ruddy

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a. 红的, 红润的 v. (使)变红

发音

UK /ˈɹʌdi/
US /ˈɹʌdi/
AU

词形变化

ruddies 复数 ruddies ruddied ruddies 三单 ruddying ruddying 现在分词 ruddied 过去式 ruddied 过去分词 ruddier 比较级 ruddier ruddiest ruddiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A ruddy duck.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A ruddy ground dove.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To make reddish in colour.

    及物

    The sunset ruddied our faces.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

  2. 2.

    Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).

    in ruddy health

  3. 3.

    A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

    澳大利亚 俚语
adv.
  1. 1.

    A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

    俚语

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

red ruby cherry scarlet crimson carmine reddish sanguine blood red cerise

近义相关 2

healthy chromatic

相关短语

ruddy shelduck 赤麻鸭 ruddy shelducks ruddy duck [鸟类]（北美）棕硬尾鸭(Oxyura jamaicensis) ruddy ducks ruddy turnstone 赤翻石鹬 ruddy diver ruddy divers ruddy ground dove ruddy ground doves ruddy turnstones ruddy Nora

词源

From Middle English ruddy, rody, rudi, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu (“redness”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”). The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.

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