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单词 periwinkle
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periwinkle1

noun ˈpɛrɪwɪŋk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l
  • 1An Old World plant with flat five-petalled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine.

    Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We make our way carefully through the periwinkle, a little wild patch of lilies of the valley, and some vicious canes of blackberry.
    • At the base of a tree, for example, you might have better luck with wood chips or shade-loving ornamental plants like ivy, periwinkle, or pachysandra.
    • You can even plant periwinkle, bugle and ground ivy in the gaps in your log or rock pile - this could make a fun project for an older child.
    • Like Mexican heather, periwinkles are tender.
    • I painted cream-colored ivy and periwinkle flowers on the Lincoln green wood.
    • I found periwinkles and primroses in full flower, bluebells, just coming along nicely thank you, grape hyacinths, and polyanthus.
    • We crept close to a house, knelt into monkey grass or button weed or periwinkle, and looked through the lighted windows.
    • The corolla of the normal periwinkle flower is salver-shaped and the stamens are located in the throat of the corolla tube.
    1. 1.1mass noun A purple-blue colour like that of a periwinkle flower.
      the sky was a clear periwinkle and the sun sparkled like a shiny jewel
      as modifier Anne was wearing a periwinkle evening gown with small puffed sleeves
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The basic color scheme is a soft buttery yellow for the cabinets, with periwinkle blue on the cabinet handles.
      • She started by choosing light and midtone shades of the same four colors - periwinkle, yellow, green, and peachy white.
      • Rather than removing the fence, or disguising it with vines or shrubs, the owners had it painted periwinkle blue.
      • Rubbing at her tired eyes, she looked outside, seeing the ethereal colors of dawn, the light purples, periwinkle blues mixing together.
      • She bent to retrieve the periwinkle colored ribbon neatly folded on the floor.
      • His models wore white pan stick, triangular crimped wigs and periwinkle boots.
      • The style is available in sizes M-2XL in brick, plum, periwinkle, lime, denim, pine, and orange.
      • Periwinkle eye shadow was dusted across her eyelids.
      • She painted the oven doors periwinkle blue then touched up knobs and dials in a bright orange enamel paint.
      • It's a light purple, almost a periwinkle, sleeveless, and with little diamonds all over.

Origin

Late Old English peruince, from late Latin pervinca, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French pervenke. The change of -v- to -w- and the addition of -le seem to have occurred before the appearance of periwinkle2.

periwinkle2

noun ˈpɛrɪwɪŋk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l
  • another term for winkle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1881, a thunderstorm in Worcester brought down tons of periwinkles and hermit crabs.
    • Here the interior is inlaid with millions of beautiful shells, scallops, paloudres, clams, periwinkles, mussels, oysters and rogans.
    • The fish in this dish consists of whatever the fishermen caught earlier that morning - usually prawns, mussels, periwinkles, cod and sometimes octopus.
    • In Galway Bay, Ireland, a live limpet or periwinkle used to be placed at the corners of the house to ensure successful fishing.
    • Crabs are a particular favourite of mine - shore crabs are numerous, and every other periwinkle shell seems to harbour a hermit crab.

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

 
 

periwinkle1

nounˈperēˌwiNGk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l
  • 1An Old World plant with flat five-petaled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine.

    Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We make our way carefully through the periwinkle, a little wild patch of lilies of the valley, and some vicious canes of blackberry.
    • I painted cream-colored ivy and periwinkle flowers on the Lincoln green wood.
    • Like Mexican heather, periwinkles are tender.
    • At the base of a tree, for example, you might have better luck with wood chips or shade-loving ornamental plants like ivy, periwinkle, or pachysandra.
    • You can even plant periwinkle, bugle and ground ivy in the gaps in your log or rock pile - this could make a fun project for an older child.
    • We crept close to a house, knelt into monkey grass or button weed or periwinkle, and looked through the lighted windows.
    • The corolla of the normal periwinkle flower is salver-shaped and the stamens are located in the throat of the corolla tube.
    • I found periwinkles and primroses in full flower, bluebells, just coming along nicely thank you, grape hyacinths, and polyanthus.
    1. 1.1 A purple-blue color like that of a periwinkle flower.
      the sky was a clear periwinkle and the sun sparkled like a shiny jewel
      as modifier Anne was wearing a periwinkle evening gown with small puffed sleeves
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rubbing at her tired eyes, she looked outside, seeing the ethereal colors of dawn, the light purples, periwinkle blues mixing together.
      • It's a light purple, almost a periwinkle, sleeveless, and with little diamonds all over.
      • She started by choosing light and midtone shades of the same four colors - periwinkle, yellow, green, and peachy white.
      • The style is available in sizes M-2XL in brick, plum, periwinkle, lime, denim, pine, and orange.
      • She bent to retrieve the periwinkle colored ribbon neatly folded on the floor.
      • His models wore white pan stick, triangular crimped wigs and periwinkle boots.
      • Rather than removing the fence, or disguising it with vines or shrubs, the owners had it painted periwinkle blue.
      • The basic color scheme is a soft buttery yellow for the cabinets, with periwinkle blue on the cabinet handles.
      • Periwinkle eye shadow was dusted across her eyelids.
      • She painted the oven doors periwinkle blue then touched up knobs and dials in a bright orange enamel paint.

Origin

Late Old English peruince, from late Latin pervinca, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French pervenke. The change of -v- to -w- and the addition of -le seem to have occurred before the appearance of periwinkle.

periwinkle2

nounˈperēˌwiNGk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l
  • another term for winkle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1881, a thunderstorm in Worcester brought down tons of periwinkles and hermit crabs.
    • Here the interior is inlaid with millions of beautiful shells, scallops, paloudres, clams, periwinkles, mussels, oysters and rogans.
    • The fish in this dish consists of whatever the fishermen caught earlier that morning - usually prawns, mussels, periwinkles, cod and sometimes octopus.
    • In Galway Bay, Ireland, a live limpet or periwinkle used to be placed at the corners of the house to ensure successful fishing.
    • Crabs are a particular favourite of mine - shore crabs are numerous, and every other periwinkle shell seems to harbour a hermit crab.

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

 
 
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