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单词 nutbrown
释义

nutbrown

[ nuht-broun ]
/ ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.

Origin of nutbrown

1250–1300; Middle English. See nut, brown

Words nearby nutbrown

Nüsslein-Volhard, nut, nutant, nutate, nutation, nutbrown, nutcase, nutcracker, Nutcracker Suite, nut dash, nutgall
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Example sentences from the Web for nutbrown

  • At first, during the autumn days, she had used it for a scamper through the nutbrown woods.

    The Girl From Tim's Place|Charles Clark Munn
  • A snow-white moustache and imperial made his nutbrown complexion appear darker than it really was.

    A Set of Six|Joseph Conrad
  • Sir knight and comrade, hither comes one, no nutbrown maid is she, but the fairest of all fair women in this world.

    Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret|Marie De France
  • It began with the College exercise, and ended with the “Nutbrown Maid.”

    The Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore and Pope|Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for nutbrown

nutbrown
/ (ˈnʌtˈbraʊn) /

adjective

of a brownish colour, esp a reddish-brownnutbrown hair
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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