Word · Frequency #23031
ochres
赭色
ochres is the plural of ochre.
a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
- 1.
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
含二氧化硅、铝和氧化铁的黏土矿物颜料。
- 2.
A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
一种偏暗的黄橙色。
- 3.
Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
Trapezites属的各种棕色弄蝶。
赭石；含二氧化硅、铝和氧化铁的黏土矿物颜料。；一种偏暗的黄橙色。；Trapezites属的各种棕色弄蝶。
In use
The old barn was painted a soft ochre, which made it stand out among the green fields.
For the living room, I want a warm ochre rather than a bright yellow.
The sunset filled the sky with ochre and pink.
use sth as a pigment
ochre 作名词时指赭石或赭色，通常不可数。
Early humans used ochre as a pigment for cave paintings.
早期人类用赭石作为绘制洞穴壁画的颜料。
ochre + noun
作形容词时意为“赭色的”，通常直接放在名词前作定语。
The ochre cliffs rose sharply above the blue sea.
赭色的悬崖在蓝色大海上方陡峭耸立。
ochre sth
作动词时是及物动词，意为“用赭石给……染色”，过去式和过去分词均为 ochred。
Connections
Collocations
- red ochre
- 红赭石
- The cave paintings were made with red ochre.这些洞穴壁画是用红赭石画的。
- yellow ochre
- 黄赭石
- Yellow ochre gives a warm tone to the paint.黄赭石为这种颜料增添了暖色调。
- ochre pigment
- 赭石颜料
- Ochre pigment has been used since prehistoric times.赭石颜料自史前时代就被使用。
- ochre paint
- 赭色涂料
- They applied a layer of ochre paint to the facade.他们在正面涂了一层赭色涂料。
- ochre walls
- 赭色的墙壁
- The ochre walls of the old town are very distinctive.老城赭色的墙壁非常有特色。
- ochre clay
Learner notes
Memory Tip
读作“欧可”，联想到土黄色的赭石颜料；看到 ochre 就想起赭石色的泥土。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing colors、art and painting materials、geology and minerals、design and interiors 该词表示赭色或赭石颜料时通常为中性词，日常描述颜色以及艺术、地质等专业场合都比较常见；没有明显的口语或书面倾向。比较常见于绘画、美术和矿物讨论中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
ochre /ˈəukə/ rhymes with broker, poker and mediocre (stressed /əu/ + /kə/). The final -chre is pronounced /kə/, as in euchre; beware lookalikes acre /ˈeikə/, lucre /ˈluːkə/ and euchre /ˈjuːkə/, which do not rhyme with ochre.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.