| 单词 | sanguine |
| 释义 | sanguine adj. & n. --adj 1. optimistic; confident. 2. (of the complexion) florid; bright; ruddy. 3. hist. of a ruddy complexion with a courageous and hopeful amorous disposition. 4. hist. of the temperament in which blood predominates over the other humours. 5. Heraldry or literary blood red. 6. archaic bloody; bloodthirsty. --n 1. a blood-red colour. 2. a crayon of chalk coloured red or flesh with iron oxide. Derivatives sanguinely adv. sanguineness n. (both in sense 1 of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF sanguin -ine blood-red f. L sanguineus (as SANGUINARY) |
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