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　

CET4CET6考研GRETEM4TEM8

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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• Common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows.
  生长在树林和灌木丛中的普通欧洲紫罗兰。
• Give me some gentian violet.
  给我一些紫药水。
• Ruthenium-plated bracelet; centre element set with crystals in blue, violet and grey shades; lobster clasp.
  钌镀金手链；中心集元素与晶体中的蓝色，紫色和灰色阴影；龙虾扣。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。