carmine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++car·mine /ˈkɑːmən, -maɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] literary CCa dark red colour 紫红色，洋红色，胭脂红 SYN crimson —carmine adjective
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carmine• Its flowers have needle-thin petals in differing degrees of white, rose, pink and carmine.• The granite was gradually being dyed carmine by the progress of the dying sun.• The filthy, carmine, oily water.• Immense carmine portraits of Marx, Engels and Lenin were hoisted as witnesses and validators of the pageant.• Light blue, No. 147, and rose carmine, No. 124, were used on the flower heads.• A special carmine stick replaced rouge on the cheeks followed by a dusting of face powder.Origin carmine (1700-1800) French carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz insect from which red color is obtained + Latin minium ( → MINIATURE2)car·mine nounChineseSyllable
red colour a dark Corpus
carmine
car‧mine /ˈkɑːmən, ˈkɑːmɪn, -maɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [uncountable] literary
SYN crimson
—carmine adjective
car‧mine /ˈkɑːmən, ˈkɑːmɪn, -maɪn $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [uncountable] literary Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz insect from which red color is obtained + Latin minium ( ⇨ miniature2)
a dark red colour Language: French
Origin: carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz insect from which red color is obtained + Latin minium ( ⇨ miniature2)
SYN crimson
—carmine adjective