| 词汇 | taupe |
| 释义 | taupe noun[ U ] uk /təʊp/ us /toʊp/ a brownish-grey colour: 褐灰色 The colour scheme includes brown, taupe, green, and blue. My bedroom is a light shade of taupe. /GettyImages I don't know the difference between taupe and khaki. The painting has a tranquillizing scheme of rose, grey, and taupe. Taupe is a shade anyone can wear. Less common colours apple green argent ashy avocado baby blue carmine cerise dun emerald puce racing green ruddily rust saffron salmon pink sanguine sapphire shocking pink sky blue verdure taupe adjective uk /təʊp/ us /toʊp/ brownish-grey in colour: She was wearing a dark taupe suit. I was escorted into an elegant taupe living room. A man in a taupe Toyota Corolla stops nears us. Next he brushed taupe shadow into the creases of the model's eyes. She stood hands on hips in a taupe bikini. Less common colours apple green argent ashy avocado baby blue carmine cerise dun emerald puce racing green ruddily rust saffron salmon pink sanguine sapphire shocking pink sky blue verdure Examples of taupetaupe Finally, if development happens, as it must, it should happen—in descending order—on brown-field, taupe-field and green-field land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Taupe-field sites are those on which there is already some development, such as a road or a retail or industrial park. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The development hierarchy would then prioritise conversion of old buildings; then development on brown-field sites; then taupe-field sites; and, finally, green-field sites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Establishing a new category of land in the development hierarchy, which we have dubbed taupe-field, would enable such sites to be considered for development after consideration of recycled land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wingspan of this moth is about 20 mm; its forewing coloration is a quite drab light taupe, mottled with slightly darker tiny specks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Taupe is a vague color term which may refer to almost any grayish-brown, brownish-gray, or warm gray color. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ground color of the hindwings is taupe with a suffusion of coppery scales. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The soils of the district are primarily leached, typical and podzolized chernozems, taupe forest soils, meadow-chernozem. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The company believed that eyeshadows for the day should be in neutral shades, specifically taupe, russet, heather, or olive green. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It often overlaps with tan and even people who use color professionally (such as designers and artists) frequently disagree as to what taupe means. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They recruit mainly from "taupes", "biology prpas" and "khgnes". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Taupe itself, however, is not directly correlated with such colors as purple or pink. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is sleek mahogany hardwood, taupe, and gray with a metal-faced bar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ground colour of the forewings is light taupe with a suffusion of coppery brown. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The neutral palette of ivory, black, and taupe was punctuated by vibrant tones of green, clay, pink, and mauve. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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