ochre
/ˈəʊkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈəʊkər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈəʊ.kər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈoʊ.kɚ/ (ame, ipa)
ochre — 名詞
1. a warm brownish yellow-to-orange tone, or a natural earth dug from the ground th
赭色；赭土
黃中帶橘的暖色，或同色的天然顏料土
a warm brownish yellow-to-orange tone, or a natural earth dug from the ground that artists grind into a pigment to make paint of that colour.
Linh painted the kitchen walls a soft ochre to warm up the room in winter.
Linh 把廚房牆面漆成淡淡的赭色，讓冬天的房間看起來暖一些。
noun used as a colour name modifying a surface
Cave painters in France mixed ochre with animal fat to draw bison on rock walls.
法國的洞穴畫家把赭土和動物油脂混合，在岩壁上畫出野牛。
physical pigment, historical context
The autumn fields around Mauricio's farm turned a deep ochre after the corn was cut.
Mauricio 農場周圍的秋天田野，玉米割完後變成一片深赭色。
Tendai bought a tube of yellow ochre at the art supply shop downtown.
Tendai 在市中心的美術用品店買了一條黃赭顏料。
Streaks of ochre and rust ran down the cliff where iron-rich water had dried.
崖壁上有一道道赭色和鏽紅色的痕跡，是富含鐵的水流乾後留下的。
用法筆記
Often used as a mass noun without an article when naming the pigment or the colour broadly; takes 'a' only when referring to a specific shade ('a soft ochre', 'a deep ochre').
常見錯誤
ochre — 形容詞
- ochrepositive
- more ochrecomparative
- most ochresuperlative
1. having the warm brownish yellow-to-orange tone of the earth pigment, often used
赭色的
顏色像赭土那樣黃中帶橘的
having the warm brownish yellow-to-orange tone of the earth pigment, often used of walls, fabric, sand, or autumn leaves.
Mira chose an ochre scarf to go with her dark green winter coat.
Mira 挑了一條赭色的圍巾，搭她那件深綠色的冬季大衣。
attributive modifier of a clothing noun
The old farmhouse had ochre shutters that glowed in the late afternoon sun.
那棟老農舍有著赭色的百葉窗，在午後陽光下亮亮地發光。
ochre shutters / walls / facade — building feature
Rows of ochre marigolds lined the path leading up to Aarav's front door.
一排排赭色的萬壽菊沿著小路盛開，一路通到 Aarav 家的大門。
By October the maple leaves above the playground had turned a deep ochre.
到了十月，遊樂場上方的楓葉就轉成深深的赭色。
文法句型
ochre + noun (colour)
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively before a noun ('an ochre wall'); rarely placed after 'be' on its own — speakers prefer 'is ochre-coloured' or pair it with another adjective.