carmine

FREQ #15755

n. 胭脂红, 洋红色, 深红色 a. 胭脂红的, 洋红色的, 深红色的

发音

UK /ˈkɑːmaɪn/
其它
US /ˈkɑɹmaɪn/

词形变化

carmines 复数 carmines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    洋红

    可数 不可数

    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.

  2. 2.

    A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cardinal

上位词 2

red redness
形容词

同义词 10

red ruby cherry scarlet crimson ruddy reddish blood red cerise cherry red

近义相关 1

chromatic

相关短语

carmine red [医] 卡红, 胭脂红 carmine reds indigo carmine [化] 食用靛蓝; 靛胭脂 [医] 靛卡红, 靛胭脂

词源

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.

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