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单词 pink
释义 pink
1.
n. & adj.
--n
  1. a pale red colour (decorated in pink).
  2. a any cultivated plant of the genus Dianthus, with sweet-smelling white, pink, crimson, etc. flowers. b the flower of this plant.
  3. (prec. by the) the most perfect condition etc. (the pink of elegance).
  4. (also hunting-pink) a a fox-hunter's red coat. b the cloth for this. c a fox-hunter.
--adj
  1. (often in comb.) of a pale red colour of any of various shades (rose-pink; salmon-pink).
  2. esp. derog. tending to socialism.
Phrases and idioms
in the pink colloq. in very good health. pink-collar (usu. attrib.) (of a profession etc.) traditionally associated with women (cf. white-collar, blue-collar (see BLUE(1))). pink disease a disease of young children with pink discoloration of the extremities. pink elephants colloq. hallucinations caused by alcoholism. pink-eye
  1. a contagious fever in horses.
  2. contagious ophthalmia in humans and some livestock. pink-gin gin flavoured with angostura bitters.
Derivatives
pinkish adj. pinkly adv. pinkness n. pinky adj.
Etymology: perh. f. dial. pink-eyed having small eyes
2.
v.tr.
  1. pierce slightly with a sword etc.
  2. cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on.
  3. (often foll. by out) ornament (leather etc.) with perforations.
  4. adorn; deck.
Phrases and idioms
pinking shears (or scissors) a dressmaker's serrated shears for cutting a zigzag edge.
Etymology: ME, perh. f. LG or Du.: cf. LG pinken strike, peck
3.
v.intr. (of a vehicle engine) emit a series of high-pitched explosive sounds caused by faulty combustion.
Etymology: imit.
4.
n. hist. a sailing-ship, esp. with a narrow stern, orig. small and flat-bottomed.
Etymology: ME f. MDu. pin(c)ke, of unkn. orig.
5.
n. a yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base (brown pink; French pink).
Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
6.
n. Brit.
  1. a young salmon.
  2. dial. a minnow.
Etymology: 15th c. penk, of unkn. orig.
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