单词详解

1. adj.

A. 红的，红色的 (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)

The red sweater is hers. 那个红色的毛衣是她的。

Don’t across the red line or it is dangerous. 不要越过红线，否则会很危险。

B. (毛发) 红褐色的

  I like the boys who dyed their hair red. 我不喜欢将头发染成红色的男孩。

C. 通红的，充血的 (especially of the face reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion)

The little girl’s face was red after the long running.
跑了那么长的距离小女孩的了脸变得通红。

D. (酒) 紫红色的

Fruits are purplish red when mature. 水果成熟时呈紫红色。

E．流血的，暴力的，沾有鲜血的（ characterized by violence or bloodshed）
   They were all red and blue after the fight. 打架过后他们浑身青一块紫一块的。

2.  n.

A. [C] [U] 红，红色

I like the color red. 我喜欢红色。

They are red and yellow. 他们是红的和黄的

B. [U] 红衣服
The girl in red is his old sister.  那个穿红衣服的女孩是他姐姐。

C. 赤字，负债，亏损 [the S]

Only half a year the company was in the red.

仅仅半年这家公司就出现了赤字。

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1. be /get out of red 不再亏损

  He did his best to make the company get out of red. 他尽最大努力使公司不再亏损。

2. go red 变红，赤化，变成激进分子

  The leaves go red in autumn. 秋季树叶变红。

  He has gone red since graduation. 自从毕业后他就成为了一名激进分子。

3. in / into the red 亏损，负债，赤字

  It made him very angry that his company was in / into the red.

  公司出现亏损让他很恼火。

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比较级：redder

最高级： reddest