单词 | rutilous |
释义 | rutilousadj. literary or technical. = rutilant adj. Also: reddish, sandy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing > with a reddish hue rutilous1654 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > reddish reddisha1398 rubicund?a1425 ruddish1563 ruddyish1651 rubid1654 rutilous1654 flushy1706 rubescent1731 rufescent1802 rubedinous1845 rufulous1883 pyrrhous1890 1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 121 As though the Sun Did thither run, And all his rutilous Jewells set In that close Cabinet. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Iiii3v The Female [viper] should be..with..a fiery aspect, rutilous and red eyes. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. 183 (heading) The woodchat, or rutilous shrike. 1829 T. Price Ess. Physiogn. & Physiol. Inhab. Brit. 120 The German states, the real seats of the ancient rutilous fiery Goths of Cæsar and Tacitus. 1855 Trans. & Proc. Royal Soc. Victoria 1 21 Calyx almost three times longer than the pedicels, outside rutilous-silky. 1906 J. B. Smith Explan. Terms Entomol. 201 Rutilous, a shining bronze red. 1938 A. Comfort Silver River 40 We passed the lighthouse..white on the rutilous dun of the cliffs. 1984 A. A. Attanasio In Other Worlds 127 The rutilous embrace of the light lancer armor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。