umbern. a kind of brown earth used as pigment (Aristo-cratic ladies were careful to preserve their fair com-plexions,whereas the faces of peasant girls weredarkened by exposure to the sun and weather,so Cel-ia needs to darken her face as part of her disguise . )一種可用做顏料的紅褐色泥土。(貴族婦女膚色白皙，而農(nóng)村姑娘因風(fēng)吹日曬而膚色黑紅；西麗婭想用這種顏料把臉涂紅，化妝成農(nóng)村姑娘。)
△As . 1 . 3 . 1 15 (1 12) : “And with a kind of um-ber smirch my face；”用一種赭色泥土涂我的臉。 umber[??mb?]n.赭色，紅棕色
‖ umbery adj.深褐色的 |