单词 | iron-red |
释义 | iron-redn.adj. A. n. The orange-red colour of rust or ferric oxide; a reddish pigment containing or consisting of ferric oxide. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > orange red orange-red1601 nacarat1684 flame1711 iron-reda1728 morning-red1805 orange-scarlet1824 orange-crimson1859 rouge de fer1872 flame-red1906 pimento red1921 persimmon1930 paprika1934 a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 229 Others [are] of an iron red, very bright. 1828 Franklin Jrnl. Feb. 82 The destructive action which that metal exercises chiefly on iron reds, is singularly remarkable. 1897 Internat. Med. Mag. Aug. 483 The color of gumma is either an iron red or a deep yellowish red. 1916 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 20 746 These colors present no advantage over ochres and iron-reds as regards permanency or brightness of tone. 1976 Daily Tel. 20 July 12/3 The interior is enamelled in iron-red, blue, turquoise and yellow with a shishi beneath a spray of peony. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair 160/2 The palette also includes iron-red, blue, yellow, aubergine purple and sometimes gilding. B. adj. Of an orange-red shade or colour; rust-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > orange-red redeOE fire-reda1382 flame-red1382 flammid1610 flammeous1656 orange-red1796 iron-red1798 pimento1921 pimiento1963 flame1970 1798 tr. L. Spallanzani Trav. Two Sicilies II. 147 A third rock..the formation of which is likewise to be ascribed to lavas..some of which have an iron-red colour. 1820 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 11 Aug. (1941) II. 125 Its crags of grey and iron-red hues. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. iv. 53 A single tent stood in a gully.., near an iron-red rillet. 1925 R. L. Hobson Later Ceramic Wares China xii. 111 A type of coarse porcelain, distinguished by an iron-red biscuit. 1974 Country Life 3 Jan. 10/1 Asil game cocks..head and breast enamelled with iron-red flecks over a wash of rouge-de-fer. 2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten vi. 64 There seemed to be whole areas of Australia as iron-red as Mars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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