ecru

英 ['eɪkruː; e'kruː] 美 ['ekrʊ]
  • n. 淡褐色
  • adj. 本色的;淡褐色的

中文词源


ecru 淡褐色的

e-, 强调。-cru, 词源同raw, crude. 即生丝,未染色的。

英文词源


ecru (adj.)
1869, "having the color of raw silk or unbleached linen," from French écru "raw, unbleached," from Old French escru "raw, crude, rough" (13c.), from es- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + Latin crudus "raw" (see crude).

双语例句


1. If I had had the big box, I would now know taupe and cerise and ecru.
我要是那时有大盒的蜡笔, 我就能分辨出灰褐色,樱桃红,还有米色.

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2. They were small, somewhere between ecru and beige, but this was it.
它们很小, 淡褐色的, 但毕竟是不错的.

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