| 单词 | puce |
| 例句 | I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Vernon Dursley, whose mustache was quite as bushy as Dumbledore’s, though black, and who was wearing a puce dressing gown, was staring at the visitor as though he could not believe his tiny eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “What is puce? And anyway we have not got any.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon stopped, his fist still raised, his face an ugly puce. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As a little girl, she found the sight of liver turning from puce to grey-green in the pan "thrilling". Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z He returned puce with anger, pickling in his own disappointment. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Glazes are often brash and runny, chartreuse entwined with grape or puce with orange and off-white. Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel's 'Peaceable Fruit' ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Or the clouds of cigarette smoke that hang over meetings; the endless expanses of tan, beige, buff and puce that apparently covered all surfaces in the 70s, including the protagonist’s large lumpy face. Scratch that: HBO’s Vinyl is a Jagger and Scorsese stinker 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Her apartment is immaculate, decorated in shades of puce and lemon-yellow. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z In the UK, the term “gammon” gained currency in the early 2010s as a pejorative apparently inspired by the puce skin tone of enraged, middle-aged middle Englanders. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z I caught my reflection in the train window: in addition to the ugly blouse, I was indeed sporting a natty puce cardigan. Modern Love: Alone When the Bedbugs Bite 2010-11-18T22:10:00Z As messy as the characters’ lives become, the midcentury color scheme — based on puce, plum, pistachio and pumpkin — remains reassuringly tidy. DVDs: Class Alliances and Ambition in Thatcher Time 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z Least likely to: Make Liam and Noel embrace the colour puce. New band of the day ? No 931: Alpines 2010-12-15T16:48:54Z Lambert spent most of his time doing shuttle runs along the edge of the technical area, jawing in the ear of the fourth official, his face turning a curious shade of puce. Stoke relegated from Premier League after Van Aanholt strikes for Crystal Palace 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The discrepancy is like the scene in The Wizard of Oz when the curtain is drawn away to reveal the wrinkly, puce old fool working the levers. Column inches: my visit to see another man’s penis 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He seemed an exotic figure with his dark and magnetic eyes, his Assyrian beard and enveloping robes, the sober black of which was set off by a lining of brilliant puce. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z “I’m not paying that bill,” he said, the face puce. In his anger, Cameron has made Britain a toxic brand 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z "All eyes turned and all mouths gawped to see this pizza slip off that famous puce face and roll down his nice black suit." Pizzagate revisited - 10 years on 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Or will my wardrobe choices be more in the universe of mauve velour track suits and elastic-waist capris in the p colors: puce, purple, plum, peach, pine, pumpkin? Grandmothers, Blue Jeans, and Dressing Your Age 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z It's strangely addictive, as you untangle sentences – "from the top of a tower Buck Mulligan, in particoloured jester's dress of puce and yellow … " etc – and match them with a line from the book. Ulysses app lets you 'literally wrestle' with Joyce 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Tramping from shop to shop trying to find the shoes, the bag, the shirt or the tie to match the fabulous puce outfit you've set your heart on. The tech to free your inner shopaholic 2013-08-20T01:40:07Z "Ma puce" is roughly equivalent to "sweetie" in English. The many languages of love 2013-05-29T23:22:28Z That sounds like at least two extra links in the cursed referral chain that turned Paxo puce last time round. Good luck to James Harding in his new BBC job – he'll need it 2013-04-20T23:05:50Z The faces of the mighty are puce in their impotence to assert order; their mouths spew cant about concepts they hold dear: “propriety” and “decency.” The Profumo Affair, Revisited 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z But look – more puce than pink – at the logistics of the leap. Digital-only Financial Times would still be a difficult trick to perform 2012-08-04T23:05:55Z Oh, yes"—the puce velvet seemed to soften—"very pleased to see you, I'm sure! The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z I have conceived a dislike—nay, a veritable hatred—for puce. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The rugs scattered about it were Aubusson, of rare hues in fawn and puce and faded lavender and old rose interwoven with queer dead greens. