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单词 crimson
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Definition of crimson in English:

crimson

adjective ˈkrɪmz(ə)nˈkrɪmzən
  • Of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple.

    深红色的,绯红色的

    she blushed crimson with embarrassment

    她窘得满脸通红。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The purple and crimson gem is the only known diamond of these colours.
    • Weighed down by deep crimson clothes and further hindered by a heavy golden cape, he could barely keep an upright bearing in the sweltering heat of the ocean.
    • The flowering heads bear countless minute crimson flowers, which eventually yield seeds smaller than a pinhead.
    • Kumma pulled away from her, hiding the deep crimson colour of his face.
    • The stone's value comes from its intense purple and crimson colour.
    • Their eyes have turned a most fearsome crimson colour, and a feeling of malice is apparent in their company.
    • The tree was covered in deep crimson flowers and filled with bright red papers.
    • He succeeded in breeding a particularly bright crimson variety of the flower.
    • She then tucked her chemise deeper within her crimson bodice in an unsuccessful attempt to push her chest further up.
    • The walls were paneled wood, painted with a rich crimson color and decorated by hanging tapestries.
    • Hanging in equal distances along the deep crimson walls were large paintings of bold men dressed in fine robes.
    • The blood from the bodies had stained the carpet a beautiful crimson colour.
    • The cherries were staining her lips an enticing crimson colour, and Cary longed to lean across the table to kiss the juice away.
    • Her jaw literally dropped at the sight of the delicate pedals of the crimson flowers.
    • The blood shone brightly, tainting her with its crimson colour.
    • Instead, she was drawn to a deep crimson ribbon, one the color of red-wine, one that she'd never worn.
    • There were padded, deep crimson chairs all around, and the tables were a patterned shade of light blue.
    • I watched, paralyzed, as the blood soaked the once white sheets, giving them a rich crimson color.
    • A deep crimson ribbon lay plaited through her hair, and I kept an eye on it as it bounced along at the small of her back.
    • The stage was hung with deep crimson curtains and had a miniscule orchestra pit directly in front and under it.
    Synonyms
    red, reddish, scarlet, vermilion, blood-red, rose-red, pink, roseate
noun ˈkrɪmz(ə)nˈkrɪmzən
mass noun
  • A rich deep red colour inclining to purple.

    深红色的,绯红色的

    a pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson, they were horrid to behold
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her eyebrows were creased in anger and her usually pale complexion was a deep shade of crimson.
    • My face was going back to its usual colour - the usual colour of deep crimson whenever I faced Nicole.
    • I must've blushed crimson, because Chevy laughed a deep booming laugh.
    • He was awarded with a deep red blush that was almost darker than the deep crimson of her dress.
    • Laughter began to loom in my stomach when my friend blushed to the color of deep crimson.
    • The colour of a young red wine can vary from blackish purple (as in a vintage port, for example) through many hues of crimson to ruby.
    • The world around him resonated with the color of the man's eyes, turning everything a deep hue of crimson.
    • Pick a hue that has complexity, such as this rich crimson, which gives the room depth and drama.
    • Blood rains, splatters and gushes and stains: sometimes red, sometimes deep crimson.
    • I made it with some Sicilian blood oranges whose flesh ranges from intensely red to a vivid, shocking crimson.
    • He nodded towards my bosoms before turning a deep shade of crimson.
    • Watt bought some red roses for herself and began to make a series of images - folds of material painted in deep crimson, the colour of roses, or of blood.
    • The beige carpet had been dressed up with a throw rug of deep crimson.
    • He meticulously lines her lips in a deep shade of crimson, then wipes the colour away and replaces it with an outline of soft pink.
    • The sun was slipping low into the sky, dying it shades of deep crimson.
    • The artist's palette encompasses earthy, weather worn colours, rich burnished crimsons and flashes of red.
    • Classic crimson is one Christmas hue that never goes out of style.
    • They watched as the colours of the dunes changed from yellow, to deep crimson, to pink and purple, then finally to the dark black of night.
    • Either way, it's best to make it a day or so in advance to allow the juices to soak completely into the bread and turn it deep crimson.
    • Darker-skinned people might consider opting for red, brown, deep purple, golden crimson, or hot pink.
    Synonyms
    flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, crimson, scarlet, reddening, ruddiness, high colour
verb ˈkrɪmz(ə)nˈkrɪmzən
[no object]
  • (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment.

    (尤指因尴尬)(脸)变红;涨红

    my face crimsoned and my hands began to shake

    我满脸通红,手也开始颤抖。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • David nods, crimsoning at his mistake and finishes washing the infant.
    • Realizing she still had the silk robe on, her cheeks crimsoned again and she stripped it off.
    • ‘Oh, they say everyone has,’ she says, crimsoning.
    • Her face crimsoning with fury, Isabella suddenly turned away from her friend and quickened her pace down the road.
    • ‘You disgust me,’ Caleb retorted, his face further crimsoning.
    • Sierra crimsoned and picked up a bigger box on the next shelf.
    • No matter how she blushed or crimsoned, most people who gathered at the Fine Arts Hall seemed to have enjoyed the judge's faux pas.
    • She gives a side-glance at her bonded, crimsoning slightly.
    • Jake smiles while his cheeks crimson at the touch of the young lady.
    • David catches her quick side-glance at him and feels himself crimsoning.
    • His face was crimsoned and he was breathing heavily.
    • David says this, crimsoning as he realizes he had not saved Viridian's life yet.
    Synonyms
    flush, blush, redden, go red, colour, colour up, go pink, crimson, go scarlet, be suffused with colour

Origin

Late Middle English: from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, based on Arabic qirmizī, from qirmiz (see kermes). Compare with carmine.

