of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple 深红色的;绯红色的 she blushed crimson with embarrassment. 她窘得满脸通红。
noun
[mass noun]a rich deep red colour inclining to purple 深红色;绯红色
verb
[no obj.](of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment (尤指因尴尬)(脸)变红;涨红 my face crimsoned and my hands began to shake. 我满脸通红,手也开始颤抖。
语源
late Middle English: from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, based on Arabic kirmizī, from kirmiz (see kermes). Compare with carmine