| 单词 | red |
| 释义 | red (once / 43 pages) 1nadj 2n 3n The color red is a primary hue found at the end of the spectrum. You might turn red with embarrassment. It also represents financial loss, as in the term "red ink." The word red goes back to before 900, and we can see its roots in the Old English rēad. The idea of red as a signal to stop came in 1849. The color has been associated with rebellion as far back as the 13th Century, and in 1917, the Russian Bolsheviks adopted the color as their symbol. When the movement became the political party of Communism, the members became known as "Reds." WORD FAMILYred: redded, redden, redder, reddest, reddish, redly, redness, reds+/redden: reddened, reddening, reddens/redness: rednesses USAGE EXAMPLES"It was not a red card. Feghouli's foot was not high in the air, it was not deliberate," said Bilic. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) He also points to mismanagement, corruption and red tape within a complex web of urban planning authorities. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) A total of 24 cities are under a pollution “red alert,” the highest warning level in China’s four-tiered system. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1n red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood Syn|Hypo|Hyper redness sanguine a blood-red color chrome reda red pigment used in paints; basic lead chromate Turkey red, alizarine reda bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye cardinal, carminea variable color averaging a vivid red crimson, deep red, rubya deep and vivid red color dark reda red color that reflects little light purplish red, purplish-reda red with a tinge of purple cerise, cherry, cherry reda red the color of ripe cherries orange red, scarlet, vermiliona variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge burgundya dark purplish-red to blackish-red color clareta dark purplish-red color oxblood reda dark brownish-red color wine, wine-colored, wine-coloureda red as dark as red wine magentaa primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta fuschiaa dark purplish-red color maroona dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour a color that has hue 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 Syn blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 3adj (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion turned red from exertion red-faced and violent Syn crimson, flushed, red-faced, reddened colored, colorful, coloured having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination 4adj characterized by violence or bloodshed 2"convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode Syn crimson, violent bloody having or covered with or accompanied by blood n emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries 3Syn|Hyper Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshie, bolshy radical a person who has radical ideas or opinions n the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue the company operated in the red last year Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper loss, red ink gain the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating paper loss an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost squeezea situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money a quantity of money Red (once / 117 pages) n WORD FAMILY Red: Reds USAGE EXAMPLESThe Red Wolves opened the second half with an 11-2 run and led by as many as 31 points. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The last time vinyl fared so well in the UK, in 1991, Simply Red's Stars was the year's biggest-selling record. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The Red Raiders flummoxed the Cyclones on their home floor, a rare sight at Hilton Coliseum, and jumped ahead by as many as 14. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) n a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana Syn|Exp Red River river a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) |
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