cinnabar

名词 cinnabar:

1. a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
2. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
   同义词：cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae

形容词 cinnabar:

1. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
   同义词：vermilion, vermillion, Chinese-red

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n.（名词）
A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury.
辰砂，朱砂：一种深红色的硫化汞HgS矿石，为汞的最重要矿石
Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
朱红色：用作颜料的红色硫化汞
Color See vermilion
【色彩】 参见 vermilion

来源：
Middle English cinabare
中古英语 cinabare
from Latin cinnabaris
源自 拉丁语 cinnabaris
from Greek kinnabari
源自 希腊语 kinnabari