sepia

sepia
[ˈsiːpɪə]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. a reddish-brown colour associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries
    棕褐色
    ■a brown pigment prepared from a black fluid secreted by cuttlefish, used in monochrome drawing and in watercolours
    乌贼墨颜料
    ■[count noun]a drawing done with this pigment
    乌贼墨颜料画
    ■a blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish as a defensive screen
    乌贼分泌的墨汁
adjective
  1. of a reddish-brown colour
    棕褐色的
    old sepia photographs.
    棕褐色的老照片。
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a cuttlefish): via Latin from Greek sēpia 'cuttlefish'. The current senses date from the early 19th cent
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