| 单词 | Reckitt |
| 释义 | Reckitt|ˈrɛkɪt|
Also erron. Reckett.
[See quot. 1877.]
Used in the possessive as the proprietary name of a blue (blue n. 2 c) for laundry use; also as the name of the colour of this substance, a clear cobalt blue, esp. transf. Hence Reckitt's bluebag, the bag in which this product is marketed.
1877Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Feb. 471 Reckitt's Blue in squares will be found far more beautiful & much more economical than any other... Francis Reckitt, of Hull, Yorkshire, on behalf of self and partner, James Reckitt, trading as I. Reckitt and Sons, at..London, and as Isaac Reckitt and Sons, at Hull, Yorkshire; starch manufacturers. 1893S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 46 The book..was bound in a peculiarly deadly blue, of a rectified Reckitt tint, which gave you dazzles in the eye. 1898G. B. Shaw Let. 25 Apr. (1972) II. 37 Mud & fog are not so fatal as sciroccos [sic]..& Reckitt's blue. 1920E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 83 Then (Recketts' blue) a puff of wind. 1925‘H. H. Richardson’ Way Home ii. i. 113 As for the sky, Mahony declared it made him think of a Reckitt's bluebag. 1930E. V. Lucas Down Sky 138 A bunch of yellow-haired girls lying on marble slabs looking at a sea of Reckitts. 1969R. Harris Nat. Hist. Collecting 49 Some sponges are brightly coloured. One is called the Reckitt's blue, not without reason. 1971Guardian 6 Feb. 3/3 The flies zoom between the Reckitt's Blue walls. 1976Trade Marks Jrnl. 1 Dec. 2497/2 Reckitt's Bag Blue. Ready for use... Laundry blue for sale in the United Kingdom and for export to the Irish Republic. Reckitt & Colman Products Limited, trading as Reckitt & Colman,..Hull, Yorkshire; manufacturers and merchants. |
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