| 单词 | greenish-brown |
| 例句 | I dreamed that Amaka submerged me in a toilet bowl full of greenish-brown lumps. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As the pilgrims reached the greenish-brown river, they walked right into the water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, there was only the thick, greenish-brown carpet of foliage, the sticks and twigs and sinewy roots of the trees, like ropes coming up out of the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z While Mr. Morton recalled their early adventures, Mr. Morris tended a coffee press filled with a viscous greenish-brown liquid; Yerba mate, cacao and hemp, as it turned out, a coffeelike stimulant. Nesting, the Vice Media Way 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z I’ve been known to sprinkle Comet on my hands, stained greenish-brown from tomato pruning. For the gardener, cleanliness is next to . . . impossible 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z As adults, the frogs are typically brown and yellow, though some develop gray, red or greenish-brown hues. Trekking into SoCal mountains to return very rare yellow-legged frogs to their home 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Wild lobsters most commonly are a dark greenish-brown, according to Maine Lobster Now, but they can develop other hues as a result of a genetic mutation that causes a color of pigment to be missing. Meet Haddie, a 1-in-100-million ‘cotton candy’ lobster 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Granted, there are other reasons to stay away from a river that collects sewage, garbage and other pollutants for miles before it flows, greenish-brown and intermittently pungent, into Cairo. Rowing the Nile: A Soothing Respite in a Chaotic Metropolis 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z In the portrait, dated August 1889the artist’s expression is lifeless and the image is dominated by a dreary and downbeat greenish-brown tone. Gloomy Van Gogh self-portrait in Oslo gallery confirmed authentic 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Up close, a glossy wing cover adorns the greenish-brown body of a beetle. The battle to rebuild centuries of science after an epic inferno 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Native to the Canary, Azores and Madeira islands, the canary is streak-backed and mostly greenish-brown in the wild. 'Prized' canaries left dying by thieves 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z So unassuming that no one has ever bothered to give it a nickname, the Partula is about the size of a jelly bean, a drab greenish-brown, striped jelly bean. St. Louis Zoo’s ‘Snail Ladies’ crucial to saving species 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He said that the animal’s bile, a greenish-brown liquid produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder, was found not to be toxic. Death toll rises to 72 from contaminated beer in Mozambique 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Her eyes, greenish-brown and deep like her mother's, look into Philip Lacey's small but kindly ones as if she had not seen him before. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z This label is of pottery, greenish-brown in tint, shaped like a butterfly, bearing on its wings a quotation of a few words and the play reference relating to each special plant. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The few greenish-brown feathers sparingly scattered among the down in the wings, were insufficient to furnish me with a clew toward a knowledge of its species. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z They may be recognized by being either yellow of greenish-brown in colour, and by turning bluish-green when treated with nitric acid, or when heated with corrosive sublimate, and green with solution of chloride of lime. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Its head is very small, the beak short; part of the body greenish-brown, the rest somewhat red. Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 2011-05-30T02:00:21.633Z The seeds of the flax plant, well known as linseed, are heavy, smooth, glossy and of a bright greenish-brown colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Jake took a fresh chew of tobacco and looked out over the greenish-brown prairie. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The crystallographic and optical characters are similar to those of epidote; the pleochroism is strong with reddish-, yellowish-, and greenish-brown colours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The white flowers are as large as May-blossoms, and the fruits, which may be either apple-shaped or pear-shaped, are greenish-brown, with rusty specks, and four times the size of Rowan-berries. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z A twinge interrupted him, and he relapsed into his groanings, while his greenish-brown physiognomy was horribly distorted. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Mutinus caninus resembles impudicus in form, but the cap is continuous with, not free from the stem, and is crimson in color, covered with a greenish-brown, odorless mucus. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Propagation is effected by means of cuttings, of which the wood should be wiry in texture, and the leaves of a greenish-brown colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The greenish-brown duster looked bleak and unseasonable as a cloud went over the sun; it appeared to symbolize the youthful and spring-like hopes of the wearer, decking the autumn days of life. Strangers and Wayfarers The outer coat is without a collar, cut a little lower than the waistcoat, sloping from above outwards, showing eight buttons, and apparently of greenish-brown velvet. The Annals of Willenhall Capitulum, obtusely triangular, massive: valves close together, rather thick, with their exterior surfaces convex, naked, except in the lower parts, where united together by tough, greenish-brown membrane, destitute of spines. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. Flowers greenish-brown, blooming in March and April, before the leaves expand. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination He emptied out a little pile of greenish-brown flakes into the palm of his hand. The Hound From The North The mass of spores and capillitium is usually brown or greenish-brown. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth It weathers every darkening shade to very dark greenish-brown. The Book of the National Parks He was of a greenish-brown, brightening to gold in the sun. Stories of Many Lands He had a pair of greenish-brown eyes that seemed to bore the boys through and through as he gazed rather savagely at them. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up Fruit of 5 carpels, thin, twisted on themselves in spirals, forming a cone, pubescent, of a greenish-brown color, each containing a single row of angular seeds. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines The following features will be discovered and the problems suggested will be solved: The brown or greenish-brown bark. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The cambial region was grayish-black and the inner bark was sappy and greenish-brown. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 They were creatures of ungainly forms—in make and size not unlike large ill-shaped dogs—and of a greenish-brown colour. Popular Adventure Tales The fir-trees were shorter and stunted, and of a dark greenish-brown, which at a little distance appeared completely black. