cinnabar
/ˈsɪnəbɑː(r)/noun
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- mass noun a bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide. It is the only important ore of mercury and is sometimes used as a pigment.朱砂, 辰砂。
1.1
- the bright red colour of this; vermilion鲜红色; 朱红色：
as modifier the blood coagulated in cinnabar threads.血液凝结成朱红色的细丝。
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- （亦作cinnabar moth）a day-flying moth with black and red wings. Its black and yellow caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort.千里光蛾, 红棒球蝶灯蛾。
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- Tyria jacobaeae, family Arctiidae.拉丁名Tyria jacobaeae,灯蛾科。
词源
Middle English: from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari, of oriental origin.