/'si:pɪə; `sipɪə/
n [U]
1 brown colouring-matter used in inks and water-colour paints and (esp formerly) for printing photographs 斯比亚褐色颜料（用作墨水或水彩画颜料, 尤指旧时印照片用的）.
2 rich reddish-brown colour 浓艳的红褐色.

adj [usu attrib 通常作定语] of sepia colour 红褐色的
*an old sepia photograph 一张旧的红褐色照片.

n[U]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin:'cuttlefish', from Greek; because the color is obtained from a liquid in cuttlefishes' bodies]
a dark reddish brown colour
sepia photograph/print
a photograph, picture etc, especially an old one, that is dark reddish brown
a dark reddish brown ink used for drawing