单词 | pinken |
释义 | pinkenv. 1. intransitive. To become pink; esp. to blush. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > become red [verb (intransitive)] > become pink pinken1890 1890 Harper's Mag. Nov. 867/2 Its spotless tip first pinkening like the point of some wondrous bud. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas vii. 76 It caused Miss Brinkmeyer to pinken and breathe heavily. 1954 D. L. Ames Crime, Gentlemen, Please xxii. 130 Jack, too, was aware of the chill. He pinkened. 1976 Listener 15 Apr. 465/2 As the sky pinkened, we turned up a narrow tributary. 1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) ix. 272 Adrian looked round the hall to where Hunt was sitting. The boy pinkened and gave a small wave. 2. transitive. To make or colour pink. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] > make pink pink1820 pinken1968 1911 [see pinkened adj. at Derivatives]. 1918 ‘R. West’ Return of Soldier v. 138 Her mournfully vigilant face pinkened by the cold river of air. 1968 C. Nicole Self Lovers i. 8 Her tan was pinkened by a liquor flush. 1995 Countryman Spring 52 A delicate pattern of cirro-cumulus cloud was pinkened by the sunset still. Derivatives ˈpinkened adj. ΚΠ 1911 Science 7 Apr. 540/1 Salmon-pink colonies appeared upon plating out pinkened fish flesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。