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单词 brick-red
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brick-redadj.n.

Brit. /ˌbrɪkˈrɛd/, U.S. /ˌbrɪkˈrɛd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.1, red adj.
Etymology: < brick n.1 + red adj. Compare earlier brick adj.1 2 and brick-coloured at brick n.1 and adj.1 Compounds 3.
A. adj.
Of the colour of red brick; deep brownish red.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red
rustya1398
hepaticc1420
horseflesh1530
rubiginousa1538
iron1587
bricky1615
ferrugineous1633
sand-reda1639
brickish1648
ferruginous1656
lateritious1656
brick-coloured1675
blood bay1684
testaceous1688
rust-coloureda1691
brick-red1740
brick-dust-like1765
maroon1771
rufous1782
brick-dusty1817
rusted1818
worm red1831
brownish-red1832
brown-red1835
foxy1850
rust1854
henna-coloured1865
chestnut-red1882
terra-cotta1882
copper-red1883
fox-red1910
oxblood1918
tony1921
henna-brown1931
henna-red2002
1740 J. Andree Acct. Tilbury Water (ed. 2) 17 I took some of the Spirit of Nitre lower'd to a very small degree of Acidity, and touch'd coarse blue [printed hlue] Paper with it, which immediately turn'd of a brick red Colour.
1856 Manch. Guardian 27 Feb. 4/2 The vase is..dull brick-red clay or terracotta, unglazed.
1897 E. H. Cooper Marchioness against County viii. 350 Lady Hetherington turned brick-red with indignation.
1933 E. A. Powell Slanting Lines of Steel x. 151 Reservists in the brick-red trousers..to which the French had clung since the days of the third Napoleon.
1968 H. Holthouse in B. Brander et al. Australia v. 103 The bright brick-red sands of the Central Australian plains.
2006 Elle Girl Mar. 101 Next, blend brick-red blush on the apples of your cheeks for an outdoorsy flush.
B. n.
The colour of red brick; a deep brownish red.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red
rufe?c1400
red-fallowc1425
colour-de-roy1531
roy1549
red roan1639
rubiginy1657
rust1716
brick-red1759
brick-dust red1776
morone1777
maroon1779
rufous1783
brick1793
tile-red1805
brick dusta1807
worm red1831
cinnamon-red1882
chaudron1883
rosewood1897
tony1921
1759 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. i. 52 Red Silver ore..is distinguished from Cinnabar, by its colour inclining not to an aurora or brick red, but to the garnet or ruby red, or a purple red.
1817 Ann. Reg. 1816 Chron. 561 Breast and belly are of a fine brick red.
1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1 July 12/3 The copper colors, the brick reds, the dark grizzly blues, and the coarse cotton fabrics..are an abomination, and not to be tolerated.
1920 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Oct. 14/3 She blushed a miserable brick red.
1966 Compar. Educ. Rev. 8 206/2 Constructed in natural stone and cement and colorfully decorated in brick-red and blue, the school is a thing of beauty.
2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xi. 100 The color of a piece of Brazilian rosewood can range from a golden pumpkin to a greenish gray to a striking brick-red.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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