单词 | purple |
释义 | Word Frequency purple(ˈpɜːpəl) noun 1. any of various colours with a hue lying between red and blue and often highly saturated; a nonspectral colour 2. a dye or pigment producing such a colour 3. cloth of this colour, often used to symbolize royalty or nobility 4. the purple 5. a. the official robe of a cardinal b. the rank, office, or authority of a cardinal as signified by this 6. the purple adjective 7. of the colour purple 8. (of writing) excessively elaborate or full of imagery purple prose 9. noble or royal 10. informal of or relating to disabled people or disability the purple pound 11. US not historically or habitually supporting either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party purple states purple voters Derived forms purpleness (ˈpurpleness) noun purplish (ˈpurplish) adjective purply (ˈpurply) adjective Word origin Old English, from Latin purpura purple dye, from Greek porphura the purple fish (Murex) |
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