scarlet

scarlet
adjective
  1. of a brilliant red colour
    猩红的,鲜红的
    a mass of scarlet berries.
    许多鲜红的浆果。
noun
  1. [mass noun]a brilliant red colour
    猩红,鲜红
    papers lettered in scarlet and black.
    用红色和黑色字母书写的文件。
    ■clothes or material of this colour
    鲜红色衣服(或衣料)
语源
  1. Middle English (originally denoting any brightly coloured cloth): shortening of Old French escarlate, from medieval Latin scarlata, via Arabic and medieval Greek from late Latin sigillatus 'decorated with small images', from sigillum 'small image'
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