英语词汇sepia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sepia
词源	sepia. This rich brown color is so named from the cuttlefish, which several centuries ago was widely known as the sepia (from the Latin sepia, “cuttlefish”). The inky fluid secreted by the sepia was first used to make a dye of this color.
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