英语词汇“scarlet geranium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scarlet /skärˈlit/

noun

Orig a fine cloth, not always red

A brilliant red

A brilliant red cloth, garment, or garb, or its wearer

adjective

Of the colour scarlet

Dressed in scarlet

transitive verb

To redden

ORIGIN: OFr escarlate (Fr écarlate), thought to be from Pers saqalāt scarlet cloth

scarlet bean noun

Another name for scarlet runner

scarlet fever noun

An infectious streptococcal fever, usu marked by a sore throat, sickness and a scarlet rash, scarlatina

scarlet geranium noun

A scarlet-flowered pelargonium

scarlet hat noun

A cardinal's red hat

scarlet letter noun (historical)

A scarlet-coloured letter A worn by women convicted of adultery in the Puritan communities of New England

scarlet pimpernel noun

A flowering plant, Anagallis arvensis, of the primrose family, with small red, white or purple flowers that close when the weather is cloudy

scarlet runner noun

A scarlet-flowered climber (Phaseolus multiflorus) of the kidney bean genus, with edible beans

scarlet woman noun

The woman referred to in the Bible (Revelation 17), variously interpreted as pagan Rome, Papal Rome, or the world in its anti-Christian sense
A whore