scarlet

• adj. 深红的；鲜红色的
• n. 猩红色；红衣；绯红色；鲜红色布

来自古法语 escarlate,红布，来自拉丁语 scarlatum,红布，来自波斯语 saqerlat,红布，特指颜色 鲜红的布。并由该词衍生姓氏 Scarlett,染色工或布商，如好莱坞著名美女 Scarlett Johansson.

scarlet

scarlet: [13] Scarlet originally denoted a sumptuous sort of cloth, which came in various colours, not just red. Red was evidently the commonest colour, however, for by the 15th century we find the word scarlet being used for ‘red’. It was borrowed from Old French escarlate, but where that came from is not known (some have derived it from Persian saqalāt ‘rich cloth’, but this has not been conclusively established).

scarlet (n.)

mid-13c., "rich cloth" (often, but not necessarily, bright red), from a shortened form of Old French escarlate "scarlet (color), top-quality fabric" (12c., Modern French écarlate), from Medieval Latin scarlatum "scarlet, cloth of scarlet" (also source of Italian scarlatto, Spanish escarlate), probably via a Middle Eastern source (compare Arabic siqillat "fine cloth"), from Medieval Greek and ultimately from Late Latin sigillatus "clothes and cloth decorated with small symbols or figures," literally "sealed," past participle of sigillare, from the root of sign (n.).

In English as the name of a color, attested from late 14c. As an adjective from c. 1300. Scarlet lady, etc. (Isa. i:18, Rev. xvii:1-5) is from notion of "red with shame or indignation." Scarlet fever is from 1670s, so called for its characteristic rash. Scarlet oak, a New World tree, attested from 1590s. Scarlet letter traces to Hawthorne's story (1850). German Scharlach, Dutch scharlaken show influence of words cognate with English lake (n.2).

1. She turned scarlet from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done.

她意识到自己做了什么后羞红了脸。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Her scarlet lipstick emphasized the whiteness of her teeth.

她鲜红色的口红更衬出了她牙齿的洁白。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She was a knockout in navy and scarlet.

她身着藏青色和鲜红色相间的衣服，十分迷人。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Scarlet fever is highly contagious.

猩红热的接触传染性很强。

来自《权威词典》

5. cardinals in scarlet robes

身披红袍的枢机主教

来自《权威词典》