| 单词 | crimson |
| 释义 | crimson (once / 348 pages) 1nadj 2adjv 3adj Crimson is a deep, vivid shade of red. You could describe flowers, blood, or blushing cheeks as crimson. The ruby red color crimson shows up brilliantly in nature, in the form of flowers, birds, and insects. In fact, it was an insect that led to the word crimson in the first place; an insect called kermes was used for centuries to make a deep red dye, which was called cremesin in Old Spanish and eventually became crimson. WORD FAMILYcrimson: crimsoned, crimsoning, crimsonly, crimsons, encrimson+/encrimson: encrimsoned, encrimsoning, encrimsons USAGE EXAMPLESAs always, the Crimson Tide program exudes an air of quiet determination and poise. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Lewis’ 10 topped the Crimson Tide, who were held to their smallest point total of the season. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 3 Tigers will meet in Tampa, Florida, on Jan. 9 in the College Football Playoff national championship game. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a deep and vivid red color Syn|Hyper deep red, ruby red, redness red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood 2adj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies 2Syn blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 1adj (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion crimson with fury flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment Syn flushed, red, red-faced, reddened colored, colorful, coloured having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination 2v turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame 3Syn|Hyper blush, flush, redden color, colour, discolor, discolour change color, often in an undesired manner adj characterized by violence or bloodshed "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray Syn red, violent bloody having or covered with or accompanied by blood |
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