请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 scarlet woman
释义

scarlet /skärˈlit/

noun
  1. Orig a fine cloth, not always red
  2. A brilliant red
  3. A brilliant red cloth, garment, or garb, or its wearer
adjective
  1. Of the colour scarlet
  2. Dressed in scarlet
transitive verb

To redden

ORIGIN: OFr escarlate (Fr écarlate), thought to be from Pers saqalāt scarlet cloth

scarlet bean noun

Another name for scarlet runner

scarlet fever noun

An infectious streptococcal fever, usu marked by a sore throat, sickness and a scarlet rash, scarlatina

scarlet geranium noun

A scarlet-flowered pelargonium

scarlet hat noun

A cardinal's red hat

scarlet letter noun (historical)

A scarlet-coloured letter A worn by women convicted of adultery in the Puritan communities of New England

scarlet pimpernel noun

A flowering plant, Anagallis arvensis, of the primrose family, with small red, white or purple flowers that close when the weather is cloudy

scarlet runner noun

A scarlet-flowered climber (Phaseolus multiflorus) of the kidney bean genus, with edible beans

scarlet woman noun

  1. The woman referred to in the Bible (Revelation 17), variously interpreted as pagan Rome, Papal Rome, or the world in its anti-Christian sense
  2. A whore

随便看

 

英语词典包含305067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。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 22:41:03