indigo

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n. 靛青, 靛蓝色 a. 靛蓝色的

发音

UK /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/
其它
US /ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/

词形变化

indigoes indigos 复数 indigos indigoes 复数 more indigo 比较级 most indigo 最高级

别名

indico ind.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A purplish-blue color.

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  2. 2.

    A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.

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  3. 3.

    A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.

    靛青

    靛蓝

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  4. 4.

    An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).

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adj.
  1. 1.

    having a deep purplish-blue colour

    靛蓝

    靛青

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

anil indigotin

上位词 5

bush violet dye shrub dyestuff

下位词 1

anil
形容词

近义相关 4

colored colorful coloured colourful

相关短语

indigo bunting [鸟类]蓝鹀(Passerina cyanea) indigo buntings Indigo child Indigo children indigo blue n. 靛蓝色 indigo copper [化] 铜蓝 indigo brown indigo white [化] 靛白 indigo red [医] 地衣紫 indigo snake 森王蛇,靛青蛇(Drymarchon corais couperi) [亦作 gopher snake] indigo bush indigo carmine [化] 食用靛蓝; 靛胭脂 [医] 靛卡红, 靛胭脂 indigo bushes indigo snakes

词源

16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of Indic.

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