[mass noun]a willow-green colour 灰绿色 [as modifier]panelling painted in celadon green. 漆成灰绿色的镶板。 ■a grey-green glaze used on pottery, especially that from China (尤指中国瓷器上的)灰绿色釉 ■pottery made with this glaze 青瓷
语源
mid 18th cent.: from French céladon, a colour named after the hero in d'Urfé's pastoral romance L'Astrée (1607–27)