英语释义

1. having a color between red and blue of the color purple
a purple flower purple fabric … can only have left his antagonists purple with frustration.
— Joseph Epstein

2. ornately and showily phrased or expressed
… the writing often descends into the purple prose of a besotted fan.
— Stephen Holden … Rice is a first-rate writer. There are no purple patches in this narrative, and no attempts to sermonize.
— Lawrence S. Cunningham

3. marked by profanity
His language in public is so purple they had to stop broadcasting the meetings of the city council.
— Newsweek

4. having roughly equal levels of support for Democratic and Republican candidates or policies
…a blue candidate trying to swipe a red seat in a purple state.
— Don Rollins … as the race pulled tighter than Paris Hilton's jeans, Kerry volunteers flooded the purple states to energize their voters—tens of thousands of them newly registered.
— Michelle Cottle — compare blue sense 9, red sense 5

5. regal, imperial

6. cloth dyed purple

7. a garment of such color especially a purple robe worn as an emblem of rank or authority

8. tyrian purple

9. any of various colors that fall about midway between red and blue in hue

10. a mollusk (as of the genus Purpura) yielding a purple dye and especially the Tyrian purple of ancient times

11. a pigment or dye that colors purple

12. imperial or regal rank or power

13. high rank or station

14. to make purple

15. to become purple

16. of the color purple

17. using many fancy words

18. a color that is between red and blue

19. a color between red and blue

20. a pigment or dye that colors purple — see visual purple

片语

purple heart紫心锭（右旋安非他命，兴奋剂）

red purple紫红色

purple light浅绛红，紫光

Deep Purples And Bright Reds姹紫嫣红

Purples in the dark魔影紫光

purple flower紫花；紫罗兰

pale purple淡紫色，淡白紫；青莲色

born in the purple出身显贵

dark purple深紫；暗紫色

light purple浅紫；浅紫色；浅绛红

purple soil[土壤] 紫色土；紫土

Brilliant purples and reds姹紫嫣红

purple membrane[生化] 紫膜

purple red紫红色

英汉例句

• Set out at dusk, when the office towers glow in multicolored lights that rival the soft blues, pinks, and purples of the sunset sky.

  傍晚时分，办公大楼闪耀彩光，与淡蓝、粉色和紫色的天空交相辉映。

• You know, these deep reds and blues and purples give us those high antioxidant levels that we need to have every day.

  你知道，这些深红色和蓝色和紫色给我们每天所需的高抗氧化水平。

• In his closet the shirts are hung by color, from purple to lighter purples from dark pinks to light pinks, to blues and so on.

  在他的衣橱中，衬衫按照从紫色到淡紫色，暗粉到淡粉以及蓝色等色系分类悬挂。

• Brighter purples can exude a magical feeling.

  明亮的紫色可以散发出一种有魔力的感觉。

• You can find reds , purples and other dark colors .

  您可以在这里找到红色，紫色和其他深色色彩。

• The contrast of the warm sunset light with the cool purples of the scene makes this image striking.

  温暖的日光和场景的冷紫色形成的反差让这张照片脱颖而出。

• Inside the boxes the colours range from strong reds and purples into more diffused greens.

  这些盒式构件内部的颜色各异，从鲜艳的红色和紫色到更加柔和的绿色。

• Many of the Impressionists eschewed black, for example, conscious that shadow was actually composed of other colours, mostly purples and blues.

  比方说，许多印象派画家画阴影时会避开黑色，因为他们知道阴影其实是由其它颜色组成的，主要是紫色和蓝色。

相似词

aureate金色的；镀金的；（语言）华丽的；灿烂的

florid绚丽的；气色好的

flowery花的；华丽的；绚丽的；多花的

grandiloquent夸张的；夸大的；大言不惭的

high-flown夸张的；颇具野心的

high-sounding高调的；夸张的；夸大的

magnific崇高的；壮丽的，庄严的；夸大的

ornate华丽的；装饰的；（文体）绚丽的