purple
purple 英 [ˈpɜ:pl] 美 [ˈpɜrpl]
adj. 紫色的； n. 紫色
进行时:purpling 过去式:purpled 过去分词:purpled 第三人称单数:purples 名词复数:purples
- Purple is a shade that's a mixture of red and blue. If you are eating a grape Popsicle, get ready to spend a while with a purple tongue and lips.
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- adj. 紫色的；
- n. 紫色
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1. a purple flower
紫色的花
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2. His face was purple with rage.
他气得脸色发紫。
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3. She was dressed in purple.
她穿一身紫色衣裳。
- purple (n., adj.) Old English purpul, dissimilation (first recorded in Northumbrian, in Lindisfarne gospel) of purpure "purple dye, a purple garment," purpuren (adj.) "purple," a borrowing by 9c. from Latin purpura "purple color, purple-dyed cloak, purple dye," also "shellfish from which purple was made," and "splendid attire generally," from Greek porphyra "purple dye, purple" (see porphyry), of uncertain origin, perhaps Semitic, originally the name for the shellfish (murex) from which it was obtained. Purpur continued as a parallel form until 15c., and through 19c. in heraldry. As a color name, attested from early 15c. Tyrian purple, produced around Tyre, was prized as dye for royal garments.
- purple (v.) c. 1400, from purple (n.). Related: Purpled; purpling.
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