glaucous

形容词 adj.
/ˈɡlɔː.kəs/    /ˈɡlɑ.kəs/|/ˈɡlɔ.kəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
    — I realised I was the only shopper in that rather eerie place where I moved about fishlike, in a glaucous aquarium […]
  2. Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

词形变化

more glaucous comparative most glaucous superlative

词源

From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”), 1670s. See Irish glas.
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