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tawny

/taw-nee/US // ˈtɔ ni //UK // (ˈtɔːnɪ) //

黄褐色,黄褐色的,褐黄色的,褐黄色

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    taw·ni·er, taw·ni·est.

    • : of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shade of brown tinged with yellow; dull yellowish brown.

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Examples

  • A nice aged tawny perhaps, though vin santo also comes to mind.

  • It is built not in a long bun, but in a half-loaf of fresh, tawny-crusted Italian bread.

  • I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals.

  • I like a sweet, sparkling red like Brachetto, though if there are nuts involved, a nice tawny Port could be the perfect match.

  • The bars of gold and light vibrated over the tawny waters, and darkness fell like a black sword, cutting the day from the night.

  • That instant its tawny face scarred with black emerged from behind green leaves.

  • Here and there an oak stood, fully green, among the tawny reds and golds of a flaming woodland.

  • Underneath wisps of tawny hair, rather Mephistophelian, were clear-blue eyes, brilliant and sharp as a brigands.

  • Both men and women had long hair, ranging in color from black to tawny, and very clean and glistening.