| 单词 | tawny |
| 释义 | tawny (once / 1855 pages) adj A color adjective, tawny describes something that is a mix of yellow, orange, and brown colors. A lion has a beautiful tawny coat. Tawny comes from the Anglo-Norman word, taune, which means tanned. Although you might think first of sun tans, which do indeed produce tawny colors in light-skinned people (as long as they don't go straight to lobster red), tan first meant the bark of an oak tree, used to cure leather. It's from the look of tanned leather that we get skin tans and the word tawny. WORD FAMILYtawny: tawnily, tawniness, tawny-colored USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s hard because she doesn’t like me,” said Tawny, who surmised that Georgee was confused about how Tawny fit into the family. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) The wide gaps in his gums were tinged a subtle tawny color. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) One of the deadliest snakes in Mexico, a tawny fer-de-lance, was slithering by his head, 30 centimeters away. Science Magazine(Nov 23, 2016) adj of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather Syn tawny-brown chromatic being or having or characterized by hue |
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