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yellow 的比较级
yellow 的比较级
Yellow \
Yel "
low \ (
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l [-
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a . [
Compar . {
Yellower }
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superl . {
Yellowest }.] [
OE .
yelow ,
yelwe , [
yogh ]
elow , [
yogh ]
eoluw ,
from AS .
geolu ;
akin to D .
geel ,
OS . &
OHG .
gelo ,
G .
gelb ,
Icel .
gulr ,
Sw .
gul ,
Dan .
guul ,
L .
helvus light bay ,
Gr .
chlo `
n young verdure ,
chlwro `
s greenish yellow ,
Skr .
hari tawny ,
yellowish . [
root ]
49 .
Cf .
{
Chlorine }, {
Gall }
a bitter liquid , {
Gold }, {
Yolk }.]
1 .
Being of a bright saffronlike color ;
of the color of gold or brass ;
having the hue of that part of the rainbow ,
or of the solar spectrum ,
which is between the orange and the green .
[
1913 Webster ]
Her yellow hair was browded [
braided ]
in a tress .
--
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits ,
the green ear and the yellow sheaf .
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
The line of yellow light dies fast away . --
Keble .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Cowardly ;
hence ,
dishonorable ;
mean ;
contemptible ;
as ,
he has a yellow streak . [
Slang ]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
3 .
Sensational ; --
said of some newspapers ,
their makers ,
etc .;
as ,
yellow journal ,
journalism ,
etc . [
Colloq .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Yellow atrophy } (
Med .),
a fatal affection of the liver ,
in which it undergoes fatty degeneration ,
and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge .
The marked symptoms are black vomit ,
delirium ,
convulsions ,
coma ,
and jaundice .
{
Yellow bark },
calisaya bark .
{
Yellow bass } (
Zool .),
a North American fresh -
water bass ({
Morone interrupta })
native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries .
It is yellow ,
with several more or less broken black stripes or bars .
Called also {
barfish }.
{
Yellow berry }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
Persian berry },
under {
Persian }.
{
Yellow boy },
a gold coin ,
as a guinea . [
Slang ] --
Arbuthnot .
{
Yellow brier }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Brier }.
{
Yellow bugle } (
Bot .),
a European labiate plant ({
Ajuga Chamaepitys }).
{
Yellow bunting } (
Zool .),
the European yellow -
hammer .
{
Yellow cat } (
Zool .),
a yellow catfish ;
especially ,
the bashaw .
{
Yellow copperas } (
Min .),
a hydrous sulphate of iron ; --
called also {
copiapite }.
{
Yellow copper ore },
a sulphide of copper and iron ;
copper pyrites .
See {
Chalcopyrite }.
{
Yellow cress } (
Bot .),
a yellow -
flowered ,
cruciferous plant ({
Barbarea praecox }),
sometimes grown as a salad plant .
{
Yellow dock }. (
Bot .)
See the Note under {
Dock }.
{
Yellow earth },
a yellowish clay ,
colored by iron ,
sometimes used as a yellow pigment .
{
Yellow fever } (
Med .),
a malignant ,
contagious ,
febrile disease of warm climates ,
attended with jaundice ,
producing a yellow color of the skin ,
and with the black vomit .
See {
Black vomit },
in the Vocabulary .
{
Yellow flag },
the quarantine flag .
See under {
Quarantine },
and 3d {
Flag }.
{
Yellow jack }.
(
a )
The yellow fever .
See under 2d {
Jack }.
(
b )
The quarantine flag .
See under {
Quarantine }.
{
Yellow jacket } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {
Vespa },
in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow .
These wasps are noted for their irritability ,
and for their painful stings .
{
Yellow lead ore } (
Min .),
wulfenite .
{
Yellow lemur } (
Zool .),
the kinkajou .
{
Yellow macauco } (
Zool .),
the kinkajou .
{
Yellow mackerel } (
Zool .),
the jurel .
{
Yellow metal }.
Same as {
Muntz metal },
under {
Metal }.
{
Yellow ocher } (
Min .),
an impure ,
earthy variety of brown iron ore ,
which is used as a pigment .
{
Yellow oxeye } (
Bot .),
a yellow -
flowered plant ({
Chrysanthemum segetum })
closely related to the oxeye daisy .
{
Yellow perch } (
Zool .),
the common American perch .
See {
Perch }.
{
Yellow pike } (
Zool .),
the wall -
eye .
{
Yellow pine } (
Bot .),
any of several kinds of pine ;
also ,
their yellowish and generally durable timber .
Among the most common are valuable species are {
Pinus mitis }
and {
Pinus palustris }
of the Eastern and Southern States ,
and {
Pinus ponderosa }
and {
Pinus Arizonica }
of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States .
{
Yellow plover } (
Zool .),
the golden plover .
{
Yellow precipitate } (
Med .
Chem .),
an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater .
{
Yellow puccoon }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
Orangeroot }.
{
Yellow rail } (
Zool .),
a small American rail ({
Porzana Noveboracensis })
in which the lower parts are dull yellow ,
darkest on the breast .
The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black ,
and spotted with white .
Called also {
yellow crake }.
{
Yellow rattle }, {
Yellow rocket }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Rattle },
and {
Rocket }.
{
Yellow Sally } (
Zool .),
a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {
Chloroperla }; --
so called by anglers .
{
Yellow sculpin } (
Zool .),
the dragonet .
{
Yellow snake } (
Zool .),
a West Indian boa ({
Chilobothrus inornatus })
common in Jamaica .
It becomes from eight to ten long .
The body is yellowish or yellowish green ,
mixed with black ,
and anteriorly with black lines .
{
Yellow spot }.
(
a ) (
Anat .)
A small yellowish spot with a central pit ,
the fovea centralis ,
in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate .
See {
Eye }.
(
b ) (
Zool .)
A small American butterfly ({
Polites Peckius })
of the Skipper family .
Its wings are brownish ,
with a large ,
irregular ,
bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings ,
most conspicuous beneath .
Called also {
Peck '
s skipper }.
See Illust .
under {
Skipper },
n .,
5 .
{
Yellow tit } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {
Machlolophus },
native of India .
The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green .
{
Yellow viper } (
Zool .),
the fer -
de -
lance .
{
Yellow warbler } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {
Dendroica }
in which the predominant color is yellow ,
especially {
Dendroica aestiva },
which is a very abundant and familiar species ;
--
called also {
garden warbler }, {
golden warbler }, {
summer yellowbird }, {
summer warbler },
and {
yellow -
poll warbler }.
{
Yellow wash } (
Pharm .),
yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water , --
a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater .
{
Yellow wren } (
Zool .)
(
a )
The European willow warbler .
(
b )
The European wood warbler .
[
1913 Webster ]
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