olive-green
/ˌɒl.ɪv ˈɡriːn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɑː.lɪv ˈɡriːn/ (ame, ipa)
olive-green — 名詞
1. a muted yellow-green shade, like the skin of an unripe olive
橄欖綠
像青橄欖的暗綠色
a muted yellow-green shade, like the skin of an unripe olive
Devika added more yellow until the paint became a dusty olive-green.
Devika 又多加了一些黃色，直到油漆變成帶灰感的橄欖綠。
colour noun after become
The living room needed a warmer olive-green to suit the wooden floor.
這間客廳需要更暖一點的橄欖綠，才配得上木地板。
Mayumi chose olive-green for the kitchen walls instead of pale grey.
Mayumi 為廚房牆面選了橄欖綠，而不是淡灰色。
A stripe of olive-green ran around the edge of the old map.
一條橄欖綠的色帶沿著這張舊地圖的邊緣延伸。
Under the weak lamp, the fabric looked more brown than olive-green.
在微弱的燈光下，那塊布看起來比較像棕色，不太像橄欖綠。
文法句型
olive-green + verb
a shade of olive-green
用法筆記
This sense names the colour itself and is usually uncountable. When the word directly describes an object, use the adjective sense: an olive-green coat; the coat is olive-green.
常見錯誤
olive-green — 形容詞
1. having the dull yellow-green colour associated with unripe olives
橄欖綠色的
呈橄欖綠色的
having the dull yellow-green colour associated with unripe olives
Christopher wore an olive-green field jacket on the mountain hike.
Christopher 去爬山時穿著一件橄欖綠色的野外夾克。
attributive: olive-green + clothing noun
The bathroom tiles are olive-green, with cream paint above them.
浴室磁磚是橄欖綠色的，上方刷著奶油色油漆。
predicative: be + olive-green
Sora bought olive-green curtains to soften the bright afternoon sun.
Sora 買了橄欖綠色的窗簾，想把午後強烈的陽光柔和下來。
After weeks of rain, the river turned an olive-green colour.
連下幾週雨後，河水變成了橄欖綠色。
The campers followed olive-green markers through the wet pine forest.
露營的人沿著橄欖綠色的標記穿過潮濕的松林。
- olive
shorter form, but it can also suggest skin tone or the fruit.
- khaki
closer to brown and sand tones than olive-green.
- moss-green
usually deeper and wetter-looking than olive-green.
文法句型
olive-green + noun
be + olive-green
用法筆記
This sense is most common for clothes, paint, walls, and military gear. If you are naming the shade itself rather than describing an object, use noun sense 1.