ecru

/ˈeɪkruː/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɛkru] /ˈeɪkruː/ (ame, ipa) · [ˈɛkru] /ˈe-(ˌ)krü How to pronounce ecru (audio) ˈā-(ˌ)krü How to pronounce ecru (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ˈeɪ.kruː/ (bre, ipa) · [ˈɛkru] /ˈe.kruː/ (ame, ipa)

ecru — noun

1. a soft yellow-brown shade close to the colour of unbleached cloth

1.名詞C1
釋義

a soft yellow-brown shade close to the colour of unbleached cloth

例句

Tamar painted the hallway ecru to make the narrow space feel warmer.

paint + object + ecru

The designer mixed ecru with olive green for the hotel uniforms.

colour noun in a colour pairing

同義詞
  • beige

    broader everyday term for a similar pale brown shade

  • cream

    lighter and less brown than ecru

文法句型

the colour ecru

paint something ecru

in ecru

用法筆記

Used as the name of the colour itself, especially for cloth, paint, paper, and interior design. For something that has this colour, use the adjective sense.

常見錯誤

❌The curtains are an ecru colour.
✅The curtains are ecru.
💡after 'be', the adjective form is more natural than repeating 'colour'.
❌She bought three ecrus for the studio wall.
✅She tested three shades of ecru on the studio wall.
💡the colour name is normally uncountable.

ecru — adjective