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9.Lurid ['l(j)ʊərɪd]
淡黄色

The ghastly history of lurid makes it a fitting adjective for dying pale-yellow leaves. It is from luridus, the Latin word for such a color, and in the 17th century, it was used to describe the pale yellowish color of diseased or bruised skin.
Lurid（淡黄色）这个单词阴森的历史让它非常适合形容即将枯死的淡黄色树叶。它来自拉丁文单词luridus，指淡黄色。到17世纪时，lurid用来形容生病或受伤时蜡黄的肤色。

10. Crimson and carmine ['krɪmz(ə)n], ['kɑːmaɪn]
绯红和洋红

Crimson and carmine, words for deep reds, are doublets from the same Arabic source. The color crimson is a deep purplish red that is found in a dye made from pulverized kermes, or the dried bodies of insects. The name of the color and of the insect has been traced back to qirmiz, the Arabic name for the insect. The word crimson entered English in the 15th century via Old Spanish cremesín.
Crimson（绯红）和carmine（洋红）代表的都是深红色，这两个同源异形词来自于同一个阿拉伯语词汇。Crimson（绯红）是一种深紫红色染料的颜色，该染料由胭脂虫粉或者风干的昆虫尸体粉末制成。这种颜色和昆虫的名字源于阿拉伯语单词qirmiz（这种昆虫的名字）。15世纪时，从古西班牙语单词cremesín演变出crimson一词。

In the 18th century, carmine arrived in English via French as a synonym of crimson.
18世纪时，人们将法语中的carmine引入英语，作为crimson的同义词。

英文来源：Merriam-Webster
翻译&编辑：董静
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