Red Sea

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A great quantity of blood.
    — And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebd with Leander.
  2. (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation. slang,vulgar
    — Woman's menstrual blood, as symbolized in the "red carpet" or "red-sea of life," paved the way for the processions of queens, kings, brides and heroes.
  3. A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine. broadly
    — Oyl-steep'd Anchovie, landed from his brine, Came freely swimming in red seas of wine.
专有名词
  1. A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.
  2. A governorate in eastern Egypt
  3. The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections. US

词形变化

the Red Sea canonical Red Seas plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea.
词源 2
From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary