| 单词 | bruise-purple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbruise-purple b. Similative. With colour words, forming adjectives and nouns, as bruise-black, bruise-blue, bruise-purple, (with reference to the colour of a fading bruise) bruise-yellow, etc. ΚΠ 1867 S. Lanier Tiger-lilies vii. 47 The cloud gradually darkened from glowing red to a bruise-purple. 1938 Washington Post 30 Oct. (Parade of Youth section) viii. 7/5 He saw a slim face that once had been white but which now was bruise-blue. 1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 103 The Abbey..lies below anchored against the side of the cliff, bruise-grey. 1977 New Poetry No. 3. 222 The cruel black bird..blotting the light of day out with his bruise-black wings. 1991 J. E. Hardy in J. E. Hardy et al. Perfect Pitch 137 She is wearing a peppermint, white and bruise-yellow cotton dress. 2015 L. Barnett Versions of Us ii. 52 She smokes, watching the river, the lights, the bruise-purple sky. < as lemmas |
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