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　

CET4CET6考研GRETEM4TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13023 / COCA.14924

习惯用语

n.

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

• Dark red colour, Strong flavours of blackberry and violet.
  深红色，强烈的黑莓和紫罗兰味。
• 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。
• 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。
• People on Twitter named my new fragrance, Violet Eyes.
  推特上的人把我最新的香水起名为紫罗兰色眼睛。
• 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。
• Colour: Deep and young red, with some violet and brick tones.
  颜色：深沉而年轻的红色，带紫罗兰和砖红色的调子。
• Beautiful indigo, violet colors spinning nice and open and clockwise.
  美丽的靛青色和紫罗兰色顺时针均匀地旋转打开。
• 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。
• If they do break, apply some gentian violet solution.
  如果水疱破了，上点龙胆紫药水。
• A puppet poet's wearing a violet helmet and blowing a magnetic trumpet on a toilet planet.
  一个木偶诗人在一个厕所行星上戴着一顶紫罗兰色的钢盔，吹着磁石喇叭。