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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Colours
um·ber /ˈʌmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]  CCa brown colour like earth 棕土色;赭色
Examples from the Corpus
umberA burnt umber man in a raw sienna compartment.This is a mixture of yellow ochre and burnt umber applied to previously dampened paper.Floodlighting reflected from the silvery burnt umber cladding of the walls as though ice-ghosts danced there, and set the green columns aglow.As the chlorophyll disappears during the autumn, the leaves turn fiery red, garnet or umber.
Origin umber (1500-1600) Probably from umber shade, color ((13-18 centuries)), from Old French umbre, from Latin umbra; → UMBRAGE
um·ber nounChineseSyllable
colour like Corpus brown a earth


umber
umber /ˈʌmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Probably from umber 'shade, color' (13-18 centuries), from Old French umbre, from Latin umbra; umbrage
a brown colour like earth


umberBrE /ˈʌmbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʌmbər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a dark brown or yellowish-brown colour used in paints (油漆中用的)棕土色,赭土色