flamingo

flamingo 主要指火烈鸟，也可指像其羽毛一样带橙调的深粉色。

💡 记忆钩子

先想象一只长腿火烈鸟：它的羽毛是带橙色的深粉色，因此这个词既能指这种鸟，也能指这种颜色。

📝 学习建议

先记住名词“火烈鸟”，再掌握表示颜色的用法；不要把 flamingo 只理解成一种颜色。

📖 中文释义

adj

common 火烈鸟粉

📖 指一种带有橙色调的深粉色，联想到火烈鸟的羽毛。

💡 常用“flamingo + 颜色物品”表示某物呈这种颜色，也可用“be flamingo”描述颜色。它通常用于时装、设计和日常外观描述，语气中性。不要把它和普通的 pink 完全等同，因为 flamingo 特别强调较深并带橙调。

not-comparable

She chose a flamingo dress for the summer party.

她为夏日聚会选了一条火烈鸟粉的裙子。

noun

core 火烈鸟

📖 一种长腿、长颈的涉水鸟，通常因粉红色或橙粉色的羽毛而容易辨认。

💡 通常用“a flamingo”指一只鸟，用“flamingos”指多只；复数形式要加 -s。谈论一群鸟时可说“a group of flamingos”，不要把 flamingo 当作不可数动物名词。

countable

We saw a group of flamingos standing in the shallow water.

我们看见一群火烈鸟站在浅水中。

The flamingo bent its long neck to drink.

那只火烈鸟弯下长颈喝水。
common 火烈鸟粉

📖 指火烈鸟羽毛那种带橙调的深粉色，是由鸟的外形联想到的颜色名称。

💡 可用“flamingo”直接作颜色名词，也常见“flamingo pink”这种颜色搭配。表示颜色时可根据上下文用作可数或不可数名词，但初学者用作颜色修饰语通常最自然。不要把它理解成鲜红色或普通浅粉色。

countable uncountable

The walls were painted a bright flamingo.

墙壁被刷成了明亮的火烈鸟粉。

flamingos plural flamingoes plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

同义词集: flamingo

🌳 词源

源自葡萄牙语、西班牙语和加泰罗尼亚语中表示“火烈鸟”的词，词源最终来源有争议；相关形式也曾表示“佛兰芒人的”。

From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”). *The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings; this etymology is supported by Corominas. (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".) * Alternatively, the dance flamenco, the bird name, or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) + -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.

🔄 变式

flamingoes plural flamingos plural

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