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chestnut 音标拼音: [tʃ'ɛsn ,ʌt] [tʃ'ɛstn ,ʌt] n. 栗子,栗树,栗色
a. 栗色的 栗子,栗树,栗色栗色的 chestnut adj 1: ( of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; " a chestnut horse"; " chestnut hair" n 1: wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea 2: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow- brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur [ synonym: { chestnut}, { chestnut tree}] 3: edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea 4: the brown color of chestnuts 5: a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse' s leg 6: a dark golden- brown or reddish- brown horseChestnut \ Chest" nut\, n. [ For chesten- nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe[' a] m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^ a] taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. ?, fr. ? a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into Europe. Cf. { Castanets}.] 1. ( Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree ({ Castanea vesce}) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse- grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The horse chestnut ( often so used in England). [ 1913 Webster] 5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster] 6. An old joke or story. [ Slang] [ 1913 Webster] { Chestnut tree}, a tree that bears chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster]
Chestnut \ Chest" nut\, a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls. [ 1913 Webster]
colorful \ colorful\ adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of { colorless}. Note: [ Narrower terms: { changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; { deep, rich}; { flaming}; { fluorescent, glowing}; { prismatic}; { psychedelic}; { red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}] Syn: colourful. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of { colorless} or { dull}. [ Narrower terms: { brave, fine, gay, glorious}; { flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; { flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; { picturesque}] [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of { colorless} and { monochrome}. Note: [ Narrower terms: { tinted}; { touched, tinged}; { amber, brownish- yellow, yellow- brown}; { amethyst}; { auburn, reddish- brown}; { aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden}; { azure, cerulean, sky- blue, bright blue}; { bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; { blue, bluish, light- blue, dark- blue}; { blushful, blush- colored, rosy}; { bottle- green}; { bronze, bronzy}; { brown, brownish, dark- brown}; { buff}; { canary, canary- yellow}; { caramel, caramel brown}; { carnation}; { chartreuse}; { chestnut}; { dun}; { earth- colored, earthlike}; { fuscous}; { green, greenish, light- green, dark- green}; { jade, jade- green}; { khaki}; { lavender, lilac}; { mauve}; { moss green, mosstone}; { motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; { mousy, mouse- colored}; { ocher, ochre}; { olive- brown}; { olive- drab}; { olive}; { orange, orangish}; { peacock- blue}; { pink, pinkish}; { purple, violet, purplish}; { red, blood- red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry- red, crimson, ruby, ruby- red, scarlet}; { red, reddish}; { rose, roseate}; { rose- red}; { rust, rusty, rust- colored}; { snuff, snuff- brown, snuff- color, snuff- colour, snuff- colored, snuff- coloured, mummy- brown, chukker- brown}; { sorrel, brownish- orange}; { stone, stone- gray}; { straw- color, straw- colored, straw- coloured}; { tan}; { tangerine}; { tawny}; { ultramarine}; { umber}; { vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese- red}; { yellow, yellowish}; { yellow- green}; { avocado}; { bay}; { beige}; { blae bluish- black or gray- blue)}; { coral}; { creamy}; { cress green, cresson, watercress}; { hazel}; { honey, honey- colored}; { hued( postnominal)}; { magenta}; { maroon}; { pea- green}; { russet}; { sage, sage- green}; { sea- green}] [ Also See: { chromatic}, { colored}, { dark}, { light}.] Syn: colored, coloured, in color( predicate). [ WordNet 1. 5] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " chestnut": Joe Miller, Titian, adust, auburn, banality, bay, bay- colored, bayard, brazen, bromide, bronze, bronze- colored, bronzed, brownish- red, buckskin, calico pony, carroty, castaneous, chestnut- brown, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, copper, copper- colored, coppery, corn, cupreous, dapple- gray, dun, erythristic, familiar tune, ferruginous, foxy, gray, grizzle, hackneyed saying, henna, joke with whiskers, lieu commun, liver- brown, liver- colored, livid- brown, locus communis, mahogany, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, old turkey, old wheeze, paint, painted pony, piebald, pinto, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, red- crested, red- haired, red- polled, red- tufted, reddish- brown, reiteration, retold story, roan, rubiginous, rufous, russet, russety, rust, rust- colored, rusty, skewbald, sorrel, stereotyped saying, sunburned, terra- cotta, trite joke, trite saying, triticism, twice- told tale, warmed- over cabbage, xanthous
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