• adj. 深紅的；鮮紅色的
• n. 猩紅色；紅衣；緋紅色；鮮紅色布

來自古法語 escarlate,紅布，來自拉丁語 scarlatum,紅布，來自波斯語 saqerlat,紅布，特指顏色 鮮紅的布。并由該詞衍生姓氏 Scarlett,染色工或布商，如好萊塢著名美女 Scarlett Johansson.

scarlet

scarlet: [13] Scarlet originally denoted a sumptuous sort of cloth, which came in various colours, not just red. Red was evidently the commonest colour, however, for by the 15th century we find the word scarlet being used for ‘red’. It was borrowed from Old French escarlate, but where that came from is not known (some have derived it from Persian saqalāt ‘rich cloth’, but this has not been conclusively established).

scarlet (n.)

mid-13c., "rich cloth" (often, but not necessarily, bright red), from a shortened form of Old French escarlate "scarlet (color), top-quality fabric" (12c., Modern French écarlate), from Medieval Latin scarlatum "scarlet, cloth of scarlet" (also source of Italian scarlatto, Spanish escarlate), probably via a Middle Eastern source (compare Arabic siqillat "fine cloth"), from Medieval Greek and ultimately from Late Latin sigillatus "clothes and cloth decorated with small symbols or figures," literally "sealed," past participle of sigillare, from the root of sign (n.).

In English as the name of a color, attested from late 14c. As an adjective from c. 1300. Scarlet lady, etc. (Isa. i:18, Rev. xvii:1-5) is from notion of "red with shame or indignation." Scarlet fever is from 1670s, so called for its characteristic rash. Scarlet oak, a New World tree, attested from 1590s. Scarlet letter traces to Hawthorne's story (1850). German Scharlach, Dutch scharlaken show influence of words cognate with English lake (n.2).

1. She turned scarlet from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done.

她意識到自己做了什么后羞紅了臉。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Her scarlet lipstick emphasized the whiteness of her teeth.

她鮮紅色的口紅更襯出了她牙齒的潔白。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She was a knockout in navy and scarlet.

她身著藏青色和鮮紅色相間的衣服，十分迷人。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Scarlet fever is highly contagious.

猩紅熱的接觸傳染性很強。

來自《權威詞典》

5. cardinals in scarlet robes

身披紅袍的樞機主教

來自《權威詞典》