pink

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪŋk/|[ˈpʰɪŋk]    美 /ˈpɪŋk/|[ˈpʰɪŋk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. countable,uncountable
    — My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
  2. Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base. historical,uncountable
    — To make Dutch pink, boil the stems of woad in a solution of alum, and then mix the liquor with clay, marl, or chalk, which will become mixed with the colour of the decoction
  3. A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.; A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab. obsolete
    — At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for the pincke if once thou giue the lye.
  4. A narrow boat. obsolete
  5. A common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus0. regional
  6. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.; Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined. countable,uncountable
  7. A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.; A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop. obsolete
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  8. A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. regional
  9. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.; Pale red. countable,uncountable
  10. Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. countable,uncountable
    — This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
  11. A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality. countable,dated,uncountable
    — Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
  12. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. countable,uncountable
    — I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
  13. A huntsman. countable,uncountable
    — The pinks stand about the inn-door lighting cigars and waiting to see us start, while their hacks are led up and down the market-place, on which the inn looks.
  14. One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points. countable,uncountable
    — Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
  15. An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie. countable,slang,uncountable
  16. Alternative form of pinko. alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
    — My own guess is that there are some pinks in the State Department and in other government departments and agencies, and of course they should be found and ousted; but it seems to me that this can be done without besmirching innocent people and without making such broadside charges that people will lose faith in all government.
  17. The vagina or vulva. countable,slang,uncountable
    — Then Eddie did what he calls, 'Two in the pink, one in the stink.' “I held up my right forefinger and middle finger and said, “Two.” Then I held up my ring finger and said “One. Two in the pussy, one in the ass.”
动词 v.
  1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
  2. To wink; to blink. obsolete
    — A Hungry Fox that had got a Cock in his Eye, and could not tell how to come at him ; cast himself at his Length upon the Ground, and there he lay winking and pinking as if he had Sore Eyes.
  3. Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
  4. To become pink in color, to redden. intransitive
    — The woman’s pale skin pinked as she shook her head. “No. It’s out of my budget. Come on, Sammy”
  5. To prick with a sword.
    — ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
  6. To turn (something) pink. transitive
    — They are all nearly nude, pinked and bronzed by the sun.
  7. Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
    — And then the record changed, a piano pinking high a Poulenc-like theme.
  8. To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat. transitive
    — Because heating is relatively easy to perform once one is trained to do it, it can be assumed that any pink topaz from Brazil, the gem’s main modern producer, is colored more by man than nature.[…] Relatively few stones from Brazil have this trace element in enough quantity for what dealers call “pinking.”
  9. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
    — “Young man, if you have no authority, let me speak to someone who has! Put me through to Mr. Berquist.” The stooge suddenly lost his smile and Jubal thought gleefully that he had at last pinked him.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Half-shut; winking. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Come, thou monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! In thy vats our cares be drowned, With thy grapes our hairs be crowned.
  3. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  4. Having conjunctivitis.
  5. By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
    — The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.
  6. Relating to women or girls. informal
    — pink-collar
  7. Relating to homosexuals as a group within society. informal
    — the pink economy

词形变化

pinks plural pinker comparative pinkest superlative pinks present,singular,third-person pinking participle,present pinked participle,past pinked past pinks plural pinks plural pinks present,singular,third-person pinking participle,present pinked participle,past pinked past pinks plural pinks present,singular,third-person pinking participle,present pinked participle,past pinked past pinks present,singular,third-person pinking participle,present pinked participle,past pinked past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.
词源 2
Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regional German Pinke (“minnow; small salmon”), but this is not widely accepted.
词源 3
Borrowed from Middle Dutch pincke. Compare French pinque.
词源 4
Probably ultimately imitative, or from Dutch pingelen (“to do fine needlework”) or Low German [Term?]; compare Low German pinken (“hit, peck”) and Pinke (“big needle”).
词源 5
Onomatopoeic. Compare ping.
词源 6
Etymology tree
Dutch pinkenbor.
English pink
Borrowed from Dutch pinken.
词源 7
Unknown. Attested from the late 15th century.
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