purple

adjective

/ˈpɜːpl/

/ˈpɜːrpl/

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having the colour of blue and red mixed together紫色的
- a purple flower/dress紫色的花/连衣裙
- His face was purple with rage.他气得脸色发紫。
- The effort was making her face turn purple.努力让她的脸变紫。
- It produces lovely dark purple berries around this time of year.每年的这个时候，它会结出可爱的深紫色浆果。
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- almost
- slightly
adjective
- bright
- vivid
- dark
- …
phrases
- purple in the face
- purple with rage
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purple prose/passage writing or a piece of writing that is too grand in style华丽的文辞；雕琢的章句

Word OriginOld 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.

purple

noun

/ˈpɜːpl/

/ˈpɜːrpl/

[uncountable, countable]

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the colour of blue and red mixed together紫色的
- Her hair was dyed a bright shade of purple.她的头发染成了明亮的紫色。
- She was dressed in purple.她穿一身紫色衣裳。
- Her eyes were a deep purple.她的眼睛是深紫色的。
- She wore purple and black.她穿着紫色和黑色。
- the startling pinks and purples of the dresses裙子令人吃惊的粉红色和紫色
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Word OriginOld 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.