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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

aubergine

/oh-ber-zheen, -jeen, oh-ber-; oh-ber-zheen, -jeen, oh-ber-/US // ˈoʊ bərˌʒin, -ˌdʒin, ˈoʊ bɛr-; ˌoʊ bərˈʒin, -ˈdʒin, ˌoʊ bɛr- //UK // (ˈəʊbəˌʒiːn) //

茄子,矮脚鸡,矮脚鸡肉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British. eggplant.
    • : a dark purplish color.

Examples

  • “Hillary also looked beautiful in that aubergine dress,” he said.

  • Big aubergine walls and hedges lined the pathways, some 20 feet high.

  • All the trappings, including saddle and saddle-cloth, in green and aubergine.

  • Just above, inside a building, which is of aubergine and green, is a man sorting the rice.

  • A gold base deeply chiselled in wave-diaper and overrun with a paste of aubergine purple is the most pleasing.

  • The armour is in green with yellow edgings, belt, &c.; the under-garments in aubergine, and black boots.

  • Three colours:—green, a curious shade; yellow, varying from pale to bright; aubergine, also varying in tone.

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