puce

英 [pju?s] 美[pjus]
  • n. 深褐色;紫褐色
  • adj. 深褐色的;紫褐色的
  • n. (Puce)人名;(意)普切

暢通詞匯

中文詞源


puce 紫紅色的,深褐色的

來(lái)自法語(yǔ)puce,跳蚤,來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pulicem,跳蚤,來(lái)自PIE*plou,跳蚤,詞源同flea.可能進(jìn)一步來(lái)自PIE*pleu,流動(dòng),飛,詞源同flow,fly.后該詞用于指跳蚤的顏色或跳蚤的便粒顏色,碰到水會(huì)溶解變成血紅色。詞義演變比較carmine,kermes.

英文詞源


puce
puce: [18] Puce is etymologically ‘fleacoloured’. It was borrowed from French puce ‘flea’, a descendant of Latin pūlex ‘flea’, which goes back to the same Indo-European source as English flea [OE].
=> flea
puce (n.)
"brownish-purple," 1787, from French puce "flea-color; flea," from Latin pucilem (nominative pulex) "flea," from PIE *plou- "flea" (cognates: Sanskrit plusih, Greek psylla, Old Church Slavonic blucha, Lithuanian blusa, Armenian lu "flea"). That it could be generally recognized as a color seems a testimony to our ancestors' intimacy with vermin.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. His face was puce with rage.
他氣得臉色發(fā)紫。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. The man's face was puce with rage.
那人的臉都?xì)庾狭?

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

3. I want puce gloves and green boots.
我要戴深褐色的手套,穿綠色長(zhǎng)統(tǒng)靴.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)