n. 深红色

a. 深红色的

vt. (使)变为深红色, 脸红

vi. (使)变为深红色, 脸红

[建] 绯红

Crimson \Crim"son\, a.
Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. ``A crimson
tide.'' --Mrs. Hemans.

The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. --Prior.


Crimson \Crim"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimsoned} (-z'nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Crimsoning}.]
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --Shak.


Crimson \Crim"son\, v. t.
To become crimson; to blush.

Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the
radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De
Quincey.


Crimson \Crim"son\ (kr[i^]m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF.
crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr.
Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k[.r]mija
produced by a worm; k?mi worm or insect + jan to generate;
akin to E. kin. CF. {Carmine}, {Kermes}.]
A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in
general.

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool. --Is. i. 18.

A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
modesty. --Shak.