cinnabar

cinnabar
[ˈsɪnəbɑː]
noun
  1. [mass noun]a bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide.It is the only important ore of mercury and is sometimes used as a pigment
    朱砂,辰砂
    ■the bright red colour of this; vermilion
    鲜红色;朱红色
    [as modifier]the blood coagulated in cinnabar threads.
    血液凝结成朱红色的细丝。
  2. (亦作 cinnabar moth)a day-flying moth with black and red wings, Its black and yellow caterpillars feed on groundsel and ragwort
    千里光蛾,红棒球蝶灯蛾
  3. Tyria jacobaeae, family Arctiidae
    拉丁名Tyria jacobaeae,灯蛾科
语源
  1. Middle English: from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari, of oriental origin
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