khaki

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑː.ki/    美 /ˈkɑː.ki/|/ˈkæ.ki/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. countable,uncountable
    — When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen", When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth; Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in khaki ordered South?
  2. Khaki green, a dull green colour. countable,uncountable
    — 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54. The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.
  3. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. countable,uncountable
  4. A soldier wearing a khaki uniform. countable,rare,uncountable
  5. A British person. South-Africa,countable,derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."
  6. Khaki clothing or uniform. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — 1915 Out West magazine The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.
形容词 adj.
  1. Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

词形变化

khakis plural khakies error-unknown-tag,especially,noun,plural carkee alternative,obsolete carky alternative,obsolete karkey alternative,obsolete khakee alternative,obsolete kharkee alternative,obsolete kharki alternative,obsolete more khaki comparative most khaki superlative carkee alternative,obsolete carky alternative,obsolete karkey alternative,obsolete khakee alternative,obsolete kharkee alternative,obsolete kharki alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Khaki Campbell khaki drill khakied khaki election khaki-green khakistocracy khakiweed

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).
Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.
词源 2
Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).
Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.
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