单词 | Verona |
释义 | Verona|vɪˈrəʊnə| [a. It. Verona: see def.] 1. The name of a city in northern Italy used attrib. to designate articles found or produced in, or associated with, the locality, as Verona brown, Verona earth, Verona green, Verona serge, etc. (see quots.).
1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3) s.v. Peach, Verona [peach]. 1835G. Field Chromatography 129 The greens called Verona green, and Verdetto,..are similar native pigments of a warmer colour. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 619 Verona green is merely a variety of the mineral called green earth. 1850Ansted Elem. Geol., Min., etc. §435 Hisingerite,.. Verona earth, Nontronite,..are also impure silicates of [iron]. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Verona-serge, a thin worsted and cotton fabric. It is also made of mohair and cotton, and of various colours. 1889Cent. Dict. s.v. Brown, Verona brown, a pigment used by artists in oil-painting. It is a calcined ferruginous earth, of a reddish-brown tone. 2. ellipt. (See quot.)
1904Tailor & Cutter 4 Aug. 480/2 Verona, a thin make of woollen material with a cotton warp, having a bright twill; used for linings. |

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