crimson

• n. 深红色
• adj. 深红色的
• vt. 使变为深红色；脸红
• vi. 变为深红色；脸红

助记提示

中文词源

词源同carmine, kermes.

英文词源

crimson

crimson: [14] The colour term crimson comes ultimately from the name of a small scale insect, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is obtained. Kermes comes from Arabic qirmaz, which in turn was derived from Sanskrit krmi-ja ‘(dye) produced by a worm’, a compound formed from krmi- ‘worm’ and ja- ‘produced, born’. From qirmaz was derived Arabic qirmazī ‘red colour’, which passed into English via metathesized Old Spanish cremesin. The medieval Latin version carmesīnum is thought to have been the source of English carmine [18], through blending with minium ‘red lead’ (whence English miniature).
=> carmine

crimson (v.)

c. 1600, from crimson (n.). Related: Crimsoned; crimsoning.

crimson (n.)

early 15c., "deep red color," from Old Spanish cremesin "of or belonging to the kermes" (the shield-louse insects from which a deep red dye was obtained), from Medieval Latin cremesinus (see kermes). For similar transfer of the dye word to generic use for "red," compare Old Church Slavonic čruminu, Russian čermnyj "red," from the same source.

双语例句

1. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.

火焰的舌尖舔卷着绯红色的天空。

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2. My face went crimson (which it does out of sheer funk).

我的脸变得通红（我极度恐慌时就会如此）。

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3. Crimson draperies were looped along the walls.

四面墙壁上悬垂着深红色环状打褶的装饰织物.

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4. He turned crimson under the insults.

他的脸因受到侮辱而涨得通红.

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5. She went crimson with embarrassment.

她羞得满脸通红.

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