umber
英 [ˈʌmbə(r)]
美 [ˈʌmbɚ]
- n. 棕土;焦茶色
- adj. 棕土的;棕色的
- vt. 涂以红褐色
umber 棕土来自拉丁语umbra,阴影,影子,词源同umbrage, umbrella. 引申义影子一样的颜色,棕色,后用来指这种棕土。
- umber (n.)
- brown earthy pigment, 1560s, from Middle French ombre (in terre d'ombre), or Italian ombra (in terra di ombra), both from Latin umbra "shade, shadow" (see umbrage) or else from Umbra, fem. of Umber "belonging to Umbria," region in central Italy from which the coloring matter first came (compare Sienna). Burnt umber, specially prepared and redder in color, is attested from c. 1650, distinguished from raw umber.
- 1. To get to work, he takes umber 17 bus to a hotel.
- 为了去上班, 他乘17路公交车到一个宾馆.
- 2. You are umber one.
- 你是第一流的.
- 3. A unique umber a ociated with each interrupt.
- 和每一个中断相关联的唯一数字.
- 4. Can I see the umber serge instead?
- 请你拿褐色的哔叽布给我好 吗 ?
- 5. In the midst of all this the lamp still cast a smoky glowas umber.
- 这些东西的中央,那盏油灯仍在冒烟,发出昏暗的茶褐色亮光.