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Definition of cochineal in English: cochinealnoun ˌkɒtʃɪˈniːlˈkɒtʃɪniːlˈkɑtʃəˌniəl 1mass noun A scarlet dye used for colouring food, made from the crushed dried bodies of a female scale insect. Example sentencesExamples - The most common animal dye was cochineal, a crimson colour which came from cactus eating insects, of which 17,000 were needed to produce one single ounce of dye.
- Traditional red colouring includes kermes and cochineal, both of which are pigments made by crushing masses of tiny insects.
- Cochineal became the standard dye for a wide variety of uses, from the red coats of British soldiers, to the red tints of artists' paints.
- It produces the colorant cochineal, otherwise known as carmine or E120.
- His study deals with the production and marketing of cochineal from the mid-eighteenth century until the industry went into a rapid decline.
- The same options were available for dyeing the wool or cotton, which could be achieved at home using dyes such as cochineal and indigo.
Synonyms scarlet, vermilion, ruby, ruby-red, ruby-coloured, cherry, cherry-red, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, wine-red, wine-coloured, claret, claret-red, claret-coloured, blood-red - 1.1 A dye similar to cochineal made from the oak kermes insect.
（由栎树雌性胭脂虫干体制成的）类似于胭脂虫红的染料（或制剂）（见KERMES ）
2The scale insect that is used for cochineal, native to Mexico and formerly cultivated on cacti. 胭脂虫 Dactylopius coccus, family Dactylopiidae, suborder Homoptera Example sentencesExamples - The Aztecs cultivated cochineal and produced a red dye that was the brightest and strongest color Europe had ever seen.
- Farmed, harvested, and dried by natives on small family plots, cochineal insects helped color the silks and wools of Hapsburg royalty.
- The brightly-coloured snack contains a red dye processed from the dried body of the female cochineal insect, collected in central America.
- The kermes was expensive and the abundant cochineal insect could be used to make a cheap substitute.
- The cactus, or more precisely, the cochineal insects that feed on it yield a red-purple stain when crushed.
OriginLate 16th century: from French cochenille or Spanish cochinilla, from Latin coccinus 'scarlet', from Greek kokkos 'berry' (the insect bodies were mistaken for grains or berries). Compare with coccus, kermes. Rhymesallele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal Definition of cochineal in US English: cochinealnounˈkɑtʃəˌniəlˈkäCHəˌnēəl 1A scarlet dye used chiefly for coloring food. 胭脂虫红（染料）（主要用于给食物着色） Example sentencesExamples - It produces the colorant cochineal, otherwise known as carmine or E120.
- Cochineal became the standard dye for a wide variety of uses, from the red coats of British soldiers, to the red tints of artists' paints.
- The same options were available for dyeing the wool or cotton, which could be achieved at home using dyes such as cochineal and indigo.
- The most common animal dye was cochineal, a crimson colour which came from cactus eating insects, of which 17,000 were needed to produce one single ounce of dye.
- Traditional red colouring includes kermes and cochineal, both of which are pigments made by crushing masses of tiny insects.
- His study deals with the production and marketing of cochineal from the mid-eighteenth century until the industry went into a rapid decline.
Synonyms scarlet, vermilion, ruby, ruby-red, ruby-coloured, cherry, cherry-red, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, wine-red, wine-coloured, claret, claret-red, claret-coloured, blood-red - 1.1 A dye similar to cochineal made from the oak kermes insect.
（由栎树雌性胭脂虫干体制成的）类似于胭脂虫红的染料（或制剂）（见KERMES ）
2The scale insect that is used for cochineal, native to Mexico and formerly widely cultivated on cacti. 胭脂虫 Dactylopius coccus, family Dactylopiidae, suborder Homoptera Example sentencesExamples - The brightly-coloured snack contains a red dye processed from the dried body of the female cochineal insect, collected in central America.
- The cactus, or more precisely, the cochineal insects that feed on it yield a red-purple stain when crushed.
- The kermes was expensive and the abundant cochineal insect could be used to make a cheap substitute.
- The Aztecs cultivated cochineal and produced a red dye that was the brightest and strongest color Europe had ever seen.
- Farmed, harvested, and dried by natives on small family plots, cochineal insects helped color the silks and wools of Hapsburg royalty.
OriginLate 16th century: from French cochenille or Spanish cochinilla, from Latin coccinus ‘scarlet’, from Greek kokkos ‘berry’ (the insect bodies were mistaken for grains or berries). Compare with coccus, kermes. |