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ceruse

/seer-oos, si-roos/US // ˈsɪər us, sɪˈrus //UK // (səˈruːs) //

小脑,耵聍,小红帽,小脑的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pigment composed of white lead.

Examples

  • But art has taught her to supply furrowed deformities with ceruse boxes, and to repair a decayed complexion with an Italian fucus.

  • You will temper minium and ceruse and carmine with clear of egg.

  • Spanish green was verdigris, and minium was red lead, while ceruse was white lead.

  • A pot of ceruse, my child, that I took out of a lady's under petticoat pocket.

  • Minium sometimes leans to orange; and there is made from ceruse a peculiar red, Mineral Orange.