Verdigris is the blue-green crust that forms on copper, brass and bronze when air and damp work on the metal over time. The Statue of Liberty is the famous example: it was built the brown colour of a coin and turned that soft green through years of weather.

Verdigris銅綠is是the blue-green crust那層藍綠色的鏽that forms形成在on copper, brass and bronze銅、黃銅和青銅上when當air and damp空氣和濕氣work on the metal侵蝕金屬over time經過一段時間之後。The Statue of Liberty自由女神像is是the famous example最有名的例子：it它was built建造時the brown colour of a coin是銅板那種棕色and而後來turned變成that soft green那種柔和的綠色through years of weather經過多年的風吹雨打。

You will meet the word in three kinds of places. Artists and conservators use it for the colour and for an old pigment made from copper. Builders and antique dealers use it for what has happened to a roof, a doorknob, an old coin, a church bell. And writers use it for the colour itself, because it names a very particular green — dusty, pale, slightly blue — that plain "green" cannot.

You你will meet the word會遇到這個字in three kinds of places在三種場合裡。Artists and conservators藝術家和文物維護人員use it用這個字for the colour指顏色and和for an old pigment made from copper一種用銅做的舊顏料。Builders and antique dealers建築工人和古董商use it用這個字for what has happened to指發生在a roof, a doorknob, an old coin, a church bell屋頂、門把、舊硬幣、教堂鐘上的變化。And而writers作家use it用這個字for the colour itself指這個顏色本身, because因為it它names指的是a very particular green一種很特別的綠色——dusty灰撲撲的, pale淡淡的, slightly blue帶點藍——that那是plain 「green」單純的「green」這個字cannot辦不到的。

It is an uncountable noun, so you say some verdigris, a layer of verdigris, covered in verdigris; never "a verdigris." It is sometimes also used as a verb meaning to become covered in it, but that is rare. Say it roughly "VER-di-grees" or "VER-di-gris"; both are heard.

It它是是an uncountable noun一個不可數名詞, so所以you你say會說some verdigris一些verdigris, a layer of verdigris一層verdigris, covered in verdigris蓋滿了verdigris；never絕不會說「a verdigris」「a verdigris」。It它is sometimes也有時also used as a verb被當動詞用meaning意思是to become covered in it變得被它蓋滿, but不過that很少見rare少見。Say it唸的時候roughly大概是「VER-di-grees」「VER-di-grees」or或「VER-di-gris」「VER-di-gris」；both兩種唸法are heard都聽得到。