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Ruddy Reddish Describe Face Cheeks Someone's Working Adj Graded

英语单词 ruddy
英美音标 英 ['rʌdi] 美 ['rʌdi]
中文释义 adj.红的;红润的
英语例句 (1) Their fur tends toward ruddy brown.
(2) The fire cast a ruddy glow over the city.
(3) He looked at the children's ruddy cheeks and smiled.
(4) After the vacation,children are all in ruddy health.
(5) Having white hair and ruddy complexion, my grandfather is hale and hearty.
中文例句 (1) 他们的毛往往是红褐色。
(2) 这场火把城市上空映得一片通红。
(3) 他看着孩子们红润的脸颊,笑了。
(4) 孩子们度假后个个红光满面.
(5) 我爷爷是位鹤发童颜的矍铄老人。
vocabulary简明 Ruddy is used to describe something that is reddish — like the color of red hair, tomatoes, or your cheeks on a cold winter's day.
vocabulary扩展 Ruddy is commonly used to describe someone's complexion. In this case, it describes a healthy, reddish glow. Your skin might have a ruddy tone from working outside. You may hear someone use ruddy as a negative adjective, as well. In Britain it is a substitute for words like bloody or darn: "The ruddy door is stuck again. I'm going to take an axe to it!"
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](脸色)健康红润的,通红的 If you describe someone's face as ruddy, you mean that their face is a reddish colour, usually because they are healthy or have been working hard, or because they are angry or embarrassed.
  • He had a naturally ruddy complexion...

    他的脸色天生红润。

  • His face is still ruddy and handsome.

    他的脸依然红润帅气。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]淡红色的;微红的 Something that is ruddy is reddish in colour.
  [LITERARY 文]
  • ...barges, with their sails ruddy brown from regular dressing of ochre.

    船帆由于经常涂染赭石变成了淡红棕色的游艇

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[ADJ 形容词](表示强调,尤用于生气时)该死的,要命的 Ruddy is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry.
  [ADJ n]
  [emphasis]
  [BRIT 英]
  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
  [RUDE 冒犯]
  • He took the paraffin stove on a picnic and the ruddy thing wouldn't work.

    他带了那个煤油炉去野餐,但是那个该死的东西根本用不了。

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