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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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- slightly
- bright
- vivid
- dark
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- purple in the face
- purple with rage
- 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.