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。
• Also wear black clothes, with green, red violet color and supplement.
  亦可穿纯黑色衣着，以绿、红和紫罗兰色作为补充色。
• You want to see it spinning nice and opening clockwise in its primary color of indigo and violet.
  你感觉它以靛青色和紫罗兰色两个主色调顺时针均匀地旋转打开。
• Violet appended a note at the end of the letter
  维奥莱特在信的末尾附加了一条备注。
• After 10 minutes the surplus material is washed away and any remaining deposit examined with ultra violet light.
  10分钟后剩余的物质被冲洗掉，任何残留的沉淀物则会用紫外线进行检测。
• 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。
• People on Twitter named my new fragrance, Violet Eyes.
  推特上的人把我最新的香水起名为紫罗兰色眼睛。
• Their color was violet.
  他们的颜色是紫色。
• If they do break, apply some gentian violet solution.
  如果水疱破了，上点龙胆紫药水。
• 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。