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

• 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。
• What did they put in me, violet?
  他们在我体内放了什么，紫罗兰？
• 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。
• 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。
• Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy gray-green foliage.
  具有抗盐性的一年生海边植物，具有芳香的玫瑰红的或紫罗兰色的花朵，和灰绿色的肉质叶。
• She also features special eye colors: sky blue, violet, moss green, and auburn.
  她也拥有特别的瞳色，分别为：天蓝色，紫色，苔绿色和红褐色。
• The twelve numbers are coloured. They're yellow, green, pink, violet, brown and orange.
  十二个数字是彩色的，有黄、绿、粉红、紫、褐和橘黄。
• Their color was violet.
  他们的颜色是紫色。
• Red and violet are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
  红色和紫色位于光谱相对的两端。
• The perfume was made from violet and lavender.
  这香水是由紫萝兰和干熏衣草的花制成的。