| 单词 | roseate |
| 释义 | roseate (once / 6969 pages) adj As its sound might suggest, roseate has to do with "rosy." Anything that's roseate is rose colored or pinkish. It's often used in the term "roseate glow," typically to describe a sunset. Ever heard of the phrase "seeing life through rose tinted glasses," meaning seeing life way too optimistically and unrealistically? Well, roseate can have that sense as well. If you're painting "too roseate" a picture of what college is like to your parents, you're either deliberately or unintentionally giving them a picture that's a bit too good to be true. WORD FAMILYroseate: roseately USAGE EXAMPLESPresident Reagan made that roseate tableaux the centerpiece of his 1984 reelection campaign, and it endures as a model of political buoyancy and radiance. Los Angeles Times(Sep 13, 2015) Thousands of little blue herons, roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, pelicans and other chattering birds were gone. US News(Jul 07, 2015) A scene in the 2007 documentary film “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song,” though, drained some color from my roseate image. New York Times(Jun 16, 2015) adj of something having a dusty purplish pink color the roseate glow of dawn Syn rosaceous, rose chromatic being or having or characterized by hue |
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