cochineal

n. 胭虫红, 胭脂虫 [化] 胭脂虫红

发音

UK /ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl/
其它
US /ˌkɑt͡ʃɪˈni(ə)l/
US /ˈkɑt͡ʃəˌni(ə)l/

词形变化

cochineals 复数 cochineals

别名

cochinille

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).

    胭脂虫

    呀𪢠米

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.

    胭脂虫红

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    The vivid red colour of this dye.

    不可数 可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

dye dyestuff scale insect

相关短语

cochineal fig cochineal figs

词源

The noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern French cochenille), from Italian cocciniglia or Spanish cochinilla; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Latin coccineus, coccinus (“scarlet-dyed; scarlet in colour”) (whence Italian coccineo (“scarlet in colour”)) + Italian -iglia (suffix forming collective nouns), Spanish -illa (“diminutive suffix”). Coccinus is derived from Ancient Greek κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos, “scarlet; (figurative) blushing”, adjective), from κόκκος (kókkos, “kermes oak (Quercus coccifera); insect of the genus Kermes living on the oak; scarlet dye made from crushed kermes insects”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, cochineal is not derived from Spanish cochinilla (“pill bug, especially the common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)”), a diminutive of cochina (“female pig, sow”) (from the animal’s shape), which coincidentally has the same spelling as cochinilla (“cochineal”). The adjective is derived from the noun.

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