crimson

英 ['krɪmz(ə)n] 美 ['krɪmzn]

解释

※ 提供单词"crimson"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

crimson 深红色的

词源同carmine, kermes.

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.

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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）。