mummy brown

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/    美 /ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc. historical,uncountable,usually
    — Mummy brown.—The bituminous substance found in and enveloping Egyptian mummies; it may be considered partly animal and partly bituminous matter.
  2. The colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber. uncountable,usually
    — I then placed it [a wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)] in an open window on a whitish bottom, and the next day it was light brown. At 2 p.m., August 24th, I put it on a jet-black shelf, with black surroundings. Forty-five minutes later it was very dark, nearly mummy brown[…], but darker.

词形变化

mummy browns plural
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