tawny
tawny 英 ['tɔːnɪ] 美 ['tɔni]
n. 黄褐色；茶色 adj. 黄褐色的；茶色的
名词复数:tawnies
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- n. 黄褐色；茶色
- adj. 黄褐色的；茶色的
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1. The rising road offered stunning vistas of nearby tawny hillsides thick with summer rock roses, lavender, and thyme.
上升路上两旁景致迷人，附近茶色半山腰浓密地布着沙座莲，薰衣草和百里香。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
- tawny (adj.) "tan-colored," late 14c., from Anglo-French tauné "of or like the brownish-yellow of tanned leather," from Old French tanét "dark brown, tan" (12c., Modern French tanné), past participle of taner "to tan hides," from Medieval Latin tannare (see tan (v.)).Related: Tawniness.
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