Which of the following best describes Carmine?

以下哪项最能描述胭脂红？

Back in his day, a few scientists had been tinkering with staining tissues, especially with a compound called carmine — a red dye derived from the scales of a crushed-up insects.

在他那个时代，些科学家直在修补染色组织，特种叫做胭脂红化合物——种从压碎昆虫鳞片中提取红色染料。

Gerlach and others had some luck using carmine to highlight different kinds of cell structures, but where Gerlach got stuck was in exploring the tissues of the brain.

Gerlach 和其他人用胭脂红来突出不同细胞结构有些运气成分在，但 Gerlach 陷入困境地方探索大脑组织。

So one day, he tried making a diluted version of the stain — thinning out the carmine with ammonia and gelatin — and wetted a sample of brain tissue with it.

所以有天，他尝试制作种稀释版染色剂——用氨和明胶稀释胭脂红——并用它润湿脑组织样本。

The skin was like ivory softened with a delicate carmine.

皮肤就像被精致胭脂红软化象牙。

Mother's tourists noticed slightly pockmarked cheeks under dark pink Rouge separated by a thin red mouth full of vertical lines.

母亲游客们注意到 在深红色胭脂红脸颊上 有种粉红色脸颊 红色嘴唇上满竖线。