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单词 chartreuse
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Definition of chartreuse in English:

chartreuse

noun ʃɑːˈtrəːz
  • 1mass noun A pale green or yellow liqueur made from brandy and aromatic herbs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I want some chartreuse is that a problem with you sir?
    • Thujone is extracted from the wormwood leaves used in flavouring absinthe as well as vermouth and green chartreuse.
    • The skin should also include all the white pith (leaving the grapefruit flesh that can be cut up, sweetened and marinated in some green chartreuse for another meal like breakfast).
    • Maraschino liqueur isn't too cheap and can be a pain to find; and Chartreuse is expensive, often topping forty dollars a bottle.
    • For Jim it was sipping green chartreuse outside the Angel in Easingwold with only 12 miles to the York finish line.
    • The night before I was to travel home for Christmas, she gave me Sam Shepard's musings in The Motel Chronicles over a green chartreuse at Vesuvio's.
    1. 1.1 A pale yellow or green colour resembling the liqueur chartreuse.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This may not be reason enough to paint the whole house in this chilly greenish yellow, but chartreuse is certainly a color worth knowing if you're planning on being conversant in the finer points of home décor.
      • When Wray slathers one of the large paintings in yellow chartreuse, the effect is jarring and delirious.
      • But the water lettuce does look pretty good, spreading the color chartreuse out across the surface of the water.
      • The pipe was painted golden yellow and the box chartreuse.
      • The centers of the leaves are chartreuse in late May, then slowly change to bright gold by mid-July.
      • Terry devised a novel ‘triple drapery’ of three sheer fabrics - in shades of chartreuse, amber, and amethyst - attached by rings to sculpted wrought-iron rods.
      • Now the once-white greenhouse is painted cobalt blue and trimmed with chartreuse; red and salmon pink roses grow beside it for vivid contrast.
      • A single species may have several color varieties, or morphs, ranging from brown to red, orange, yellow, and even chartreuse.
      • Nearly the entire southwest facade is made up of vertical panes of alternating pink, chartreuse, blue, and yellow glazing.
      • In this graceful work, a warm haze, modulated from white gold at the top to chartreuse at the bottom, envelops the viewer in an air of quiet introspection.
      • Add a third color to enhance the other two: chartreuse with purple and orange, for example, or pink with yellow and blue.
      • White, yellow and chartreuse are proven patterns.
      • Gold varieties must have some direct sun for their full color to develop; in shade they become chartreuse.
      • That color ranges from deep shades of brown, purple, ultramarine and emerald, up through hot pink, fire-engine red, fluorescent chartreuse and grating lavender.
      • Some are deep green, others bright chartreuse.
      • The intermediate colors - yellow, chartreuse, and green - are similarly reversed.
      • Bold oranges, pinks and greens - but not chartreuse - are the hot hues among today's young home furnishers.
      • Her coordinated use of color - burgundy, chartreuse, pink, purple, and blue - ties the garden together.
      • A single color unifies the grouping, but shades ranking from olive to chartreuse keep it interesting.
      • Purchase a high-contrast color such as hot pink or chartreuse.
  • 2A dish made in a mould using pieces of meat, game, vegetables, or (now most often) fruit in jelly.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If serving chartreuse cold, place a weight on top of the cooked mold and chill.
    • And then a scallop raviolo came with a chartreuse and lobster sauce that was the richest and most ambitious of the day and, as it happens, the most successful.
    • Still, he deftly accessorizes the dish with flying fish roe turned chartreuse with wasabi and a clever fried wonton basket bearing snappy daikon radish and pea shoots.
    • And the pale green pistachios actually perfected the presentation (mahogany duck, pale yellow sauce/cheese, chartreuse and mid-tan nuts).

Origin

Named after La Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur (sense 1) was first made; sense 2 is an extended use.

