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"深棕灰色"(鼹鼠皮的颜色),1906年,源自法语 taupe,最初指"鼹鼠",古法语,源自拉丁语 talpa "鼹鼠"。下面的故事缺乏证据,似乎是一种幻想性的尝试,试图将颜色名称的起源转移到更有吸引力的东西:
Before the season advances very far you will find that taupe, pronounced "tope," will be the most favored color in the entire category of shades and blendings. The original word is taken from the German word "taube" pronounced "tob-a," which is the name for the dove, but the French have twisted the b into a p and give us taupe. [The Illustrated Milliner, August 1906]
在季节进展得不太远之前,你会发现 taupe,发音为"tope",将成为整个色调和混合色类别中最受欢迎的颜色。这个词最初来自德语单词"taube",发音为"tob-a",是鸽子的名字,但法国人把 b 扭成了 p,给了我们 taupe。[《Illustrated Milliner》,1906年8月]
French, literally, mole, from Old French, from Latin talpa
The first known use of taupe was circa 1909
tavernnoun
an establishment where alcoholic liquors are sold to be drunk on the premises
inn
tautologynoun
needless repetition of an idea, statement, or wordalso: an instance of such repetition
"a beginner who has just started" is a tautology
tautadjective
drawn to the limit : not slack
taut rope
high-strung, tense
taut nerves
kept in proper order or condition
a taut ship
tautadjective
drawn to the limit : not slack
taut rope
high-strung, tense
taut nerves
kept in proper order or condition
a taut ship
tautadjective
drawn to the limit : not slack
taut rope
high-strung, tense
taut nerves
kept in proper order or condition
a taut ship
tautadjective
drawn to the limit : not slack
taut rope
high-strung, tense
taut nerves
kept in proper order or condition
a taut ship
taupenoun
a brownish gray
1 It looked more like a hospital on the inside, where the floors were checked tile and the walls were exactly the right shade of taupe to make you want to kill yourself.
2 The trouble, denoted by Mimi Lien’s cream and taupe set, is the colorlessness of their lives.
3 Then, as if at warp speed, the anger dissipates and there is laughter again, prompted by a taupe safari hat.
4 “Jann,” whose shoulders are enveloped in an elegant taupe, fur-trimmed coat, has shiny, taut skin over the protruding bones of her skull.
5 Spinal Taupe: It’s just a bit louder than other taupes.
6 There is lots of comfortable seating on one side; on the other, a walnut table custom-made in Baltimore and taupe wicker dining chairs from Williams Sonoma Home.
7 The perfect neutral is taupe.
灰褐色是最完美的中性颜色。
8 They added light-colored herringbone floors, with radiant heating to combat the Norwegian chill, and taupe kitchen cabinets.
9 She asked for five of the cami bras in black, three in gray, two in taupe.
10 Only the principal ballerina’s frock, which called to mind a taupe lampshade, struck an off note.
11 For the more casual photo call earlier in the day, Cotillard wore a gold-belted Dior dress of taupe chiffon with sequins.
12 The Hôtel Lutétia, the last place Joyce stayed in the city, is currently under construction covered in taupe and scaffolding but is still worth a visit to see the vast architecture peering above the covering.
13 Only 21 feet wide, it has a sliver-like quality that is exaggerated not only by the height of the sloping roof, but also by the floor-to-ceiling windows on either side of the taupe facade.
14 Design flourishes like jeweled light fixtures, Art Deco wall prints and long drapery were set amid a sophisticated palette of creams, taupes and grays.
15 Decorated in blond wood and ecru marble with taupe leather furnishings, it produces about 1,000 pounds of 13 types of baklava daily.
16 The color of the designs ranged from the subtle beige, taupe and orchid white to acid greens and fuschia, and bold red, orange and turquoise.
17 Pale ivory taupe with lavender shimmer that show up when the light hits it.
在光照下呈现白象牙色带薰衣草紫闪。
18 It’s easy enough to spot the fab pieces — a taupe astrakhan blouson, printed tribal trousers and leggings, a sweet peasant blouse — but the ground is pretty familiar.
19 It was thick and striped with the exact mint green, cream and taupe I’d been using throughout the bedroom.
20 Behind them sat a platter of ice, mounded with dozens of Eel Lake oysters imported from Nova Scotia, their whorled shells colored brown and taupe.