| 单词 | pillar-box red |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspillar-box red 2. In full pillar-box red. A bright red colour, of the shade used on British pillar boxes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 vermiliona1400 scarlet-redc1405 sinoper1412 scarletc1440 sinople?c1450 vermeletc1530 lusty gallant1587 vermeil1590 vermeil red1590 minium1601 cinnabar?1614 cochineal1632 poppy red1679 poppy colour1705 cherry-colour1720 ponceau1782 Turkey red1789 pinkc1791 coquelicot1795 poppy1796 cherry-red1802 vermilion-red1815 cardinal scarlet1828 geranium1842 dahlia1846 cardinal red1850 cerise1858 cardinal1874 scarlet-crimson1882 vermilion-scarlet1882 pillar box1894 Turkish red1900 signal red1909 fuchsia1923 1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 3/1 As the necessity arises for repainting why should not the shop fronts [of the post offices] be coloured like the self-assertive pillar-boxes—namely with ‘Pillar-box Red’? 1904 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 23 Apr. 332/2 The church itself is of a Salvation Army red, with white window frames, and has a black turret. The very signposts are a pillar-box red. 1916 Sphere 1 July p. iv/1 Some charming chapeaux of the new pillar-box red. 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 84/2 I don't like the colours, especially the Ribena, pillarbox, scrofula, and sulphur. 1992 Machine Knitting Monthly Aug. (BNC) 70 I prefer crimson or deep orange rather than pillar-box red. < as lemmas |
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