  • The colour crimson was originally a deep red dye used in colouring fine cloth and velvet and obtained from an insect called the kermes (late 16th century), whose body was dried and ground up to produce the dye. The name of the insect came ultimately from Arabic qirmiz. See also ingrain, purple, vermilion

Definition of crimson in US English:

crimson

adjectiveˈkrimzənˈkrɪmzən
  • Of a rich deep red color inclining to purple.

    深红色的,绯红色的

    she blushed crimson with embarrassment

    她窘得满脸通红。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were padded, deep crimson chairs all around, and the tables were a patterned shade of light blue.
    • He succeeded in breeding a particularly bright crimson variety of the flower.
    • She then tucked her chemise deeper within her crimson bodice in an unsuccessful attempt to push her chest further up.
    • The blood shone brightly, tainting her with its crimson colour.
    • The stone's value comes from its intense purple and crimson colour.
    • Hanging in equal distances along the deep crimson walls were large paintings of bold men dressed in fine robes.
    • Kumma pulled away from her, hiding the deep crimson colour of his face.
    • Her jaw literally dropped at the sight of the delicate pedals of the crimson flowers.
    • Weighed down by deep crimson clothes and further hindered by a heavy golden cape, he could barely keep an upright bearing in the sweltering heat of the ocean.
    • The cherries were staining her lips an enticing crimson colour, and Cary longed to lean across the table to kiss the juice away.
    • Their eyes have turned a most fearsome crimson colour, and a feeling of malice is apparent in their company.
    • The flowering heads bear countless minute crimson flowers, which eventually yield seeds smaller than a pinhead.
    • The stage was hung with deep crimson curtains and had a miniscule orchestra pit directly in front and under it.
    • The walls were paneled wood, painted with a rich crimson color and decorated by hanging tapestries.
    • The blood from the bodies had stained the carpet a beautiful crimson colour.
    • I watched, paralyzed, as the blood soaked the once white sheets, giving them a rich crimson color.
    • Instead, she was drawn to a deep crimson ribbon, one the color of red-wine, one that she'd never worn.
    • The tree was covered in deep crimson flowers and filled with bright red papers.
    • A deep crimson ribbon lay plaited through her hair, and I kept an eye on it as it bounced along at the small of her back.
    • The purple and crimson gem is the only known diamond of these colours.
    Synonyms
    red, reddish, scarlet, vermilion, blood-red, rose-red, pink, roseate
nounˈkrimzənˈkrɪmzən
  • A rich deep red color inclining to purple.

    深红色的,绯红色的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Laughter began to loom in my stomach when my friend blushed to the color of deep crimson.
    • My face was going back to its usual colour - the usual colour of deep crimson whenever I faced Nicole.
    • I must've blushed crimson, because Chevy laughed a deep booming laugh.
    • Watt bought some red roses for herself and began to make a series of images - folds of material painted in deep crimson, the colour of roses, or of blood.
    • Blood rains, splatters and gushes and stains: sometimes red, sometimes deep crimson.
    • Either way, it's best to make it a day or so in advance to allow the juices to soak completely into the bread and turn it deep crimson.
    • Darker-skinned people might consider opting for red, brown, deep purple, golden crimson, or hot pink.
    • He was awarded with a deep red blush that was almost darker than the deep crimson of her dress.
    • The colour of a young red wine can vary from blackish purple (as in a vintage port, for example) through many hues of crimson to ruby.
    • The sun was slipping low into the sky, dying it shades of deep crimson.
    • The artist's palette encompasses earthy, weather worn colours, rich burnished crimsons and flashes of red.
    • I made it with some Sicilian blood oranges whose flesh ranges from intensely red to a vivid, shocking crimson.
    • The world around him resonated with the color of the man's eyes, turning everything a deep hue of crimson.
    • Her eyebrows were creased in anger and her usually pale complexion was a deep shade of crimson.
    • Classic crimson is one Christmas hue that never goes out of style.
    • The beige carpet had been dressed up with a throw rug of deep crimson.
    • He nodded towards my bosoms before turning a deep shade of crimson.
    • He meticulously lines her lips in a deep shade of crimson, then wipes the colour away and replaces it with an outline of soft pink.
    • They watched as the colours of the dunes changed from yellow, to deep crimson, to pink and purple, then finally to the dark black of night.
    • Pick a hue that has complexity, such as this rich crimson, which gives the room depth and drama.
    Synonyms
    flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, crimson, scarlet, reddening, ruddiness, high colour
verbˈkrimzənˈkrɪmzən
[no object]
  • (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment.

    (尤指因尴尬)(脸)变红;涨红

    my face crimsoned and my hands began to shake

    我满脸通红,手也开始颤抖。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘You disgust me,’ Caleb retorted, his face further crimsoning.
    • No matter how she blushed or crimsoned, most people who gathered at the Fine Arts Hall seemed to have enjoyed the judge's faux pas.
    • She gives a side-glance at her bonded, crimsoning slightly.
    • Sierra crimsoned and picked up a bigger box on the next shelf.
    • David catches her quick side-glance at him and feels himself crimsoning.
    • Realizing she still had the silk robe on, her cheeks crimsoned again and she stripped it off.
    • Her face crimsoning with fury, Isabella suddenly turned away from her friend and quickened her pace down the road.
    • His face was crimsoned and he was breathing heavily.
    • Jake smiles while his cheeks crimson at the touch of the young lady.
    • ‘Oh, they say everyone has,’ she says, crimsoning.
    • David nods, crimsoning at his mistake and finishes washing the infant.
    • David says this, crimsoning as he realizes he had not saved Viridian's life yet.
    Synonyms
    flush, blush, redden, go red, colour, colour up, go pink, crimson, go scarlet, be suffused with colour

Origin

Late Middle English: from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, based on Arabic qirmizī, from qirmiz (see kermes). Compare with carmine.

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