carmine英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives. countable,uncountable

— 1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101257/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843172,00.html Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. […] But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels.
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment. countable,uncountable

— He wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine.

形容词 adj.

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

词形变化

carmines plural

词汇关系

近义词

crimson cochineal C.I. 75470 E120

衍生词

acetocarmine azocarmine carmalum carminated carmined carmine red carminic indigo carmine paracarmine picrocarmine

词源

词源 1

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.

词源 2

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.