verdigris

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verdigris

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ver·di·gris /ˈvɜːdəɡriː, -ɡriːs $ ˈvɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] HCMa greenish-blue substance that sometimes appears on copper or brass 〔铜器上的〕铜绿

Examples from the Corpus

verdigris• Many displayed the malign green of corruption, the verdigris of spiritual gangrene.• The latter needed a polish, having become tarnished and covered with verdigris.Origin verdigris (1300-1400) Old French vert de Grice “green of Greece”

ver·di·gris nounChineseSyllable

that a Corpus on greenish-blue substance appears sometimes

verdigris
ver‧di‧gris /ˈvɜːdəɡriː, ˈvɜːdɪɡriː, -ɡriːs $ ˈvɜːr-/

noun [uncountable]

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: vert de Grice 'green of Greece'

a greenish-blue substance that sometimes appears on copper or brass

ver·di·gris

BrE

/ˈvɜːdɪɡriː/

NAmE

/ˈvɜːrdɪɡriː/

BrE

/ˈvɜːdɪɡriːs/

NAmE

/ˈvɜːrdɪɡriːs/

noun

[uncountable]

the greenish substance which forms, for example on roofs, when

reacts with the air 铜绿，碱式碳酸铜（铜遇空气发生反应形成）