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- of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon粉红的：
her healthy pink cheeks
她健康的粉红的面颊
bright pink lipstick.
色泽鲜艳的粉红色唇膏。
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- (of wine) rosé（葡萄酒）玫瑰色的。
2
- informal, often derogatory having or showing left-wing tendencies〈非正式, 常贬〉左倾的：
pale pink politics.
带左倾色彩的政治。
3
- of or associated with homosexuals同性恋的：
a boom in the pink economy.
同性恋经济的兴盛。
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- mass noun pink colour or pigment粉红色, 桃红色, 淡红色; 粉红色颜料。
1.1
- pink clothes or material粉红色衣服或衣料：
the gorgeous little blonde in pink.
穿着粉红色衣服的美丽的金发小女郎。
1.2
- （亦作hunting pink）the red clothing or material worn by fox-hunters猎狐者穿的红色衣服或衣料。
2
- a pink thing, in particular粉红色的东西, 尤指：
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- the pink ball in snooker粉红色桌球。
2.2
- a rosé wine粉红色葡萄酒。
3
the pink of
the best condition or degree最佳状态; 最佳程度：the economy is not in the pink of health.
经济情况未处于最佳状态。
4
- informal, often derogatory a person with left-wing tendencies〈非正式, 常贬〉左倾的人。参见PINKO.
短语
in the pink
- informal in extremely good health and spirits〈非正式〉红润健康的; 精神饱满的。
turn （或go） pink
- blush脸红。
派生词
pinkish
adjectivepinkly
adverbpinkness
nounpinky
adjective词源
mid 17th cent.: from PINK2, the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant.
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- a herbaceous Eurasian plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves石竹。
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- Genus Dianthus, family Caryophyllaceae (the pink family). This family includes the campions, chickweeds, stitchworts, and the cultivated carnations.石竹属, 石竹科。该科植物包括剪秋萝, 鹅肠草, 繁缕, 人工栽培的康乃馨等。参见CLOVE1（义项3）。
词源
late 16th cent.: perhaps short for pink eye, literally 'small or half-shut eye'; compare with the synonymous French word oeillet, literally 'little eye'.
with obj.
1
- cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on剪成锯齿状。
1.1
- as adj. pinked a bonnet with pinked edging.一个带锯齿边的软帽。
1.2
- rare pierce or nick (someone) slightly with a weapon or missile〈罕〉（用武器或投掷物）刺, 戳, 扎。
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- Austral./NZ shear (a sheep) so closely that the skin shows〈澳/新西兰〉（贴身地）剪（羊毛）。
2
- archaic decorate〈古〉装饰：
April pinked the earth with flowers.
四月用花装饰大地。
词源
early 16th cent. （in the sense 'pierce or nick slightly'）： compare with Low German pinken 'strike, peck'.
no obj.
- Brit. (of a vehicle engine) make a series of rattling sounds as a result of over-rapid combustion of the fuel- air mixture in the cylinders〈英〉（车辆引擎）发响爆声, 爆震。
词源
early 20th cent.: imitative.
- historical a small square-rigged sailing ship, typically with a narrow, overhanging stern〈史〉尖尾帆船。
词源
late 15th cent.: from Middle Dutch pin(c)ke, of unknown ultimate origin; compare with Spanish pinque and Italian pinco.