Ochre
['əʊkə] or ['okɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.
(n.) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
(n.) See Ocher.
亚伯整理
解釋/意思:
n. a fine clay mostly pale yellow used for colouring walls &c.: (slang) money esp. gold.—adjs. O′cherous Ochrā′ceous O′chreous O′chroid O′chry consisting of containing or resembling ochre.
整理:威廉
例句/造句/用法:
- For the balance of the day and all the following night we raced across that ochre wilderness with the pursuers at our back ever gaining upon us. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow wash, but chrome goes further, and makes a color generally esteemed prettier. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The usual proportions for the compound are, phosphorus four parts, nitre ten, glue six, red ochre five, and smalt two. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
整理:罗莎