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 . )一种可用做颜料的红褐色泥土。(贵族妇女肤色白皙,而农村姑娘因风吹日晒而肤色黑红;西丽娅想用这种颜料把脸涂红,化妆成农村姑娘。) △As . 1 . 3 . 1 15 (1 12) : “And with a kind of um-ber smirch my face;”用一种赭色泥土涂我的脸。 umber[ˈʌmbə]n.赭色,红棕色 ‖ umbery adj.深褐色的 |