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单词 rosy
释义 rosy
I. \ˈrōzē, -zi\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from rose (II) + -y
1.
 a.
  (1) : of the color rose
  (2) : having a rose-colored complexion : healthy, blooming
  (3) : suffused with blushes : blushing
 b. : perfumed with or as if with roses
 c. obsolete : abounding in or adorned with roses
2. : characterized by or tending to promote optimism
 < the individual episodes are uneven in quality, but all are enveloped in a rosy romanticism — John Barkham >
 < the rosy era when men thought physical science would soon make Earth so pleasant that Heaven would no longer be desired — Webb Garrison >
 < big businessmen made their usual yearly forecasts, all of them rosy — T.W.Arnold >
— often used in combination
 < rosy-cheeked >
 < rosy-fingered >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to make rosy : rose
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