| 单词 |
terre-verte |
| 释义 |
‖ terre-verte|tɛrvɛrt| Also 7–8 terra-vert, 8 terraverd, 9 terre verta, 20 terra verde, vert(e). [F. terre verte (De Lisle 1783), terre verde (Cotgr.), It. terra verde ‘green earth’; cf. G. grünerde.] A soft green earth of varying composition used as a pigment; esp. that obtained from Italy (Verona), Cyprus, and France; = celadonite or green earth, a variety of glauconite.
1658W. Sanderson Graphice 82 Earth colours are best, as all Okers..Terre-vert. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 313/2 Terra-vert colour, a kind of a dusky green,..is an earthy Clay Painters use. 1711Brit. Apollo III. No. 141. 2/2 The smallest Body'd Terravert, Lake and the Pinks. 1730Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 9 Crisocolla or Terraverd. 1748J. Hill Fossils 31 Blueish green indurated Clay, called by the painters Terre Verte,..one of the best and most lasting greens they have. 1884J. C. Staples in Girl's Own Mag. 8 Mar. 354/1 Emerald green and terre vert among the greens. 1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 361/1 Colors for Artists... King's Yellow, Lamp Black, Terra Verta. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 471/2 Water Colours... Sunny green..Terra vert..Turner brown. 1919R. Fry Let. 27 Oct. (1972) II. 463, I use..burnt umber, indian red and terra verte. Terra verte pure is too bright for the sky. 1944Burlington Mag. Apr. 92/2 According to the literary tradition this fresco was painted in terra verde. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 8 June 634/5 Florence,..where Uccello's fresco of him, in terra-verde, adorns a wall of the Duomo. |

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