crimson

• n. 深紅色
• adj. 深紅色的
• vt. 使變為深紅色；臉紅
• vi. 變為深紅色；臉紅

詞源同carmine, kermes.

crimson

crimson: [14] The colour term crimson comes ultimately from the name of a small scale insect, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is obtained. Kermes comes from Arabic qirmaz, which in turn was derived from Sanskrit krmi-ja ‘(dye) produced by a worm’, a compound formed from krmi- ‘worm’ and ja- ‘produced, born’. From qirmaz was derived Arabic qirmazī ‘red colour’, which passed into English via metathesized Old Spanish cremesin. The medieval Latin version carmesīnum is thought to have been the source of English carmine [18], through blending with minium ‘red lead’ (whence English miniature).
=> carmine

crimson (v.)

c. 1600, from crimson (n.). Related: Crimsoned; crimsoning.

crimson (n.)

early 15c., "deep red color," from Old Spanish cremesin "of or belonging to the kermes" (the shield-louse insects from which a deep red dye was obtained), from Medieval Latin cremesinus (see kermes). For similar transfer of the dye word to generic use for "red," compare Old Church Slavonic čruminu, Russian čermnyj "red," from the same source.

1. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.

火焰的舌尖舔卷著緋紅色的天空。

來自柯林斯例句

2. My face went crimson (which it does out of sheer funk).

我的臉變得通紅（我極度恐慌時就會如此）。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Crimson draperies were looped along the walls.

四麵牆壁上懸垂著深紅色環狀打褶的裝飾織物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He turned crimson under the insults.

他的臉因受到侮辱而漲得通紅.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. She went crimson with embarrassment.

她羞得滿臉通紅.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》