violet

英 [ˈvaɪələt]

美 [ˈvaɪələt]

n. 紫罗兰; 蓝紫色; 紫罗兰色
adj. 紫罗兰色的; 蓝紫色的

复数：violets　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13023 / COCA.14924

习惯用语

a shrinking violet

（指羞怯的人）
a way of describing a very shy person

牛津词典

noun

紫罗兰
a small wild or garden plant with purple or white flowers with a sweet smell that appear in spring
蓝紫色；紫罗兰色
a bluish-purple colour
1. dressed in violet
  身着蓝紫色衣服的

柯林斯词典

紫罗兰
Avioletis a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
COLOUR 紫罗兰色;紫色
Something that isvioletis a bluish-purple colour.
1. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
  光线开始从紫罗兰色的天空渐渐消退。
PHRASE 羞怯的人;腼腆的人
If you say that someone is noshrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
1. When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet...
  他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
2. None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
  然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。

英英释义

noun

a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
Synonym:reddish blue
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

adj

of a color intermediate between red and blue
Synonym:purplepurplish

双语例句

A photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light.
对绿色、蓝色和紫色光线敏感的照相软片。
You want to see it spinning nice and opening clockwise in its primary color of indigo and violet.
你感觉它以靛青色和紫罗兰色两个主色调顺时针均匀地旋转打开。
Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy gray-green foliage.
具有抗盐性的一年生海边植物，具有芳香的玫瑰红的或紫罗兰色的花朵，和灰绿色的肉质叶。
After 10 minutes the surplus material is washed away and any remaining deposit examined with ultra violet light.
10分钟后剩余的物质被冲洗掉，任何残留的沉淀物则会用紫外线进行检测。
Violet's diary entry for 20 April 1917 records Brigit admitting to the affair
维奥莉特1917年4月20日的日记里记录着布里吉特承认了那桩风流韵事。
Ruthenium-plated bracelet; centre element set with crystals in blue, violet and grey shades; lobster clasp.
钌镀金手链；中心集元素与晶体中的蓝色，紫色和灰色阴影；龙虾扣。
None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。
Common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows.
生长在树林和灌木丛中的普通欧洲紫罗兰。
The twelve numbers are coloured. They're yellow, green, pink, violet, brown and orange.
十二个数字是彩色的，有黄、绿、粉红、紫、褐和橘黄。
The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
光线开始从紫罗兰色的天空渐渐消退。