Red — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A Communist.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (4)

   The 5th “Red” army corps is also making for Wuting while the 9th “Red” army corps is preparing bamboo rafts for crossing the Kin Sha Kiang (River) northwards to invade south-western Szechuan.

   The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.

   A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa.

   First reports were that the Reds, in five gunboats and swarms of junks, succeeded in landing on tiny Wuchiu in Formosa Strait, but were beaten off with many captured.[…] The attack on Wuchiu, a mile-long, half-mile-wide island 15 miles off the mainland, was the first amphibious operation by the Reds since they began boasting last summer they would "liberate" Formosa.

   Teng left China just before the Red takeover to come to this country.

   Sixty knots? No way, Barnes. The Reds don't have anything that fast.

2. A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.

3. The player moving the red pieces.

   Esempi

   When the Chief Arbiter announces the start of the game, the player taking Black will press the clock, and Red would make his move before pressing the clock.

Nome proprio

1. A nickname given to someone who has or had red hair.

Aggettivo

1. Communist.

   Esempi

   the Red Army

2. Communist. Related to socialist or leftist politics.

3. Native American.

   Uso

   • datato
   • ethnic
   • offensivo
   • slur
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   red-skinned

   Esempi

   the Red race