ultramarine: [16] Ultramarine originally denoted a blue pigment made from the stone lapis lazuli. This was imported in the Middle Ages from Asia by sea, and so it was termed in medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, literally ‘beyond the seas’. This was a compound adjective formed from the prefix ultrā- ‘beyond’ and marīnus ‘of the sea’ (source of English marine). => marine, mere, mermaid
ultramarine (n.)
1590s, "blue pigment made from lapis lazuli," from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, literally "beyond the sea," from ultra- "beyond" + marinus "of the sea" (see marine (adj.)). Said to be so called because the mineral was imported from Asia.
雙語例句
1. The horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.
遠(yuǎn)處的天邊,則是一片最深的群青.
來自辭典例句
2. Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.
麥琪的思想遠(yuǎn)離天主教而沉入了讓人眼花繚亂的深藍(lán)色中.
來自辭典例句
3. Ultramarine spheres flashed over Linda's weapon console.
琳達(dá)面前的武器控制臺(tái)一個(gè)深藍(lán)色的圓球開始閃爍.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Quanzhou ancient times in the ultramarine trade history held the special important status in our country.