tawny

英 [ˈtɔːni] 美 [ˈtɔːni]

adj.  黄褐色的; 茶色的

复数:tawnies

BNC.16473 / COCA.18922



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 黄褐色的;茶色的
    brownish-yellow in colour
    1. the lion's tawny mane
      狮子的黄褐色鬃毛

柯林斯词典

  1. COLOUR 黄褐色
    Tawny hair, fur, or skin is a pale brown colour.
    1. She had tawny hair.
      她有一头黄褐色的头发。
    2. ...a large, tawny dog.
      黄褐色的大狗

双语例句

  1. She had tawny hair.
    她有一头黄褐色的头发。
  2. An outlying eastern tract of the enormous Egdon Waste was close at hand, yet on the very verge of that tawny piece of antiquity such a glittering novelty as this pleasure city had chosen to spring up.
    在附近,是广大的爱敦荒原东部向外突出的地带,爱敦荒原是古老的,然而就在黄褐色的那一部分的边缘,一个辉煌新颖的娱乐城市突然出现了。
  3. His coat is a yellowish brown or tawny color, and about his neck is a great shaggy mane which gives his head a majestic appearance.
    他的皮毛带些淡黄的棕色或者黄褐色,并且他的脖子上有很多长而凌乱的鬃毛使他的头有着雄伟的外观。
  4. On translucent tawny wings, a little red flying fox flaps homeward after a night of intense foraging.
    拍打着半透明的黄色翅膀,一只红色的小飞狐在一夜紧张的觅食后正在归途当中。
  5. Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat.
    细身长腿的非洲野猫,耳朵大而无丛毛,棕色皮毛上有黑色的斑点。
  6. ( of hair or an animal's fur) of a reddish-brown colour; ginger or tawny
    (指毛发或动物皮毛)红褐色的,黄褐色的,茶色的
  7. We then moved to the table to try the least ambitious wine of the day, a 1982 bouzy Rouge from Georges vesselle, a still very pale tawny Pinot Noir from Champagne grapes that mark Lynton had brought.
    然后,我们走向餐桌,品尝当日最低调的葡萄酒,乔治维塞勒(georgesvesselle)带来的1982年bouzyrouge,这种淡茶色黑比诺葡萄酒产自法国香槟地区的葡萄,马克林顿曾经购买过。
  8. Small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America. Inflorescence paniculate, rachis tawny tomentose; female flowers borne on basal part of the inflorescence.
    北美西部的一种小形的早花毛茛,花黄色、有光泽。花序圆锥状;花序轴被灰黄色短绵毛;雌花著生于花序轴下部。
  9. Silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets.
    北半球干燥的北部地区的一种多年生植物,叶具有绢毛、芳香;具有茶色小花。
  10. Semidouble peach-ivory/ tawny shading. Bronze-green, quilted. Standard.
    半重瓣桃色到象牙白色花,黄褐色的晕染。青铜绿色的叶,叶脉向上气状突起。标准型。
  11. None of them noticed a large, tawny owl flutter past the window.
    没有人注意到这时有一只巨大的褐色的猫头鹰从窗外掠过。
  12. Tawny spots can be found on the head and abdomen.
    头部、腹面有淡褐色纵斑。
  13. Pale rose. Light tawny colour which some red wines acquire on oxidation.
    洋葱皮色:一些红葡萄酒在氧化过程中所产生的浅茶色。
  14. They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.
    他们又自顾自地互相唧喳起来。这回他们那兴奋的话题是蔚蓝的海洋、金黄的沙滩,和壁虎爬上爬下的围墙。
  15. Deliciously intense, nutty tawny from a single year.
    来自单一年份的茶色波特酒,有坚果味道,非常美味浓郁。
  16. The color of wood fossil is diverse, including red, grey, brown, black, soil yellow, light yellow and tawny ect.
    木化石的色调丰富多彩,有红、灰、棕、黑、土黄、淡黄和黄褐等颜色。
  17. Acrylic printed fleecy suit Inflorescence paniculate, rachis tawny tomentose; female flowers borne on basal part of the inflorescence.
    腈纶珠光网眼泡沫印花套装花序圆锥状;花序轴被灰黄色短绵毛;雌花著生于花序轴下部。
  18. Three, plus the tawny portwith dessert.
    三杯,外加一份焦制猪排。
  19. A swift, slender, medium-sized hunting dog, bred primarily in the Balearic Islands and having a short, solid, or spotted red and white or tawny coat.
    一种体形瘦长、行动敏捷、中等大小的猎犬。主要在阿利巴里群岛上驯养;有短而结实或带有红色、白色或黄褐色斑点的毛皮。
  20. The best animal in the world is the tawny frogmouth.
    世界上最好的电脑是你的大脑。
  21. Will you not tie up with a wreath your tawny coiled locks?
    在你褐黄的卷发上不系上花串么?
  22. A showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers.
    一种美丽的通常栽培的植物,有黄褐色、往往有紫色斑点的花。
  23. Where a tawny owl was enquiring.
    一只黄褐色的猫头鹰在林中叩问着。
  24. If you counted the dog, cats, hamsters and ball python, we were an even dozen tawny, sharp-featured males and one female, but she was still the leader of the pack.
    如果你再算上狗、猫、仓鼠、球蟒,那么我们就是12个皮肤黝黑轮廓分明的男性和一个女性,她依旧是这个团队的领导。
  25. She and Jaime used to dare each other to climb into their cage, and once she worked up enough courage to slip her hand between two bars and touch one of the great tawny beasts.
    她儿时常和詹姆相互打赌谁敢钻进狮笼,有一次,她鼓足勇气把手伸过铁栅,摸了其中一头茶色野兽。
  26. The great tawny beast sprang to one side and then rolled over in the stillness of death.
    那只黄褐色的大兽跳向一边,翻滚了几下就一动不动地死去了。
  27. Even so on the lonely shore the madman with dusty tawny locks still roamed in search of the touchstone.
    疯人褐色的头发蓬乱纠结,粘满泥土,他仍然在孤寂的海岸上游荡,搜寻着他的点金石。
  28. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
    非洲和印度大型群居的食肉猫科动物,棕色皮毛,雄性有粗硬的鬃毛。
  29. When we say that a lion has a tawny color, we are predicating a certain attribute of the animal, and similarly when we say that the lion is fierce or is hungry.
    当我们说狮子是黄褐色的时候,我们在断定这种动物所拥有的属性;当我们说狮子凶猛或饥饿的时候,情况也与此类似。

英英释义

adj

  1. of a light brown to brownish orange color

      Synonym:    tawny-brown