单词 | rosy |
释义 | rosy (once / 449 pages) adj Use the adjective rosy to describe something that's healthy and pink, like a child's rosy cheeks or a rosy lipstick. A flushed face is rosy — it's the glowing pink color of a natural blush, and it implies good health. From this meaning comes the secondary one, "optimistic or lucky." If the future looks rosy to you, it appears that great things are going to happen, and if someone has a rosy nature, they're cheerful. Rosy is from rose and its Latin root, rosa. WORD FAMILYrosy: rosier, rosiest, rosily, rosiness, rosy-colored+/rose: rose-colored, rosely, roses, rosy USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The next option is the rosy, rightwing panacea for all things of late: annexation of the West Bank, what the right calls Judea and Samaria. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Rosy depictions of the U.S. in that film and others fuel the American dreams of the growing Chinese middle class. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj having the pinkish flush of health Syn flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked healthy having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease 2adj of blush color Syn blushful chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 3adj reflecting optimism a rosy future Syn rose-colored optimistic expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds 4adj presaging good fortune rosy predictions Syn fortunate auspicious auguring favorable circumstances and good luck |
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