ultramarine

• n. 深蓝色；天青石做成的蓝色颜料
• adj. 群青色的；海外的

ultra-, 超过的，极其的，marine,海的。即海那边的，用来指一种由来自亚洲的天青石中提炼的蓝颜料，后用来指这种颜色本身。

1. blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

2. vivid blue to purple-blue

ultramarine

ultramarine: [16] Ultramarine originally denoted a blue pigment made from the stone lapis lazuli. This was imported in the Middle Ages from Asia by sea, and so it was termed in medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, literally ‘beyond the seas’. This was a compound adjective formed from the prefix ultrā- ‘beyond’ and marīnus ‘of the sea’ (source of English marine).
=> marine, mere, mermaid

ultramarine (n.)

1590s, "blue pigment made from lapis lazuli," from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, literally "beyond the sea," from ultra- "beyond" + marinus "of the sea" (see marine (adj.)). Said to be so called because the mineral was imported from Asia.

...an ultramarine sky.

湛蓝的天空

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Quanzhou ancient times in the ultramarine trade history held the special important status in our country.

泉州在我国古代海外贸易发展史中占有特殊重要的地位.

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Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.

麦琪的思想远离天主教而沉入了让人眼花缭乱的深蓝色中.

辞典例句

Ultramarine spheres flashed over Linda's weapon console.

琳达面前的武器控制台一个深蓝色的圆球开始闪烁.

期刊摘选

The horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.

远处的天边,则是一片最深的群青.

辞典例句