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z One angel has a drapery of puce, with green sleeves, and has yellow wings; the other wears orange, with red sleeves, and has green wings. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino 2011-06-27T02:00:59.487Z She wore a puce silk paletot, and a brown hat trimmed with black lace; an unbecoming costume for one so tall. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z A stout well-oiled woman, in a very tight puce velveteen bodice with bright buttons and a large yellow lace collar, fastened with a blue enamel brooch, leaned forward interrogatively. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Generally, though, the underlying principle is that English football is an adversarial business, in which teams clash, tribes collide and everyone goes round puce with rage. Even Carlo Ancelotti the cool one has been consumed by this age of rage 2011-04-07T16:07:10Z Body, puce floss silk ribbed with silver, black-red hackle, a mixed wing of glede, turkey tail, and mallard, with a topping over all, and a dark claret or purple hackle. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z There were edges which may introduce a beautiful harmony of coloring; as primrose with a lilac edge, green with a purple edge, rose color and brown, puce and amber, and so on. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z The colour is usually dark—some shade of blue, green, red, puce, purple, or brown—and the texture varies from compact and finely crystalline up to coarsely crystalline. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z Warming to its theme, the statement continued blethering indignantly, drawing itself up to its full height as it went a worrying shade of pompous puce. The Fiver 2010-06-02T15:48:00Z Headsman Samson, though he afterward denied it, sells locks of the hair: fractions of the puce coat are long after worn in rings. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The floor was covered with matting, over which were scattered Persian rugs whose arabesques of mauve and puce were merged in a depth of warm color by the fleeting daylight. Carnival To make plum-color or puce, indigo is the dye, with a cochineal. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Only a young man, a pretty girl, a stout middle-aged lady in a puce gown, and a seedy old foreigner, who, in days long gone by, had known the young girl's father. The Red Rat's Daughter It wasn't made for use; Be silent all: three greens, one red, A blue, and then a puce!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Old lady in puce probably is, and has no right to be... An Unknown Lover In puce velvet, a great trumpet-mouthed gun in his hands, he stood beefy and menacing before them. The Buttoned Sky Accordingly puce is worn, irrespective of scene harmony, and the lady is content. Japan A Record in Colour What I have spoken of looks horrible because the yellow is of a brassy tone, as stain so often is, especially on green-white glasses, and the red inclining to puce—jam-colour. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass The dress or livery of the Company seems to have varied more than that of any other—from violet, crimson, murrey, blue, blue and crimson, to brown, puce. Old and New London Volume I "Either black or gray—or why not a bright puce?" It's All Yours R. barbatum is a tree from 40 to 60 feet high, producing flowers of a rich scarlet or blood-colour, and sometimes puce or rich pink. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty There is no such thing as the leading lady insisting upon wearing a puce dress, as she does in England or anywhere on the Continent. Japan A Record in Colour According to the Ladies' Press, Who would be really smart must dress In crimson puce or purple hair: My Phyllis doesn't leave it there, But less than ever doth she seem Content with Nature's colour-scheme. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 The livery hoods seem finally, in 1568, to have settled down to scarlet and puce, the gowns to blue. Old and New London Volume I As for me, get me my bonnet, Jen—my best Sunday leghorn with the puce chenille in it—I must look my featest going to a great house to pay my respects. The Dew of Their Youth Pinwheels of violet fire Whirl and spin before my bloodshot eyes— Violet, puce, ochre, nacre, euchre ... all the other Colours, Including jade, umber and sienna. Songs for a Little House The manager does not know what “puce” means, nor, probably, does the lady; but he sees no reason why she should not wear puce if it pleases her. Japan A Record in Colour He has a long pig-tail and a black velvet cap with a puce knob. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 I often look at it and remember the happy times I had in the grey poplin and the puce silk.’ The Heart of Una Sackville In the bed of shining sand lay coloured stones like jewels, and the women knelt on them, beating wet bundles of scarlet and puce with palm branches. The Golden Silence He was stammering something in reply when a man in a puce satin coat and a flowered brocaded waistcoat thrust himself rudely between them. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Rupert wore dark puce satin breeches, white stockings, and very light buckled shoes. