red tH* /red/ adj., noun
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adj. (red der, red dest) 1 having the colour of
blood or fire A 65; A fe 65: a red car A & 65 RA o The lights
(= traffic lights) changed to red before I could get across.
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2 (of the eyes 01 If) bloodshot (= with thin lines of
blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin 5EML65; AifMlM 65; AJH>65: Her eyes were red from
crying. M 65 01 It
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3 (of the face j&)
bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed if
A 65 ; ii A 65 : He stammered something and went very red in the face. tikggi&Ei&tyT&tt'A, iftlito 0 (BrE) She went red as a beetroot.
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<> o (NAmE) She went red as a beet. M:65ii£1 o 4 (of hair or an
animal’s fur reddish-
brown in colour AHXl65: a red-haired girl fLifekffk
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g M a red rag to a ’bull (BrE) (NAmE like
waving a red flag in front of a bull) something that is
likely to make sb very angry 4-^65iX^;
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more at paint v.
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noun 1 [C, U] the colour of
blood or fire Afe: She often
wears red. 65# IX o the reds
and browns
of the woods in the fall (= of the leaves) ^AM#MS865 A 50 fife O I’ve marked the
corrections in red (= in red ink). 0
The traffic lights
were on red. ^ 05 J§ ^ A A 0 2 [U, C] red wine Afj£§ iff: Would you prefer red
or white? jfc # /ft >1A % 'M *£ H 6 fj Mii ? o an Italian red — # $ f i'J A fj fj M 3 [C] (informal) (disapproving, politics it)
a person with very left-wing political
opinions £1A±;
—
compare pinko ffTTfil be
in the ’red (informal) to
owe money to your bank because you have spent more than you have in your
account fefjl! ; A $ : The company has plunged $37
million into the red. ELii 3 700
Jj%o — compare be in the black at black n. see 'red (informal) to
become very angry X/Offe; AjS
,red 'admiral noun a butterfly (= a flying insect with
large brightly coloured wings) that has black wings with bright red marks on
them AAMMlif; ’A
,red a'lert noun [U, sing.] a situation
in which you are prepared for sth dangerous to happen; a warning of this ; m h W fk : Following the bomb
blast, local hospitals have
been put on red alert.
.red
‘blood cell (also ’red cell) (also technical Aifl
erythrocyte)
noun any
of the red-coloured cells in the blood, that carry oxygen gBffljjfe; AMLi£
.red-1
blooded adj. [usually before noun]
(informal) full of strength and
energy, often sexual energy AiStSA&5; '14 ffc. 0£ H 65 S3H virile : red-blooded young
males Ml
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.red
'box noun (BrE) a
box used by a government minister to hold official documents (.5^® AS4165
) A JCE
red-breast /'redbrest/
noun (literary) a robin ftp jgJ§t ' red-brick adj. [usually before noun] 1 (of buildings, walls,
etc. It % , 1# H ) built with bricks of a reddish- brown colour 41 A5ftX#65: red-brick
cottages Alf H ffc 65 55 # 2 (becoming old-fashioned) (of universities in
Britain built in the late 19th or early
20th
century, in contrast to older
universities, such as
Oxbridge
red-cap /'redkaep/
noun 1 (BrE) a member of the military police % & 2 (NAmE) a railway/railroad porter
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.red
'card noun
(in football (soccer) fejfc) a
card shown by the referee to
a player who has broken the rules
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of the game and is not
allowed to play for the rest of the game AJ# ( )
— compare yellow
card
.red
'carpet (usually
the red
carpet) noun [sing.] a strip of red
carpet laid on the ground for an important visitor to walk on when he or she
arrives (
H65 ) Aifeife: I didn’t expect to be given the red carpet
treatment! !
red cell noun = red blood cell
.red 'cent noun [sing.] (NAmE) (especially
after a negative Affi A;S;XiM/p') a very small amount of
money fit A 65 $5: I didn’t get a red cent for all my work.
lift T 2$ X
red-coat /'redkaut;
NAmE -kout/ noun 1 a British soldier in
the past ( (00565 ) 3tHI±^ 2 (in
(30165)
the
.Red 'Crescent noun [sing.] the name used
by national branches in Muslim countries of the International Movement of the
Red Cross and the Red Crescent, an organization that takes care of people
suffering because of war or natural disasters A$t
() the .Red 'Cross noun [sing.] an
international organization that takes care of people suffering because of war
or natural disasters. Its full name is the International Movement of the Red
Cross and the Red Crescent. |T A
red-cur-rant /.red'kArant; 'redkArent; NAmE ,red-
'k3:rant; 'redk3irant/ noun a very small red
.red
'deer noun
{pi.
g 50 o 0 He stared at her and
she reddened. &m, ##«tPAT0
[alsoVN] red-dish /'redij/ adj. fairly red in colour H&A65;
A^65
.red
'dwarf noun (astronomy A) a small, old star
that is not very hot A^M
re-dec-or-ate /.rii'dekareit/ verb to put new paint and/
or paper on the walls of a room or house ( it
A ) # A 5^ : [v] We’ve just redecorated.
i\l PM P5'J £ fr ^ i%
M 0 O [VN] The house has been fully redecorated. ^^7o ►re-dec-or
ation /.rii.deka'reij'n/ noun
[U] re-deem /ri'diim/ verb [VN] 1 to make sb/sth seem
less bad compensate for:
The excellent acting wasn’t enough to redeem a weak
plot. A65Ml^o o The
only
redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about
it) is the salary. & A Xft A - 65 AM'S 65 0
o
note at save 2 ~ yourself
to do sth to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you
have done sth bad d]B|r1 ; He
has
a chance to redeem
himself after last week’s mistakes, fife #m^*h±SMT65^o 3 (in Christianity
*#&) to save sb from the power of evil %. : Jesus
Christ came to redeem us from sin.
IP-B Ac 4 to pay the full sum of
money that
you owe sb; to pay a debt
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if; # if : to redeem a loan/mortgage 5
to exchange sth
such as shares or vouchers for money or goods
This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches. l^hA
6 to get back a valuable object from sb by
paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object 0 : He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop,
ffc# fcU $f J£ 0 jtfc 65 A. 7 ~ a pledge/promise (formal)
to do what you have promised that you will do ItfX ilX ( V