Tyrian
英 ['tiriən]
美
- adj. 提尔的；提尔人的；提尔文化的；古提尔紫的
- n. 提尔人；提尔紫
英文词源
- Tyrian (adj.)
- 1510s, from Latin Tyrius "of Tyre," (Latin Tyrus), island-city in the Levant, from Greek Tyros, from Hebrew/Phoenician tzor, literally "rock, rocky place." Especially in reference to Tyrian purple, a dye chemically similar to indigo, made there in ancient times from certain mollusks (Murex brandaris).