单词 | red |
释义 | red red1 —redly, adv. /red/, n. adj., redder, reddest. n. 1. any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nm. 2. something red. 3. (often cap.) a radical leftist in politics, esp. a communist. 4. Informal. See red light (def. 1). 5. Informal. red wine: a glass of red. 6. Also called red devil, red bird. Slang. a capsule of the drug secobarbital, usually red in color. 7. in the red, operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in the black): The newspaper strike put many businesses in the red. 8. paint the town red. See paint (def. 16). 9. see red, Informal. to become very angry; become enraged: Snobs make her see red. adj. 10. of the color red. 11. having distinctive areas or markings of red: a red robin. 12. of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness: the red column in the ledger. 13. radically left politically. 14. (often cap.) communist. 15. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples: no longer in technical use. [bef. 900; ME red, OE read; c. G rot, D rood, ON raudhr, L rufus, ruber, Gk erythrós; see RUBELLA, RUFESCENT, ERYTHRO-] red2 /red/, v.t., red, redding. redd1. |
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