fem. proper name, Latin, from Greek Khloe, literally "young green shoot;" related to khloros "greenish-yellow," from PIE *ghlo- variant of root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold, and bile or gall (such as Latin helvus "yellowish, bay," Gallo-Latin gilvus "light bay;" Lithuanian geltonas "yellow;" Old Church Slavonic zlutu, Polish żółty, Russian zeltyj "yellow;" Sanskrit harih "yellow, tawny yellow," hiranyam "gold;" Avestan zari "yellow") and "green" (such as Latin galbus "greenish-yellow;" Greek khloros "greenish-yellow color," kholos "bile;" Lithuanian zalias "green," zelvas "greenish;" Old Church Slavonic zelenu, Polish zielony, Russian zelenyj "green;" Old Irish glass, Welsh and Breton glas "green," also "gray, blue").
Buck says the interchange of words for yellow and green is "perhaps because they were applied to vegetation like grass, cereals, etc., which changed from green to yellow." It is possible that this whole group of yellow-green words is related to PIE root *ghlei- "to shine, glitter, glow, be warm" (see gleam (n.)).
双语例句
1. Chloe is my reason for living.
克洛艾是我活着的理由。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Chloe has behaved abominably.
克洛艾行为恶劣。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Chloe and Givenchy too, incorporated superfine lace pieces into blouses, dresses and accessories.
Chloe和纪梵希(Givenchy)在上衣 、 裙子和配饰中均用上了特级蕾丝.
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4. Chloe takes up the story.
克洛伊接着讲.
来自超越目标英语 第5册
5. Aunt Chloe set a chair for her in a manner decidedly gruff and crusty.
