英:['rʌdɪnɪs]
美:['rʌdɪnɪs]
英:['rʌdɪnɪs]
美:['rʌdɪnɪs]
词根:ruddy
adj.ruddy 红的;红润的
adv.ruddy 极度;非常
vi.ruddy 变红
vt.ruddy 使变红
adjective
having a healthy reddish color
red, reddish
British —used as an intensive
bellowed like a ruddy bull when she wanted food—Doreen Tovey
Middle English rody, rudy, going back to Old English rudi (attested once), from rudu "red color, redness" (going back to a Germanic base *ruđ-, zero-grade ablaut of *rauđa- "red," whence also Old Icelandic roði "redness") + -i, -ig -y >entry 1 — more at red >entry 1
The first known use of ruddy was in the 13th century
rudimentnoun
a basic principle or skill—usually used in plural
the rudiments of grammar
something unformed or undeveloped : beginning—usually used in plural
a body part so underdeveloped in size or structure that it is unable to perform its normal function
rudeadjective
impolite
not refined or cultured
being sudden and forceful
a rude awakening
being in a rough or unfinished state : roughly made
rudeadjective
impolite
not refined or cultured
being sudden and forceful
a rude awakening
being in a rough or unfinished state : roughly made
rudeadjective
impolite
not refined or cultured
being sudden and forceful
a rude awakening
being in a rough or unfinished state : roughly made
rudeadjective
impolite
not refined or cultured
being sudden and forceful
a rude awakening
being in a rough or unfinished state : roughly made
ruddyadjective
having a healthy reddish color
red entry 1 sense 1, reddish
ruddyadjective
having a healthy reddish color
red entry 1 sense 1, reddish
1 There was in her hair the ruddiness of tried gold, spun into a web to catch the sun.
2 She was a heavy feeder on solids, and she liked plenty of chili peppers in them, which combination gave her a waist and a ruddiness of face like a brewer.
3 McGregor's lined face still carries some youthful ruddiness, and his mane and beard are dark.
4 Mars lost his ruddiness and grew pale in a grey field.
5 Health, when it comes, doth ruddiness approve, But his strong foe soon flatters it away!
6 Some of the all-rounders were grey-headed men, but there was about them all a freshness and ruddiness which showed that their somewhat severe regimen agreed with them.
7 The ruddiness had faded from his cheeks, and he was much thinner.
8 The woman was a very intelligent-looking person, not of the usual English ruddiness, but rather thin and somewhat pale, though bright of aspect.
9 She had a delicate but healthy complexion; on her cheeks was ruddiness, as it were, the reflection of the morning dawn.
10 She has a ruddy face.
11 When he came in again ruddiness of sky had given place to the golden glow of sunrise and the morning sun tinted the mountain tops.
12 He too was staring out, his face gone pale under its ruddiness, listening for what very well might be the end of all his hopes.
13 But her brother was known by the title of Peony, on account of the ruddiness of his broad and round little phiz, which made everybody think of sunshine and great scarlet flowers.
14 Great precipices rose on the right, the ruddiness of sunset above them.
15 The glazed, far-off look on his face with its telltale ruddiness signaled, I know now, someone who probably drank too much, too often.
16 From cradle's murky bosom faring, He winketh through a crystal dress, The rose of close alliance bearing, Expressive in its ruddiness.
17 As the visitor’s weather-beaten ruddiness had changed to a ghastly ashen hue, rather bordering on the azure, Merton set forth the liqueur case, and drew a bottle of soda water.
18 There was a pure ruddiness in his cheek, but it was the glow of matter, not that of mind.
19 Approximately 300 million radio listeners tuned in to hear live sporting news from Berlin, and the film cuts to what feels like all of them rooting on these tall, ruddy and heroic amateurs.
20 There was no ruddiness in his face, the lips of which were pressed together in defiance of a cruel and credulous world.