| 单词 | beige |
| 释义 | beige (once / 13857 pages) adjn Beige is a tan color with a reputation for being neutral, if not boring. Khaki pants and coffee with lots of cream might be beige. Beige does not sound the way it looks. The "ei" is pronounced like a long "a" (as in "cake") and the "g" is a soft "zh" sound. This is because beige comes straight out of French, where it originally meant a fabric of the color we now know as beige. See? Beige has some interesting qualities for such a boring color. WORD FAMILYbeige: beiger, beiges USAGE EXAMPLESOn Monday, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott also wore the model, but in a beige colorway. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) No, Bet Hatikva begins with a B, as in “basically bleak and beige and blah blah blah.” New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) Air Force One is less lavish but there is plenty of wood and leather and a similar predominance of beige and taupe. The Guardian(Dec 07, 2016) 1adj of a light greyish-brown color Syn chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 2n a very light brown Syn|Hyper ecru light brown a brown that is light but unsaturated |
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