ecru

• n. 淡褐色
• adj. 本色的；淡褐色的

e-, 强调。-cru, 词源同raw, crude. 即生丝，未染色的。

1. a very light brown

ecru (adj.)

1869, "having the color of raw silk or unbleached linen," from French écru "raw, unbleached," from Old French escru "raw, crude, rough" (13c.), from es- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + Latin crudus "raw" (see crude).

...cuffs of ecru lace.

淡褐色蕾丝袖口

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If I had had the big box, I would now know taupe and cerise and ecru.

我要是那时有大盒的蜡笔, 我就能分辨出灰褐色,樱桃红,还有米色.

电影对白

They were small, somewhere between ecru and beige, but this was it.

它们很小, 淡褐色的, 但毕竟是不错的.

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