The live ones would have been green, but in alcohol the yellow pigment is the first to leach, giving them their present turquoise colour.

这种蛇活着时本来是绿色的，但是在酒精中，黄颜色首先被溶解掉了，因而呈现出现在绿松石般的颜色。

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The premise pairs imply a hierarchy—if orange is a better choice than turquoise and turquoise is preferred to green, then orange should win over green.

这种假设对子暗示了某种层级关系——如果橙色优于青绿色，青绿色优于绿色，那么橙色必然优于绿色。

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Round green emeralds were ranged in order upon thin plates of ivory, and in one corner were silk bags filled, some with turquoise-stones and others with beryls.

溜圆碧翠的祖母绿整整齐齐地摆放在薄薄的象牙盘子里，墙角堆着的丝绸袋子里满装着绿松石和绿宝石。

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In the past I have painted a tiny vestibule poison green, and I am planning on deep, high-gloss turquoise for an upcoming project.

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Flanked by green, leafy hills and overlooking sugarcane fields toward the turquoise Atlantic, the Tubagua Plantation Eco-Lodge has spectacular views.

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