auburn

auburn
[ˈɔːbən, ˈɔːbəːn]
adjective
  1. (chiefly of a person's hair) of a reddish-brown colour
    (尤指人的头发)赤褐色的,赭色的
noun
  1. [mass noun]a reddish-brown colour
    赤褐色,赭色
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French auborne, alborne, from Latin alburnus 'whitish', from albus 'white'. The original sense was 'yellowish white', but the word became associated with brown because in the 16th and 17th centuries it was often written abrune or abroun
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