英语词汇“cinnabar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cinnabar

/ˈsɪnəbɑː

noun

1 [mass noun] A bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide, sometimes used as a pigment.Allergy to tattoo pigment is rare, but reaction to cinnabar, the red pigment, is the most common....

But, among what Ms. Moore lists as ‘poisonous’ pigments are cinnabar and realgar.
Some of the oldest focus not on gold but on cinnabar, the red mineral mercury sulphide.

1.1The bright red colour of cinnabar: [as modifier]: the blood coagulated in cinnabar threads...

The yellow is paired with a brilliant, beautiful cinnabar red.
The thick curly mass of her cinnabar hair hung heavily, almost to her waist when wet.
The white plaster dust had been washed out of his hair and now his rich cinnabar mane shone.

2 (also cinnabar moth) A day-flying moth with black and red wings, whose black and yellow caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort.

Tyria jacobaeae, family Arctiidae.

In recent years, ragwort hysteria has led to a decline in numbers of cinnabars....

Ragwort is the food plant for more than 70 species of insects, most notably the cinnabar moth.
Ragwort supports the life cycle of a multitude of creatures, most notably the cinnabar moth.

Origin

Middle English: from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari, of oriental origin.

单词	cinnabar
释义	cinnabar /ˈsɪnəbɑː / noun 1 [mass noun] A bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide, sometimes used as a pigment.Allergy to tattoo pigment is rare, but reaction to cinnabar, the red pigment, is the most common.... But, among what Ms. Moore lists as ‘poisonous’ pigments are cinnabar and realgar. Some of the oldest focus not on gold but on cinnabar, the red mineral mercury sulphide. 1.1The bright red colour of cinnabar: [as modifier]: the blood coagulated in cinnabar threads... The yellow is paired with a brilliant, beautiful cinnabar red. The thick curly mass of her cinnabar hair hung heavily, almost to her waist when wet. The white plaster dust had been washed out of his hair and now his rich cinnabar mane shone. 2 (also cinnabar moth) A day-flying moth with black and red wings, whose black and yellow caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort. Tyria jacobaeae, family Arctiidae. In recent years, ragwort hysteria has led to a decline in numbers of cinnabars.... Ragwort is the food plant for more than 70 species of insects, most notably the cinnabar moth. Ragwort supports the life cycle of a multitude of creatures, most notably the cinnabar moth. Origin Middle English: from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari, of oriental origin.
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