Word · Frequency #16257
Kendal
/ˈkendəl/
noun
肯德尔绿
a green dye obtained from the woad plant, used to color cloth
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n a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant
(英国)肯德尔耳绿色粗呢；肯德尔绿
(英国)肯德尔耳绿色粗呢
In use
They used kendal to give the cloth its deep green color.
A small jar of kendal was all the dyer needed for the batch.
Historically, kendal was obtained from the woad plant.
dye sth with sth
kendal 在此是不可数名词，指一种绿色染料。
They dyed the cloth with kendal.
他们用肯德尔绿给布染色。
extract sth from sth
extract sth from sth 意为“从……中提取某物”。
Workers extracted kendal from the woad plant.
工人从菘蓝中提取肯德尔绿。
Connections
Collocations
- Kendal green
- 肯德尔绿
- Kendal green was a popular color for medieval cloth.肯德尔绿是中世纪布料的流行颜色。
- Kendal green dye
- 肯德尔绿染料
- The weaver prepared a Kendal green dye from woad.织布工用菘蓝制作了肯德尔绿染料。
- Kendal green cloth
- 肯德尔绿色呢绒
- The shop sold bolts of Kendal green cloth.这家店出售成匹的肯德尔绿色呢绒。
- dyed with Kendal
- 用肯德尔染料染色
- In old times, people dyed wool with Kendal.古时候，人们用肯德尔染料给羊毛染色。
Pop culture & quotes
- Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green came to my board.
- 三个身穿肯德尔绿的恶棍朝我扑来。——莎士比亚《亨利四世》上篇Shakespeare's Falstaff uses the word kendal in this comic boast, referring to the green dye made from woad.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 kendal 读成“肯德尔”，联想英国肯德尔镇的绿色粗呢：Kendal = 一种绿染料。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：textile dyeing、historical texts 该词比较常见于历史、染织或植物染料相关的正式文本，指从菘蓝植物提取的绿色染料；现代日常口语中很少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Mendel rhymes with kendal (/ˈkendəl/); kennel, candle, handle, Handel, and kindle are spelling lookalikes that do not rhyme — note the missing /d/ in kennel and the vowel changes in the others.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.