单词 | cinnabar |
释义 | cinnabar (once / 20994 pages) 1n 2adj 3n WORD FAMILY cinnabar: cinnabars USAGE EXAMPLESTo make black ink, for instance, manufacturers might use soot or powdered jet, or cinnabar and common rust to make red. The Guardian(Sep 28, 2016) Let it wash over you like the tide lapping at the sandy shores of Cinnabar Island. The Verge(Mar 24, 2016) He took some finely grated cinnabar in his fingers and went as deeply into Ustina’s female places as he could.” The New Yorker(Oct 15, 2015) 1 n a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury 2Hyper mineral solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition adj of a vivid red to reddish-orange color 3Syn Chinese-red, vermilion, vermillion chromatic being or having or characterized by hue n large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort Syn|Hyper Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth arctiid, arctiid moth stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars |
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