red 1 S1 W1 / red / 形容词 ( comparative redder , superlative reddest )

1 colour having the colour of blood :

We painted the door bright red .

a red balloon → blood-red , → cherry red at cherry ( 3 ) , → scarlet

2 hair hair that is red has an orange-brown colour

3 face if you go red, your face becomes a bright pink colour, especially because you are embarrassed or angry

go/turn red

Every time you mention his name, she goes bright red.

4 wine red wine is a red or purple colour → white

5 like a red rag to a bull British English ( also like waving a red flag in front of a bull American English ) very likely to make someone angry or upset :

Just mentioning his ex-wife’s name was like a red rag to a bull.

6 roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment to give special treatment to an important visitor

7 not one red cent American English informal used to emphasize that you mean no money at all :

I wouldn’t give him one red cent for that car.

8 politics informal communist or extremely left-wing political views – used to show disapproval

— redness 名词 [不可数名词] → paint the town red at paint 2 ( 5 )