ochre

• n. 赭石；赭色
• vt. 涂赭色于
• adj. 赭色的（等于ocher）

来自希腊语ochros,浅黄色，赭黄色。后有于指一种赭黄色泥土，即赭土。

ochre (n.)

type of clayey soil (much used in pigments), late 14c., from Old French ocre (c. 1300) and directly from Late Latin ocra, from Latin ochra, from Greek ochra, from ochros "pale yellow," of unknown origin. As a color name, "brownish-yellow," it is attested from mid-15c. Related: Ochreous.

1. For our dining room I have chosen ochre yellow walls.

我决定把我们餐厅的墙壁刷成赭黄色。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Once the paint is dry, apply a coat of the red ochre emulsion paint.

油漆干了后，涂一层发红的土黄色乳胶漆。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The sky, deepening to ochre, is broken by two or three seagulls.

两点三点白鸥划破了渐变为赭色的天空.

来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

4. He painted the walls ochre.

他把墙壁涂成赭色了.

来自辞典例句

5. Scientists say that some pieces of the ochre look like crayons for drawing.

科学家们说这些赭石中,一些看起来像画画的粉笔.

来自超越目标英语 第4册