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars The air was as sugar about the doorway with the scent of gardenias; young lords shrank from the weather-stained cloth of doubtful journalists, and a lady in long puce Cashmere provoked a smile. Mike Fletcher A Novel I do not ask for silk attire, For purple, no, nor puce; The only wear that I require Is something plain and loose, A quiet set of reach-me-downs for serviceable use. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 "And it wasn't pale puce and it wasn't ultramarine," broke in Percival impatiently. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Every other colour meets others in harmony—tawny sand, silver-grey scrub, crimson-tufted flowers like heather, black ribs of rock, puce shoots of screes, violet mountains in the middle distance, blue fairy battlements guarding the horizon. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Both then proceeded at a quick puce until they reached the corner of Bodagh's garden, where, with brief but earnest reassurances of unalterable attachment, they took a tender and affectionate farewell. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One She spoke very clearly, sat for a moment thinking, then reached for a puce dressing-gown trimmed mulberry. The Hawk of Egypt Interrupting the current, the two colours fade away, and the primitive puce is restored. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The mauve fluttered for a triumphant instant, the next a puce and amber dress floated on the breeze. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Work 1 row; work 2 rows with each shade of green, commencing with the darkest; work 2 rows with black, then work 1 row with each shade of puce, commencing at the darkest. The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 If I could be quite sure of the heraldic slang for puce I would tell you what it is on our Army Corps arm-band. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 1, 1917. The lady who dyes a chemical yellow Or stains her grey hair puce, Or pinches her figure, Is painted with vigour With permanent walnut juice. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Placing the plate in front of the polarizer, I turn one of the Nicols until the two halves of the plate show a common puce colour. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Their backs had faded from puce colour to drab. Mary Olivier: a Life Work one round with black, one with the lightest puce, then one with black. The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 Meagre as a skeleton, he looked the genteelest phantom you can conceive, in puce velvet and steel embroideries. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty A half-length portrait of a woman, in a dress of shot-silk—a sort of red violet, the colour known as puce. Modern Painting At the curb below stood a dyspeptically stuffed limousine, guarded by two men in puce liveries. The Nest Builder The points regarded as essential are as follows:— * * * * * COLOUR—The colour should always be a rich dark liver or puce without any white at all. Dogs and All about Them Work one row with the second shade of green, one with the mid shade of puce, then one with the third shade of green, and one again with black. The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 But the case of the inhabitant of the puce dressing-gown was an exception to the rule. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days It was of a puce coloured satin, slashed with green, with a short mantle of the same material, with the cape embroidered in silver. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic The head is decorated with bands of pink, orange and green; the pectoral fins are pale green with a bold medial stripe of puce, and the tail is a study of blue-green and puce. Confessions of a Beachcomber COLOUR—Rich golden liver; this is a certain sign of the purity of the breed, dark liver or puce denoting unmistakably a recent cross with the black or other variety of Field Spaniel. Dogs and All about Them Madame Bauche was dressed in a new puce silk dress, and looked very magnificent on the occasion. La Mere Bauche The flare of a wax vesta illumined the splendours of the puce dressing-gown. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Over this a sleeveless jacket of rich dark blue or puce brocade, plain or quilted, is worn; the trousers, of which little is seen, being of brocade or satin. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither The superior man did not use a deep purple, or a puce colour, in the ornaments of his dress. The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) He mounts the scaffold, not without delay; he is in puce coat, breeches of grey, white stockings. The French Revolution She had not taken her hat off, and she wore a dark dress of an indecisive color midway between puce and goose dripping. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola But Dr. Cashmore no more blenched now than he had blenched at the puce garment. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Whereupon the envied of all painters, the symbol of artistic glory and triumph, had assumed the valet's notorious puce dressing-gown and established himself in a hard chair for a night of discomfort. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days |
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