scarletとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑɹlɪt/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑːlɪt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈskɐːlət/
  • 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪt
  • ハイフネーション: scar‧let

名詞

scarlet (複数形 scarlets)

1. A brilliant red colour tinged with orange.

   scarlet colour:  

2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 31:21:

     All her household are clothed with scarlet.

同意語

• scarlet red

形容詞

scarlet (comparative more scarlet, superlative most scarlet)

1. Of a bright red colour.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. Sinful or whorish.

   a scarlet woman

3. (Ireland) Tragic or disappointing.

派生語

参考

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

動詞

scarlet (三人称単数 現在形 scarlets, 現在分詞 scarleting, 過去形および過去分詞形 scarleted)

1. To dye or tinge with scarlet.
   • 1632, John Ford, Love's Sacrifice

     The ashy paleness of my cheek / Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.

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