释义
[ kahr -min, -mahyn ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkɑr mɪn, -maɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a crimson or purplish-red color.
a crimson pigment obtained from cochineal.
Origin of carmine 1705–15; <French carmin (color), carmine (pigment), Old French; compare Medieval Latin carminium, perhaps blend of carmesīnum (see crimson) and minium minium
Words nearby carmine Carmela, Carmelite, Carmen, Carmichael, carminative, carmine , carminophil, carmustine, Carnac, carnage, carnal
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Example sentences from the Web for carmine Cooper and Renner are solid as the loose cannon Richie and the upstanding Carmine , respectively.
‘American Hustle’: A Sexy, Gleefully Chaotic Caper Starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence | Marlow Stern| December 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
He went on: “We told her (Carmine ) that Jacintha was admitted to hospital for blood pressure problems.”
Tragic Kate Middleton Nurse Had Made Two Previous Suicide Attempts | Tom Sykes| December 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Or Mr. Carmine , a Yonkers toupee-maker with a thick Italian accent and a (very) full head of gray hair.
In ‘Mansome,’ Morgan Spurlock Takes On Modern Masculinity | Jessica Bennett| April 27, 2012| DAILY BEAST
But in the book, Father Carmine just has one unhealthy tabby cat.
What's Real in The Rite | Seth Colter Walls| January 31, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Young leaves lightly tinged on lower side and along margin of upper side with a faint trace of carmine .
The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
Half a drachm of powdered drop lake may be substituted for the carmine where expense is an object.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
In the school of the Carmine in Venice Tiepolo has left one of his grandest displays.
The Venetian School of Painting | Evelyn March Phillipps
The vivid contrast of olive cheeks, carmine lips and dark eyes, gave stress to her slender sensuousness.
The Lighted Match | Charles Neville Buck
Those full, sensitive lips that showed like a splash of carmine in the clear pallor of her face!
The Romance of a Plain Man | Ellen Glasgow
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British Dictionary definitions for carmine noun a vivid red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge (as adjective ) carmine paint a pigment of this colour obtained from cochineal
Word Origin for carmine C18: from Medieval Latin carmīnus, from Arabic qirmiz kermes
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Words related to carmine color, crimson, cherry, scarlet
Medical definitions for carmine n. A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.
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