crimson

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈkɹɪmzən/    /ˈkɹɪmzən/|/ˈkɹɪmsən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deep, slightly bluish red. countable,uncountable
    — To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson.
动词 v.
  1. To become crimson or deep red; to blush. intransitive
    — Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned.
  2. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. transitive
    — Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand, Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a deep red colour.
    — Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  2. Immodest.

词形变化

crimsons plural more crimson comparative most crimson superlative crimsons present,singular,third-person crimsoning participle,present crimsoned participle,past crimsoned past

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.
词源 2
PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.
词源 3
PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.
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