ecru

• n. 淡褐色
• adj. 本色的；淡褐色的

e-, 強調。-cru, 詞源同raw, crude. 即生絲，未染色的。

ecru (adj.)

1869, "having the color of raw silk or unbleached linen," from French écru "raw, unbleached," from Old French escru "raw, crude, rough" (13c.), from es- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + Latin crudus "raw" (see crude).

1. If I had had the big box, I would now know taupe and cerise and ecru.

我要是那時有大盒的蠟筆, 我就能分辨出灰褐色,櫻桃紅,還有米色.

來自電影對白

2. They were small, somewhere between ecru and beige, but this was it.

它們很小, 淡褐色的, 但畢竟是不錯的.

來自互聯網