plant (Indigofera tinctoria) native to India, or made synthetically, usually from aniline 2. any of a genus (Indigofera) of plants of the pea family that yield indigo 3. a deep violet blue, designated by Newton as one of the seven prismatic or primary colors adjective 4. of this color Word origin Sp < L indicum < Gr indikon (pharmakon), lit., Indian (dye) < Indikos, Indian < India, India Image of indigo © lenavdovinaart, Shutterstock Examples of 'indigo' in a sentence indigo These can be any shade from dark indigo through to pale blue or pure white. The Sun (2016) There are hints of this in the deep pinks, rich blues and indigo tones of paints and tiles used in the bathrooms on each floor. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Or, to be more exact, the particular shade of indigo blue paint applied to the wall pictured here. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It is dusk now; only the street lights pick out the low hills of the Cotswolds against an indigo sky. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Word lists with indigo blue, purple In other languages indigo British English: indigo ADJECTIVE Something that is indigo is dark purplish-blue in colour. ...the stars in the indigo sky. American English: indigo Brazilian Portuguese: cor de anil Chinese: 靛青的 European Spanish: (de color) añil French: indigo German: indigofarben Italian: indaco Japanese: 藍色の Korean: 남색 European Portuguese: cor de anil Latin American Spanish: (de color) añil All related terms of 'indigo' indigo blue → indigotin wild indigo any of several North American leguminous plants of the genus Baptisia , esp B . tinctoria, which has yellow flowers and three-lobed leaves false indigo any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha , of the legume family, esp. A. fruticosa , having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers indigo snake a dark-blue nonvenomous North American colubrid snake , Drymarchon corais couperi indigo bunting a North American bunting , Passerina cyanea, the male of which is bright blue and the female brown
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