kermes

n. 胭脂虫, 洋红 [化] 虫胭脂; 胭脂虫粉

发音

US /ˈkɝ.miz/
其它

别名

chermes chermez kermez

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several insects of the genus Kermes.

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  2. 2.

    A crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of these insects.

    不可数 可数

相关短语

kermes oak kermes oaks

词源

PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis First attested ca. 1600, from French kermès, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (compare Italian chermes, Spanish carmes), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz) (whence also Portuguese quermes, alquermes), from a Persian word meaning “worm-colored” (compare modern Persian قرمز (qermez)), ultimately Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), possibly via borrowing from a Sanskrit formation. Related to carmine and crimson. For the semantic development, compare vermilion from Latin vermis (“worm”) and its cognates.

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