| 单词 | scarlet |
| 释义 | scarlet n. & adj. --n 1. a brilliant red colour tinged with orange. 2. clothes or material of this colour (dressed in scarlet). --adj of a scarlet colour. Phrases and idioms scarlet fever an infectious bacterial fever, affecting esp. children, with a scarlet rash. scarlet hat RC Ch. a cardinal's hat as a symbol of rank. scarlet pimpernel a small annual wild plant, Anagallis arvensis, with small esp. scarlet flowers closing in rainy or cloudy weather: also called poor man's weather-glass. scarlet rash = ROSEOLA 1. scarlet runner 1. a runner bean. 2. a scarlet-flowered climber bearing this bean. scarlet woman derog. a notoriously promiscuous woman, a prostitute. Etymology: ME f. OF escarlate: ult. orig. unkn. |
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