| 单词 | umber |
| 释义 | umberWord family adjectiveumberednounumber Colours um·ber /ˈʌmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountableU] CCa brown colour like earth 棕土色；赭色 Examples from the Corpus umber• A burnt umber man in a raw sienna compartment.• This is a mixture of yellow ochre and burnt umber applied to previously dampened paper.• Floodlighting reflected from the silvery burnt umber cladding of the walls as though ice-ghosts danced there, and set the green columns aglow.• As the chlorophyll disappears during the autumn, the leaves turn fiery red, garnet or umber. (1500-1600) Probably from umber “shade, color” ((13-18 centuries)), from Old French umbre, from Latin umbra; → UMBRAGE |
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