scarlet

noun
🔊/ˈskɑːlət/
🔊/ˈskɑːrlət/
[uncountable]
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  1. 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的光芒。
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2

scarlet

adjective
🔊/ˈskɑːlət/
🔊/ˈskɑːrlət/
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  1. 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
    Word OriginMiddle 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’.