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.
实用例句
1. The horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.
远处的天边,则是一片最深的群青.
来自辞典例句
2. Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.
麦琪的思想远离天主教而沉入了让人眼花缭乱的深蓝色中.
来自辞典例句
3. Ultramarine spheres flashed over Linda's weapon console.
琳达面前的武器控制台一个深蓝色的圆球开始闪烁.
来自互联网
4. Quanzhou ancient times in the ultramarine trade history held the special important status in our country.
