purple
purple
noun
born in (或 to) the purple
purpleness
noun
purplish
adjective
purply
adjective
语源
noun
- [mass noun]a colour intermediate between red and blue
紫色
the painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple.
这幅画的主色调是蓝色和紫色。
■purple clothing or material
紫色衣服（或料子）
■(亦作 Tyrian purple)a crimson dye obtained from some molluscs, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient Rome or Byzantium
（从某些软体动物提取的）深红色染料（以前用来染制供古罗马或拜占庭的皇帝或高级官员穿的织物）
■(the purple)(in ancient Rome or Byzantium) clothing of this colour
（古罗马，拜占庭）紫色衣服
■(the purple)(in ancient Rome) a position of rank, authority, or privilege
（古罗马）要职，高位
he was too young to assume the purple.
他太年轻，不宜身居要职。
■(the purple)the scarlet official dress of a cardinal
（红衣主教的）大红袍
- of a colour intermediate between red and blue
紫色的
a faded purple T-shirt.
一件褪了色的紫色T恤衫。
- become or make purple in colour
（使）成紫色，（使）发紫
[no obj.]Edmund's cheeks purpled.
埃德蒙的双颊发紫。
[with obj.]the neon was purpling the horizon above the highway.
霓虹灯映红了公路前方的地平线。
born in (或 to) the purple
- born into a reigning family or privileged class
出身王室（或特权阶级）
purpleness
noun
purplish
adjective
purply
adjective
语源
- Old English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura 'purple', from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this
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