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madder 音标拼音: [m'ædɚ] n. 西草属的植物,洋西,人造西草染料 西草属的植物,洋西,人造西草染料 madder n 1: Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin [ synonym: { madder}, { Rubia tinctorum}] v 1: color a moderate to strong redMad \ Mad\, a. [ Compar. { Madder}; superl. { Maddest}.] [ AS. gem? d, gem[= a] d, mad; akin to OS. gem? d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei? a to hurt, Goth. gam[' a] ids weak, broken. ?.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. [ 1913 Webster] I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Excited beyond self- control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform. [ 1913 Webster] It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. -- Jer. 1. 88. [ 1913 Webster] And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. -- Acts xxvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. " Mad demeanor." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. -- Franklin. [ 1913 Webster] The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. -- Jowett ( Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster] 4. Extravagant; immoderate. " Be mad and merry." -- Shak. " Fetching mad bounds." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] { Like mad}, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. -- L' Estrange. { To run mad}. ( a) To become wild with excitement. ( b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. { To run mad after}, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. " The world is running mad after farce." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Madder \ Mad" der\ ( m[ a^] d" d[~ e] r), n. [ OE. mader, AS. maedere; akin to Icel. ma[ eth] ra.] ( Bot.) A plant of the genus { Rubia} ({ Rubia tinctorum}). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See { Rubiaceous}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors, such as { madder yellow}. [ 1913 Webster] { Field madder}, an annual European weed ({ Sherardia arvensis}) resembling madder. { Indian madder}, the East Indian { Rubia cordifolia}, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also { munjeet}. { Wild madder}, { Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the { Galium Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw. [ 1913 Webster] |
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