Old English grennes "green color; quality of being green," in plural, "green things, plants;" see green (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "immaturity" is from early 15c. Walpole coined greenth (1753) in the same sense.
雙語例句
1. A Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their greenness.
2. The sweetness of the air and the greenness of the leaves daunted him.
空氣甜美,樹葉翠綠,卻只能叫他膽怯心慌.
來自英漢文學(xué)
3. China's commitment to greenness appears to be ebbing.
中國的綠色承諾似乎正在退色.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Another three - dimensional coordinate scale for. describing color utilizes the attributes of lightness - darkness, yellowness - blueness, and redness - greenness.