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Beyond the summit of the butte was a greenish-brown plateau of sagebrush and bunch-grass. Hidden Gold It is of a greenish-brown, variegated with streaks of green and white, the under surface being of a yellowish-grey, tinged with pink, and the legs banded. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America He was of a greenish-brown color, with some yellow on the sides. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida Jamaica ebony is of a greenish-brown color, very hard, and so heavy that it sinks in water. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture This liquor is of a greenish-brown tint; and, according to the process, is either gelatinous and balsamic, or acid; formic acid having been produced in the latter case. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 The hen is a comparatively dull greenish-brown bird. Birds of the Indian Hills The head and neck are of a greenish-brown colour, and covered with soft feathers. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A small, greenish-brown body was vaguely outlined in the long grass nearly in the man's path. The Best Made Plans A few days later it emerges as a perfect insect, about one-fifth of an inch in length, varying in color from pale greenish-brown to bright grass-green, and usually without spots or markings of any kind. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The outside coat is mottled with greenish-brown, wrinkled, and often marked with transverse white lines. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The head and neck were of a greenish-brown colour, covered with soft feathers. On the Banks of the Amazon The bombilla is for the purpose of straining the infusion—which is of a greenish-brown—as the powder would otherwise get into the mouth. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The colour is not permanent, and turns greenish-brown even when excluded from light and air. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists They were tall and slender, and their greenish-brown skin was rough and irregular. Man of Many Minds Neck two or three inches in length; skin greenish-brown above ground, white beneath; flesh pure white, of extraordinary solidity, very sweet, mild, and well flavored. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. As he did so I saw that the legs of his trousers were caked with greenish-brown mud nearly up to the knees. The Devil Doctor He was dressed in an ancient, greenish-brown suit, and was practically invisible. The Debtor A Novel For what seems to be a greenish-brown, knobby log of wood floating on the water, has little bright eyes which are on the lookout for anything which moves. The Curious Book of Birds She stared back into the blazing, greenish-brown eyes of the other, her own eyes unafraid, challenging. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod The skin is yellowish-brown, but becomes darker by age, and greenish-brown if long exposed to the sun; the flesh is similar to that of the Yellow,—white, sugary, comparatively mild, and well flavored. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The black water bears a greenish-brown floating scum, which for ever bubbles up from the putrid mud of the bottom. After London Or, Wild England His back, in its greenish-brown coat, was bent. The Debtor A Novel The eggs, from three to five, are usually of a dull greenish-brown colour, thickly mottled with brown, these markings being most prevalent at the small end. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 "And you are my uncle," she added, her greenish-brown eyes flashing a glance at the grimly observant captain. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod Over this clump, slately-purple and cold, appeared the Bois-le-Prêtre, and every once in a while a puffy cloud of greenish-brown or gray-black would float solemnly over the crests of the trees. A Volunteer Poilu "An even greenish-brown back, the color of olives all over." Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Prepare a quantity of strong, clear, highly-flavoured stock of a greenish-brown colour. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. They ran to the trees, around the trunks of which were clinging many tendrils of greenish-brown vine which possessed remarkable strength. The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity No other word could so express the intense and malevolent look in those greenish-brown eyes and on that sharp countenance. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod He wore a greenish-brown greatcoat with a poodle collar, and was supposed to have worn the same for the last ten years. Henry Dunbar A Novel "A greenish-brown back, much redder on the rump and tail, like a chestnut." Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners In place of Ann's tempestuous coppery hair Robin was endowed with sober brown, and for her golden-hazel eyes, with their changeful lights, nature had substituted in him a pair of serious greenish-brown ones. The Vision of Desire When low the Kayan River is light greenish-brown, but when high the colour changes to a muddy red-brown with a tinge of yellow. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 This was why Nature had made his little greenish-brown eyes twin microscopes, infallible at distances of a few feet, and almost worthless at a thousand yards. The Grizzly King The flowers are borne in woolly racemose corymbs, and are white succeeded by greenish-brown berries as large as marbles. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Its nest is made of seaweed, heather, and dried grass, in which it lays its three greenish-brown eggs. On the Seashore The tundra was greenish-brown in colour, and looked like a great meadow stretching from the beach, like a new moon, gently upward to the cones of volcanic mountains far away. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin A hot, burning, acid taste is felt in the act of swallowing, and vomiting of a greenish-brown fluid is produced, sooner or later, according to the quantity and strength of the poison taken. The Book of Household Management And, without letting the colonel see what she was doing, she followed the tall, athletic figure in the long, rough, greenish-brown overcoat with her eyes, looking away when it drew very near to her. December Love It is only the male that is thus coloured, the female being clothed in a sober suit of greenish-brown. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The Ross seal, another inhabitant of the pack-ice, is short and bulky, varying from a pale yellowish-green on the under side to a dark greenish-brown on the back. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The Hijazi ape is a hideous cynocephalus, with small eyes placed close together, and almost hidden by a disproportionate snout; a greenish-brown coat, long arms, and a stern of lively pink, like fresh meat. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Their general colour was greenish-brown, mottled and spotted with reddish-brown, and yellow; the sides green and black; the underpart yellow, mottled with orange. Swiss Family Robinson This bird is of a greenish-brown colour, with a powerful red beak, and excessively strong claws. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The strata include veins of quartz, carbonate of lime, and iron pyrites; they have been dislocated by an injected mass of greenish-brown feldspathic trap. Geological Observations on South America His complexion was yellow; his greenish-brown eyes were of the sort called "goggle"—they looked as if they might drop out of his face, if you held a spoon under them. Little Novels |
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