chestnut + noun
作定语直接放在名词前，说明颜色，不必加任何后缀。
She has long chestnut hair.
她留着一头长长的栗色头发。
深红棕色的,像栗子果实的颜色。；栗色的
deep reddish-brown in color, like that of a chestnut fruit
深红棕色的,像栗子果实的颜色。
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).
The chestnut mare stood calmly in the stable.
那匹栗色的母马安静地站在马厩里。
用法提示：chestnut 在这里是形容词，表示深红棕色，修饰母马的颜色。
Her chestnut curls fell around her shoulders.
她栗色的卷发垂在肩上。
用法提示：chestnut 作形容词，描述卷发的深红棕色。
This chestnut leather jacket matches my boots.
这件栗色皮夹克很配我的靴子。
用法提示：chestnut 是形容词，指皮夹克的深红棕色。
作定语直接放在名词前，说明颜色，不必加任何后缀。
She has long chestnut hair.
她留着一头长长的栗色头发。
作表语时放在 be 动词之后，用来描述人或物的颜色。
His hair is chestnut, like his mother's.
他的头发是栗色的，和他母亲一样。
与 brown 连用时中间加连字符，构成复合颜色词，仍放在名词前。
He wore a chestnut-brown coat to the party.
他穿了一件栗棕色的外套去参加聚会。
grammar · medium
易错句子Her hair is a chestnut.
正确表达Her hair is chestnut.
这里的 chestnut 是形容词，意思是“栗色的”。英语形容词作表语时前面不加不定冠词；写成 a chestnut，它就成了可数名词，意思是“一颗栗子”，与想说的“发色是栗色”完全不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子She has chestnut color hair.
正确表达She has chestnut hair.
汉语“栗色”字面是“栗子＋颜色”，容易直译成 chestnut color；但英语的 chestnut 本身可作形容词直接修饰名词，不需要再加 color，说 chestnut hair 就表达了同样的意思。
栗色头发
She has thick chestnut hair.
她有一头浓密的栗色头发。
栗棕色
Her eyes were a warm chestnut brown.
她的眼睛是温暖的栗棕色。
栗色母马
The chestnut mare trotted into the paddock.
那匹栗色母马小跑着进了围场。
栗色发丝
The wind lifted her chestnut locks.
风吹起了她的栗色发丝。
深栗色
He chose a dark chestnut leather sofa.
他挑了一张深栗色的皮沙发。
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