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roseate

/roh-zee-it, -eyt/US // ˈroʊ zi ɪt, -ˌeɪt //UK // (ˈrəʊzɪˌeɪt) //

玫瑰色,玫瑰红,玫瑰花,玫瑰色的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tinged with rose; rosy: a roseate dawn.
    • : bright or promising: a roseate future.
    • : incautiously optimistic: a roseate forecast for holiday sales.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • What has looked to us to be healthy, roseate, and vigorous is, in fact, rotten, corrupt, and frequently amoral.

  • The roseate hues of sunset faded slowly out, and the purple twilight began to obscure everything.

  • Above the mounting plateau a lofty arch of clear sky has risen, flanked by roseate clouds.

  • And Reuben, still living in that roseate atmosphere of religious meditation, is shocked by this story of the danger of Adèle.

  • Roseate, smiling, sunshiny, the bright blue eyes flashing laughing light everywhere they fell.

  • A roseate story like this should be followed, for contrast's sake, by one picturing the harder side.