单词 | rubine |
释义 | rubinen.adj. A. n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > corundum gemstones > [noun] > ruby carbuncleeOE rubyc1330 rubine?c1510 pigeon's blood1865 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Dvv Precyous stones. As..Dyamant Topasius Carbonkel, Rubin. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Dvjv At the rootes wherof are found Rubines, Hiacinthes,..and suche other precious stones. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P2 Twixt the perles and rubins softly brake A siluer sound. 1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 186 It will be like to an orientall Rubine. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 67 The Carbuncle or Rubine shining with red, the Sapphire with blue. 1798 tr. W. Oppenheim Geogr. & Statist. Acct. Cisalpine Republic x. 184 Adorned..with other valuable articles, as 1,300 pearls, 400 granites, ninety amethysts, 300 sapphires, 300 emeralds, fifteen rubin balais, four topazes, &c. 2. A deep red colour resembling that of ruby. Also: a dye of this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson crimson madderOE purpureOE murrey1305 tuly1398 oxblood?1440 crimson?a1475 sanguinea1500 carnation?1533 murrey colour1537 purple-red1565 ruby1572 sanguine red1601 velvet-crimson1646 lake1660 lac1682 rubine1704 madder red1728 ruby-red1738 granate1750 palm-colour1773 morone1777 carmine1799 vinaceous1819 incarnadine1821 crimsoning1833 pigeon's blood1865 solferinoc1865 Burgundy1881 sang-de-bœuf1881 vermilion-crimson1882 claret1884 royal red1890 wine1895 pigeon ruby red1897 Bordeaux1904 peony1914 madder crimson1991 1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 188 The Head and Throat being of an admirable Rubine surpassing Description. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxix. §5452 Rubine, a permanent colour, from napthaline, closely allied in chemical composition to the madder colours. 1883 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 533/2 Not only that base, but its derivatives, magenta, fuchsine, rubine, etc., are produced without the aid of arsenic in any form. 1902 C. Salter tr. G. von Georgievics Chem. Technol. Textile Fibres iv. 171 Brown shades are produced,..the colour being shaded, if necessary, with rubine or methyl violet. 1996 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 15 Nov. 13 Your cheeks are not naturally the colour rubine. B. adj. Of the colour of a ruby, of a glowing purplish red; denoting this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > deep red or crimson blood-redeOE purpleOE bloodyOE purpurine1300 sanguinea1382 tuly1398 crimsonc1400 murreyc1400 purpurec1400 sanguinolentc1450 cramoisy1480 ruby-redc1487 rubya1500 sanguineousc1520 sanguine-coloured1552 blood-coloured1567 rubine1576 purple-red1578 rubied?1594 incarnadine1605 Tyrian?1614 rubiousa1616 murrey-coloured1657 haematine1658 vinaceous1688 carmine1737 claret-coloured1779 ensanguined1785 peony1810 sanguinaceous1816 gory1822 crimsony1830 vinous1834 laky1849 grenat1851 madder1852 wine-dark1855 pigeon's blood1870 poppy crimson1879 claret1882 vinous1894 alizarin1923 wine1950 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 142 The oyle will become of a Rubine colour. ?1613 T. Campion Two Bks. Ayres ii. xx. sig. N Her rubine lips when they their pearle vnlocke. 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 169 Five or six graines thereof give..a most incomparable rubine colour. 1768 H. Downman Land of Muses 2 Ever and anon wou'd Praise-Desire Open her rubin lips, and featly sing Her pensive notes. 1903 F. Rolfe tr. J. B. Nicolas Rubaiyat of Umar Khaiyam §357 Where is that of the rubine Lips—where is the Gem of Badakhshan—where is the Wine full of Fragrance that giveth Repose to the Soul? 1996 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 1 Nov. e3 The big, rubine mouth full of sparkling choppers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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