Rhymes

agents provocateurs, berceuse, chanteuse, charmeuse, chauffeuse, coiffeurs, danseuse, diseuse, furze, hers, messieurs, Meuse, secateurs, vendeuse
 
 

Definition of chartreuse in US English:

chartreuse

noun
  • 1A pale green or yellow liqueur made from brandy and aromatic herbs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The skin should also include all the white pith (leaving the grapefruit flesh that can be cut up, sweetened and marinated in some green chartreuse for another meal like breakfast).
    • The night before I was to travel home for Christmas, she gave me Sam Shepard's musings in The Motel Chronicles over a green chartreuse at Vesuvio's.
    • For Jim it was sipping green chartreuse outside the Angel in Easingwold with only 12 miles to the York finish line.
    • I want some chartreuse is that a problem with you sir?
    • Maraschino liqueur isn't too cheap and can be a pain to find; and Chartreuse is expensive, often topping forty dollars a bottle.
    • Thujone is extracted from the wormwood leaves used in flavouring absinthe as well as vermouth and green chartreuse.
    1. 1.1 A pale yellow or green color resembling the liqueur chartreuse.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Bold oranges, pinks and greens - but not chartreuse - are the hot hues among today's young home furnishers.
      • White, yellow and chartreuse are proven patterns.
      • The centers of the leaves are chartreuse in late May, then slowly change to bright gold by mid-July.
      • When Wray slathers one of the large paintings in yellow chartreuse, the effect is jarring and delirious.
      • Her coordinated use of color - burgundy, chartreuse, pink, purple, and blue - ties the garden together.
      • Terry devised a novel ‘triple drapery’ of three sheer fabrics - in shades of chartreuse, amber, and amethyst - attached by rings to sculpted wrought-iron rods.
      • This may not be reason enough to paint the whole house in this chilly greenish yellow, but chartreuse is certainly a color worth knowing if you're planning on being conversant in the finer points of home décor.
      • The pipe was painted golden yellow and the box chartreuse.
      • Now the once-white greenhouse is painted cobalt blue and trimmed with chartreuse; red and salmon pink roses grow beside it for vivid contrast.
      • But the water lettuce does look pretty good, spreading the color chartreuse out across the surface of the water.
      • A single species may have several color varieties, or morphs, ranging from brown to red, orange, yellow, and even chartreuse.
      • Add a third color to enhance the other two: chartreuse with purple and orange, for example, or pink with yellow and blue.
      • Nearly the entire southwest facade is made up of vertical panes of alternating pink, chartreuse, blue, and yellow glazing.
      • Some are deep green, others bright chartreuse.
      • The intermediate colors - yellow, chartreuse, and green - are similarly reversed.
      • Purchase a high-contrast color such as hot pink or chartreuse.
      • A single color unifies the grouping, but shades ranking from olive to chartreuse keep it interesting.
      • In this graceful work, a warm haze, modulated from white gold at the top to chartreuse at the bottom, envelops the viewer in an air of quiet introspection.
      • Gold varieties must have some direct sun for their full color to develop; in shade they become chartreuse.
      • That color ranges from deep shades of brown, purple, ultramarine and emerald, up through hot pink, fire-engine red, fluorescent chartreuse and grating lavender.
  • 2A dish made in a mold using pieces of meat, vegetables, or (now most often) fruit in jelly.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the pale green pistachios actually perfected the presentation (mahogany duck, pale yellow sauce/cheese, chartreuse and mid-tan nuts).
    • If serving chartreuse cold, place a weight on top of the cooked mold and chill.
    • Still, he deftly accessorizes the dish with flying fish roe turned chartreuse with wasabi and a clever fried wonton basket bearing snappy daikon radish and pea shoots.
    • And then a scallop raviolo came with a chartreuse and lobster sauce that was the richest and most ambitious of the day and, as it happens, the most successful.

Origin

Named after La Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur ( chartreuse (sense 1)) was first made; chartreuse (sense 2) is an extended use.

 
 
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