use cinnabar as sth
cinnabar 指朱砂、辰砂时是不可数名词，一般不说 a cinnabar；表示用途时用 use ... as ...。
For centuries, painters used cinnabar as a vivid red pigment.
几个世纪以来，画家们把朱砂用作一种鲜艳的红色颜料。
朱红色；橘红色；红虎蛾；龙血树脂；深红色矿物,硫化汞,HgS；主要的汞矿石；用作朱砂颜料的矿石；一种重的红色矿物,含硫化汞；汞的主要来源
a deep red mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief ore of mercury, also used as the pigment vermilion
深红色矿物,硫化汞,HgS；主要的汞矿石；用作朱砂颜料的矿石
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
一种重的红色矿物,含硫化汞；汞的主要来源
a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
带橙色的鲜红色
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
大型红黑色欧洲蛾；幼虫以豚草叶为食；引入美国以控制豚草
large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
一种夜蛾科蛾类,Tyria jacobaeae,翅膀主要为黑色,带有红色斑块
A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
龙血树脂的同义词
Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
The artist used cinnabar to create a vibrant red pigment for the painting.
这位艺术家使用朱砂为这幅画制作了鲜艳的红色颜料。
用法提示：cinnabar 作为名词，指一种红色矿物颜料。
In ancient China, cinnabar was ground into powder and used in traditional medicine.
在中国古代，朱砂被磨成粉末并用于传统医学。
用法提示：cinnabar 作为不可数名词，表示这种矿物材料。
The museum displayed a collection of polished cinnabars from different regions.
博物馆展出了一批来自不同地区的抛光朱砂标本。
用法提示：cinnabars 是 cinnabar 的复数形式，指多块朱砂样本。
cinnabar 指朱砂、辰砂时是不可数名词，一般不说 a cinnabar；表示用途时用 use ... as ...。
For centuries, painters used cinnabar as a vivid red pigment.
几个世纪以来，画家们把朱砂用作一种鲜艳的红色颜料。
mine ... for cinnabar 表示“开采某地以获取朱砂”；朱砂是提取汞的主要矿石。
These mountains have been mined for cinnabar since ancient times.
这些山脉自古以来就被开采以获取朱砂。
指这种蛾时通常说 the cinnabar moth，此处 cinnabar 作定语，不指矿物。
The cinnabar moth has black wings with red patches.
红虎蛾长着带红色斑块的黑色翅膀。
grammar · medium
易错句子This red paint is made from a cinnabar.
正确表达This red paint is made from cinnabar.
指朱砂这种矿物或颜料时，cinnabar 是不可数名词，前面不能用不定冠词 a/an；应用零冠词，或说 a piece/lump of cinnabar。
grammar · medium
易错句子She wore a cinnabar dress to the party.
正确表达She wore a cinnabar-red dress to the party.
表示颜色“朱红色”时，cinnabar 是名词，不能直接放在名词前作定语；应使用 cinnabar-red（或 cinnabar-colored）这样的复合形容词。
cinnabar 指含硫化汞的红色矿物（朱砂矿石）本身，也可指其橙红色；vermilion 多指由朱砂制成的鲜红颜料或那种颜色。谈矿石、矿物成分时用 cinnabar，谈绘画颜料或色号时常用 vermilion；颜色义上两者有重叠，但 cinnabar 更强调矿物来源。
拼写和读音相近，但 cinnamon 是烹饪用的肉桂树皮香料，属食物词；cinnabar 是红色含汞矿物，属矿物/颜料词。两者不可互换：说到香料、味道用 cinnamon，说到矿石或朱砂颜料用 cinnabar。
两者都可指深红色，但 carmine 是从胭脂虫提取的红色染料，色调偏深偏紫；cinnabar 是含汞矿物朱砂，色调偏橙红。指染料或色号时用 carmine，指矿物或朱砂颜料时用 cinnabar；颜色描述上两者重叠，需按来源与色调区分。
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