violet

英 [ˈvaɪələt]

美 [ˈvaɪələt]

n.  紫罗兰; 蓝紫色; 紫罗兰色
adj.  紫罗兰色的; 蓝紫色的

复数：violets　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13023 / COCA.14924

习惯用语

n.

a shrinking violet
• （指羞怯的人）
  a way of describing a very shy person

牛津词典

noun

• 紫罗兰
  a small wild or garden plant with purple or white flowers with a sweet smell that appear in spring
• 蓝紫色；紫罗兰色
  a bluish-purple colour
  1. dressed in violet
     身着蓝紫色衣服的

柯林斯词典

• 紫罗兰
  Avioletis a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
• COLOUR 紫罗兰色;紫色
  Something that isvioletis a bluish-purple colour.
  1. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
     光线开始从紫罗兰色的天空渐渐消退。
• PHRASE 羞怯的人;腼腆的人
  If you say that someone is noshrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
  1. When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet...
     他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
  2. None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
     然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。

英英释义

noun

• a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
  Synonym:reddish blue
• any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

adj

• of a color intermediate between red and blue
  Synonym:purplepurplish

双语例句

• Dark red colour, Strong flavours of blackberry and violet.
  深红色，强烈的黑莓和紫罗兰味。
• What did they put in me, violet?
  他们在我体内放了什么，紫罗兰？
• Colour: Deep and young red, with some violet and brick tones.
  颜色：深沉而年轻的红色，带紫罗兰和砖红色的调子。
• European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers.
  因其蓝色紫色或白色的花而被广泛种植的欧洲两年生草本植物。
• Red and violet are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
  红色和紫色位于光谱相对的两端。
• Violet's diary entry for 20 April 1917 records Brigit admitting to the affair
  维奥莉特1917年4月20日的日记里记录着布里吉特承认了那桩风流韵事。
• In late July 1914, he and Violet spent a few days with friends near Berwick-upon-Tweed
  1914年7月下旬，他和维奥莱特与几个朋友在特威德河畔贝里克附近度过了几天。
• A puppet poet's wearing a violet helmet and blowing a magnetic trumpet on a toilet planet.
  一个木偶诗人在一个厕所行星上戴着一顶紫罗兰色的钢盔，吹着磁石喇叭。
• A treatment method for carbazole violet commercialization is presented.
  介绍了咔唑紫商品化处理的一种方法。
• Beautiful indigo, violet colors spinning nice and open and clockwise.
  美丽的靛青色和紫罗兰色顺时针均匀地旋转打开。