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词汇 tawny
释义 tawny
adjective
uk /ˈtɔː.ni/ us /ˈtɑː.ni/
of a light yellowish-brown colour, like that of a lion黄褐色的;茶色的
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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

tawny | American Dictionary


tawny
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/ˈtɔ·ni/
of a light yellow-brown color, like that of a lion:
tawny fur

Examples of tawny


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The approximate numbers of barn owls and tawny owls reported as found dead from collisions with traffic in 1989 are 480 and 450 respectively.
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Pseudo-melanistic tigers have thick stripes so close together that the tawny background is barely visible between stripes.
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Young twigs and both sides of the leaves are covered with a white or tawny loose felt.
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The coat is typically tawny, but ranges to silvery-grey or reddish, with lighter patches on the underbody, including the jaws, chin, and throat.
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It is rusty to tawny, or ochraceous, and has a velvety or downy feel when young.
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Raptors such as tawny eagles prey on the flamingoes.
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The skin is covered with a tawny-green mosslike growth which aids in nourishing the blood and skin.
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Its upper parts are brownish-grey marked with black and buff, it is tawny-buff below with darker barring.
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This species is larger and darker than the tawny eagle, and it has a pale throat which is lacking in that species.
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The only photos show them as tawny kittens.
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The fruit bodies of the fungus are tawny to ochre, deepening to reddish-brown at the base of the stem.
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The fruit is a hairy achene with a bushy tawny pappus.
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Eggs are about 40 mm in length (1.5 inches) and are tawny olive or buff, marked with blotches of brown.
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Fauna includes goannas, bandicoots, fantails and the tawny frogmouth.
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The underside of both wings is ferruginous tawny and the hindwing upperside has a band of deep chrome.
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