vermeil
英 ['vɜːmeɪl; -mɪl]
美 ['vɝmɪl]
- n. 朱红色；镀金的银
- adj. 朱红色的；银外镀金的
- n. (Vermeil)人名；(法)韦尔梅伊；(德)费尔迈尔
英文词源
- vermeil (adj.)
- "bright-red," late 14c., from Anglo-French and Old French vermail, vermeil "bright-red, scarlet, crimson" (11c. in Old French), from Late Latin vermiculus "a little worm," specifically, the cochineal insect from which crimson dyes were obtained (compare kermes), in classical Latin, "larva of an insect, grub, maggot," diminutive of vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). As a noun in English from 1590s.
双语例句
- 1. Balmy, berry is vermeil, seed coat has fiber qualitative fine fur.
- 芳香, 浆果朱红色, 种皮有纤维质细毛.
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