资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Yellows \Yel"lows\, n.
   1. (Far.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep,
      causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.

            His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the
            yellows.                              --Shak.

   2. (Bot.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which
      the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) A group of butterflies in which the
      predominating color is yellow. It includes the common
      small yellow butterflies. Called also {redhorns}, and
      {sulphurs}. See {Sulphur}.