单词 | pure |
释义 | Word Frequency pure(pjʊə) adjective 1. not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc pure nitrogen 2. free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome pure water 3. free from moral taint or defilement pure love 4. (prenominal) (intensifier) pure stupidity a pure coincidence 5. (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications pure mathematics pure science Compare applied 6. (of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal 7. (of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant 8. of supposedly unmixed racial descent 9. genetics, biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous 10. music a. (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones b. (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another Derived forms pureness (ˈpureness) noun Word origin C13: from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus unstained |
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