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yellowest 音标拼音: [j'ɛloɪst] yellow的最高级 yellow的最高级 Yellow \ Yel" low\ ( y[ e^] l" l[- o]), a. [ Compar. { Yellower} ( y[ e^] l" l[- o]*[~ e] r); superl. { Yellowest}.] [ OE. yelow, yelwe, [ yogh] elow, [ yogh] eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo` n young verdure, chlwro` s greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [ root] 49. Cf. { Chlorine}, { Gall} a bitter liquid, { Gold}, { Yolk}.] 1. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. [ 1913 Webster] Her yellow hair was browded [ braided] in a tress. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The line of yellow light dies fast away. -- Keble. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak. [ Slang] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [ Colloq.] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Yellow atrophy} ( Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. { Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. { Yellow bass} ( Zool.), a North American fresh- water bass ({ Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also { barfish}. { Yellow berry}. ( Bot.) Same as { Persian berry}, under { Persian}. { Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [ Slang] -- Arbuthnot. { Yellow brier}. ( Bot.) See under { Brier}. { Yellow bugle} ( Bot.), a European labiate plant ({ Ajuga Chamaepitys}). { Yellow bunting} ( Zool.), the European yellow- hammer. { Yellow cat} ( Zool.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. { Yellow copperas} ( Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also { copiapite}. { Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See { Chalcopyrite}. { Yellow cress} ( Bot.), a yellow- flowered, cruciferous plant ({ Barbarea praecox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. { Yellow dock}. ( Bot.) See the Note under { Dock}. { Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. { Yellow fever} ( Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See { Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. { Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under { Quarantine}, and 3d { Flag}. { Yellow jack}. ( a) The yellow fever. See under 2d { Jack}. ( b) The quarantine flag. See under { Quarantine}. { Yellow jacket} ( Zool.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus { Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. { Yellow lead ore} ( Min.), wulfenite. { Yellow lemur} ( Zool.), the kinkajou. { Yellow macauco} ( Zool.), the kinkajou. { Yellow mackerel} ( Zool.), the jurel. { Yellow metal}. Same as { Muntz metal}, under { Metal}. { Yellow ocher} ( Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. { Yellow oxeye} ( Bot.), a yellow- flowered plant ({ Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. { Yellow perch} ( Zool.), the common American perch. See { Perch}. { Yellow pike} ( Zool.), the wall- eye. { Yellow pine} ( Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are { Pinus mitis} and { Pinus palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and { Pinus ponderosa} and { Pinus Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. { Yellow plover} ( Zool.), the golden plover. { Yellow precipitate} ( Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. { Yellow puccoon}. ( Bot.) Same as { Orangeroot}. { Yellow rail} ( Zool.), a small American rail ({ Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also { yellow crake}. { Yellow rattle}, { Yellow rocket}. ( Bot.) See under { Rattle}, and { Rocket}. { Yellow Sally} ( Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus { Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. { Yellow sculpin} ( Zool.), the dragonet. { Yellow snake} ( Zool.), a West Indian boa ({ Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. { Yellow spot}. ( a) ( Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See { Eye}. ( b) ( Zool.) A small American butterfly ({ Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also { Peck' s skipper}. See Illust. under { Skipper}, n., 5. { Yellow tit} ( Zool.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus { Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. { Yellow viper} ( Zool.), the fer- de- lance. { Yellow warbler} ( Zool.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus { Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially { Dendroica aestiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also { garden warbler}, { golden warbler}, { summer yellowbird}, { summer warbler}, and { yellow- poll warbler}. { Yellow wash} ( Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. { Yellow wren} ( Zool.) ( a) The European willow warbler. ( b) The European wood warbler. [ 1913 Webster]
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