purple

adjective

/ˈpɜːpl/

/ˈpɜːrpl/

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having the colour of blue and red mixed together
- a purple flower/dress
- His face was purple with rage.
- The effort was making her face turn purple.
- It produces lovely dark purple berries around this time of year.
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- almost
- slightly
adjective
- bright
- vivid
- dark
- …
phrases
- purple in the face
- purple with rage
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purple prose/passage writing or a piece of writing that is too grand in style

Word OriginOld English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this.

purple

noun

/ˈpɜːpl/

/ˈpɜːrpl/

[uncountable, countable]

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the colour of blue and red mixed together
- Her hair was dyed a bright shade of purple.
- She was dressed in purple.
- Her eyes were a deep purple.
- She wore purple and black.
- the startling pinks and purples of the dresses
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Word OriginOld English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this.

单词	purple
释义	purple adjective /ˈpɜːpl/ /ˈpɜːrpl/ jump to other results having the colour of blue and red mixed together a purple flower/dress His face was purple with rage. The effort was making her face turn purple. It produces lovely dark purple berries around this time of year. Topics Colours and Shapesa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb almost slightly adjective bright vivid dark … phrases purple in the face purple with rage See full entry purple prose/passage writing or a piece of writing that is too grand in style Word OriginOld English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this. purple noun /ˈpɜːpl/ /ˈpɜːrpl/ [uncountable, countable] jump to other results the colour of blue and red mixed together Her hair was dyed a bright shade of purple. She was dressed in purple. Her eyes were a deep purple. She wore purple and black. the startling pinks and purples of the dresses Topics Colours and Shapesa1 Word OriginOld English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this.
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