sallowy

a. 多黄华柳的,长满山毛柳的

发音

/ˈsælɵwi/

词形变化

more sallowy 比较级 most sallowy 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a sallow tinge; yellowish.

  2. 1.

    Having many sallows.

    1859-85, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King He dreamed; but Arthur with a hundred spears / Rode far, till o'er the illimitable reed, / And many a glancing plash and sallowy isle

词源

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English *saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”) (attested in saluwiġfeþera, saluwiġpād (“having dark feathers”)), equivalent to sallow + -y.

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