单词 | orange-red |
释义 | orange-redn.adj. A. n. A shade of red approaching orange. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > orange red orange-red1601 nacarat1684 flame1711 iron-reda1728 morning-red1805 orange-scarlet1824 orange-crimson1859 rouge de fer1872 flame-red1906 pimento red1921 persimmon1930 paprika1934 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvii. ix. 621 Those Iacints that come from Pontus, are knowne by their lightnesse: some of them be hard and of an Orange red; others be soft and foule. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 190 When 'tis of an Orange-red, uncover and boil it up. 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 260 Other specimens often have the body pink, mottled with orange-red. 1913 M. J. Cawein What Flowers Saw 32 The orange-red of the butterfly weed. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 101 Cadmium Scarlet, which is an orange-red. B. adj. Of the colour orange-red. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > orange-red redeOE fire-reda1382 flame-red1382 flammid1610 flammeous1656 orange-red1796 iron-red1798 pimento1921 pimiento1963 flame1970 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 210 Gills buff,..pileus orange red, flat, border turned down. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 150 Rich orange-red rust on the iron weights and hooks and hinges. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xxiii. 404 The angel-fish..orange-red, sky-blue, and golden, as though gaudily painted, is the best known species. 1995 Amateur Gardening 25 Nov. 3 Its summer froth of scented white blossom is followed by a wealth of large orange-red berries that light up autumn and early winter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1601 |
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