单词 | sepia |
释义 | sepia —sepialike, adj. —sepic /see"pik, sep"ik/, adj. /see"pee euh/, n. 1. a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing. 2. a drawing made with this pigment. 3. a dark brown. 4. Photog. a print or photograph made in this color. 5. any of several cuttlefish of the genus Sepia, producing a dark fluid used naturally for defense and, by humans, in ink. adj. 6. of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink. [1560-70; < L sepia cuttlefish, its secretion < Gk sepía; akin to sêpsis SEPSIS] |
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