rosy
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɹəʊzi/
美 /ˈɹoʊzi/|/ˈɹəʉzi/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Alternative spelling of Rosie (“tea”).
— I fancy a cup of rosy.
动词 v.
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To make pinkish in colour.
— Two flags of color rosied the jut of his cheekbones, giving him an unexpectedly boyish look.
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To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
— In suburban Kent, the owners of the Chislehurst Caves recognised their potential as communal shelters. Nottingham people used the caves under the castle. Retrospect has rosied the accounts of shelter life.
形容词 adj.
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Rose-coloured.
— Near-synonyms: rosish, rubicund
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Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
— If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
- Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.
- Optimistic.
词汇关系
衍生词
everything in the garden is rosy
everything is rosy in the garden
overrosy
paint a rosy picture
rosily
rosiness
rosy barb
rosybells
rosybill
rosy boa
rosy-cheeked
rosy drop
rosy-eyed
rosy feather star
rosy finch
rosy garlic
rosy-lipped batfish
rosy marsh moth
rosy minivet
rosy pastor
rosy periwinkle
rosy-red
rosy-red minnow
rosy rustic
rosy starling
rosy tern
rosy thrush-tanager
rosy wave
词源
词源 1
From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
词源 2
A variant of Rosie, an ellipsis of Rosie Lee.
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