pink
[piŋk]
n. , 石竹花, 身, 典范, 头,

a. , 石竹, 激, , 精致, 点流

vt. 刺, 扎, 刺痛, 射伤, 使耳, 使

vi.



pink
[ noun ]

1. a light shade of red

<noun.attribute>

2. any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

<noun.plant>

3. a person with mildly leftist political views

<noun.person>

[ verb ]

1. make light, repeated taps on a surface

<verb.perception> knock rap tap
he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently

2. sound like a car engine that is firing too early

<verb.perception> knock ping
the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded

3. cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

<verb.contact>

[ adj ]

1. of a light shade of red

<adj.all>

Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.)
A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}.
--Sir W. Scott.

{Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern.


Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with
the eyes.]
To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.


Pink \Pink\, a.
Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak.


Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pinking}.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form
of pick.]
1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
or paper, in small scallops or angles.

2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.

3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.


Pink \Pink\, n.
A stab. --Grose.


Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.

2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.

3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]

{Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}.

{China pink}, or {Indian pink}. See under {China}.

{Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which
carnations are derived.

{Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}.

{Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to
the ragged robin.

{Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}.

{Moss pink}. See under {Moss}.

{Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}.

{Sea pink}. See {Thrift}.


Pink \Pink\, a.
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
(see 6th {Pink}, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

{Pink eye} (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of
ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of
the eyeball.

{Pink salt} (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of
(stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a
mordant for madder and cochineal.

{Pink saucer}, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is
covered with a pink pigment.