sepia

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. uncountable
    — Sepia had some use in ancient times as a writing ink, and in modern times has has occasionally been used as a pigment, but it never attained any popularity, as it is extremely fugitive.
  2. A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. uncountable
  3. A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. broadly,countable
  4. A cuttlefish. archaic,countable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
    — Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

词形变化

sepias plural more sepia comparative most sepia superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
sepialike sepic sepioid
相关词
sepian sepiolite black and white color cuttlefish ink sac

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
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