The word "pink" refers to the color between red and white, a person who turns reddish due to embarrassment or exertion, or things related to homosexuals. It can also refer to a type of plant (pinks) or the idiom "in the pink" meaning to be very healthy. Additionally, as a verb, it can describe a car engine making knocking sounds.
The word "pink" refers to the color between red and white, a person who turns reddish due to embarrassment or exertion, or things related to homosexuals. It can also refer to a type of plant (pinks) or the idiom "in the pink" meaning to be very healthy. Additionally, as a verb, it can describe a car engine making knocking sounds.
[COLOUR 颜色词]粉红色;淡红色Pink is the colour between red and white.
...pink lipstick.
粉红色的口红
...white flowers edged in pink.
带粉边的白花
...sweaters in a variety of pinks and blues.
各种各样粉色和蓝色的毛衣
pinkish
Her nostrils were pinkish, as though she had a cold.
她的鼻孔略带粉红,好像患了感冒似的。
pinkness
Meat which has been cooked thoroughly shows no traces of pinkness.
彻底煮熟的肉不会带有血色。
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[COLOUR 颜色词](因窘迫、愤怒或剧烈活动而)脸色发红 If you go pink, your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic.
[usu v-link COLOUR]
She went pink again as she remembered her mistake.
想起自己的错误,她又脸红了。
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[ADJ 形容词]与同性恋者有关的Pink is used to refer to things relating to or connected with homosexuals.
Businesses are now more aware of the importance of the 'pink pound'.
现在商家更加意识到同性恋族群消费力、即所谓“粉红英镑”的重要性。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]石竹Pinks are small plants that people grow in their gardens. They have sweet-smelling pink, white, or red flowers.
[usu pl]
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[PHRASE 短语]非常健康;满面红光;容光焕发 If you are in the pink, you are fit, healthy, and happy.
[v-link PHR]
A glass of red wine keeps you in the pink.
一杯红酒有益健康。
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to be tickled pink→see:
tickle
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Oxford
pink★/pɪŋk; NAmEpɪŋk/
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pinkpinkspinkedpinkingpinkerpinkestadjective★1★pale red in colour 粉红色的◆pale pink roses淡粉色的玫瑰◆She went bright pink with embarrassment.她尴尬得满脸绯红。2[only before noun ]( BrE) connected with homosexualpeople 与同性恋者有关的◆the pink pound(= money spent by homosexualsas an influence in the economy) 同性恋族群消费力3( politics 政) ( informal,disapproving) having or showing slightly left-wingpolitical views 政治观点偏左的;略呈左倾的☞compare
v.noun★1★[uncountable , countable ]the colour that is produced when you mix red and white together 粉红色◆She was dressed in pink.她穿着粉红色的衣服。◆The bedroom was decorated in pale pinks.卧室涂成了淡粉红色。2[countable ]a garden plant with pink, red or white flowers that have a sweet smell 香石竹;石竹IDIOMin the ˈpink( old-fashioned,informal) in good health 满面红光;容光焕发verb( BrE) (NAmEping)[intransitive ](of a car engine 汽车发动机)to make knocking sounds because the fuel is not burning correctly 发爆声;敲缸pink/pɪŋk; NAmEpɪŋk/pink·ness/pɪŋknəs; NAmEpɪŋknəs/
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pink1 adjective
pink2 noun
pinkpink1 /pɪŋk/ ●●●S2 adjective
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1pale red: bright pink lipstick Hannah’s face went pink. →
shocking pink
2[only before noun] British English relating to people who are homosexual → be tickled pink
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pink1 adjective
pink2 noun
pinkpink2 ●●●S2 noun
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1[countable, uncountable] a pale red colour: Her room was decorated in bright pinks and purples. She had arrived dressed in pink.2[countable] a garden plant with pink, white, or red flowers3in the pink old-fashioned in very good health
WDF
pink
[pɪŋk]pinked, pinking, pinks级别:pinker, pinkest
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pinks[353]
粉红色(69%),粉红色的(31%)
n.粉红色;化身,典范;石竹花;头面人物
adj.粉红的;比较激进的;石竹科的;脸色发红的
vt.扎,刺,戳;使…变粉红色;使…面红耳赤
vi.变粉红色
n.(Pink)人名;(英、德、匈)平克;(法)潘克
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