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scarlet noun /ˈskɑːlət/ /ˈskɑːrlət/ [uncountable] - a bright red colour猩红的;鲜红的
- Her lips were a flash of scarlet.她的嘴唇闪着猩红色。
Topics Colours and Shapesc2
scarlet adjective /ˈskɑːlət/ /ˈskɑːrlət/ - bright red in colour猩红的;鲜红的
- scarlet berries鲜红的浆果
- She went scarlet with embarrassment.她窘得满脸通红。
- She flushed bright scarlet.她的脸涨得绯红。
Topics Colours and Shapesc2词源Middle English (originally denoting any brightly coloured cloth): shortening of Old French escarlate, from medieval Latin scarlata, via Arabic and medieval Greek from late Latin sigillatus ‘decorated with small images’, from sigillum ‘small image’.
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