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having the colour of blood or fire 红的；红色的 bright/light/dark red lipstick 亮/浅/深红色口红 The lights (= traffic lights) changed to red before I could get across. 我还没来得及通过，红灯又亮了。 a bunch of red roses 一束红玫瑰花 a red dress/shirt 红色连衣裙/衬衫 the vivid red colour of the soldiers' uniforms 士兵制服鲜艳的红色 Her essay was returned with lots of corrections in red ink. 她的文章被退回，用红墨水做了许多修改。 a red car 红色的汽车
Homophones read | redread red- read verb (past tense, past participle of read)
Have you read his new novel yet? 你读过他的新小说吗？
- red adjective
She's that girl over there in the red dress. 她就是那边那个穿红色连衣裙的女孩。
- red noun
The red of the setting sun glowed on the horizon. 夕阳的红色在地平线上闪闪发光。
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesa1The coals glowed red in the dying fire. 煤在将燃尽的火中发出红光。 The leaves looked slightly red. 叶子看起来有些发红。 her ruby red lips 她红宝石般的双唇 The traffic light turned red. 交通灯转成了红色。 Paint the pot red and allow it to dry thoroughly. 把罐子涂成红色，让它彻底晾干。 He pressed a big red button, and his TV turned on. 他按了一个红色的大按钮，他的电视打开了。 a red brick apartment building 红砖公寓楼
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- glow
- go
- turn
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- really
- very
- completely
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- bright
- brilliant
- fiery
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- red and blotchy
- red and puffy
- red and swollen
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(of hair or an animal’s fur 头发或动物的毛皮 red-brown in colour 红褐色的 her flaming red hair 她火红的头发 a red squirrel 一只红松鼠 a red-haired girl 红发女孩 Her hair was long and dark red. 她的头发又长又暗，呈红色。 She dyes her hair red. 她把头发染成红色。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- glow
- go
- turn
- …
- really
- very
- completely
- …
- bright
- brilliant
- fiery
- …
- red and blotchy
- red and puffy
- red and swollen
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(of the face 脸 bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed 涨红的；通红的 I felt my face go red. 我觉得我的脸变红了。 - (British English)
She went red as a beetroot. 她的脸涨得通红。 - (North American English)
She went red as a beet. 她的脸涨得通红。 He stammered something and went very red in the face. 他结结巴巴地说了些什么，脸涨得通红。 He turned red and started yelling at me. 他脸红了，开始对我大喊大叫。 - red with something
Her face was red with anger. 她气得脸都红了。 My face probably looked as red as a strawberry. 我的脸可能看起来像草莓一样红。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa2He could feel himself going bright red. 他感到自己的脸越来越红。 Mr Grubb was shouting and growing redder and redder in the face. 格拉布先生大声喊叫着，脸越来越红。 Ross flushed red with embarrassment. 罗斯窘得满脸通红。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
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- very
- quite
- rather
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- bright
- fiery
- red with
- as red as a beet
- as red as a beetroot
- red in the face
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(of the eyes 眼睛 bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin 充血的；布满血丝的；红肿的 - (informal,
politics 政治 having very left-wing political opinions 激进的；革命的；左翼的 - (
politics 政治 (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Republican candidate than the Democratic one （美国某一地区）红色的（支持共和党候选人多于民主党候选人） red states/counties 红州；红县
Word OriginOld English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’.
Idioms
paint the town red
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to go to a lot of different bars, clubs, etc. and enjoy yourself 花天酒地地玩乐；出没于各娱乐场所
red in tooth and claw
involving opposition or competition that is violent and without sympathy 残酷无情；血淋淋；决不宽容 nature, red in tooth and claw 残酷无情的大自然
a red rag to a bull (British English)
(North American English like waving a red flag in front of a bull)
used to talk about something that is likely to make somebody very angry 斗牛的红布；激起人怒火的事物 If you criticize him, it’s like a red rag to a bull—he gets absolutely furious. 如果你批评他，他会大发雷霆。