a pale purple colour 淡紫色 a few pale streaks of mauve were all that remained of the sunset. 落日的余晖仅剩几缕微弱的淡紫色条痕。 [count noun]glowing with soft pastel mauves and pinks. 发出柔和的淡紫色和粉红色光。
(historical)a bright but delicate pale purple aniline dye prepared by William H. Perkin in 1856. It was the first synthetic dyestuff (史)苯胺紫染料
派生 mauvish adjective 语源
mid 19th cent.: from French, literally 'mallow', from Latin malva