purple
牛津现代英汉双解词典
/'pɜ:pl; `pɝpl/
adj
1 having the colour of red and blue mixed together 紫的
*a purple flower, dress, sunset 紫色的花朵、连衣裙、晚霞
* go purple (in the face) with rage 气得脸色铁青.
2 (fml 文) (of literature) elaborate in style; overwritten (指文章)刻意雕琢的, 词藻华丽的
*purple passages/patches/prose 词藻华丽的段落[节段/散文].
n
1 [U] purple colour 紫色
*dressed in purple 穿紫色衣服.
2 the purple [sing] the purple robes of a Roman emperor or the crimson robes of a cardinal (古罗马帝国皇帝的)紫袍; (红衣主教的)大红袍.