vermeil
/vur-mil, -meyl or, especially for 2, ver-mey/US // ˈvɜr mɪl, -meɪl or, especially for 2, vərˈmeɪ //UK // (ˈvɜːmeɪl) //
镶金,镶银
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : vermilion red.
- : metal, as silver or bronze, that has been gilded.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of the color vermilion.
Examples
In 1840, Mademoiselle Malvesin offered to conduct it; her letter to Vermeil, and his to her, crossing each other.
Mrs. Phox ensorcelled George with her beautiful, silly phace, shadowed with vermeil tinct and trimly pencilled.
Vermeil is a liquid which gives lustre and fire to the gold; and makes it resemble or moulu.
Where were the vermeil blooms, the liquid expressive eyes, the harmonious limbs of Animula?
The vermeil of her lip flushed and paled alternate, from the pink of the wild rose-leaf to the red of its autumnal berry.
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