violet
牛津现代英汉双解词典
/'vaɪələt; `vaɪələt/
n
1 [C] small wild or garden plant, usu with sweet-smelling purple or white flowers 紫罗兰. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page ii.
2 [U] colour of wild violets; bluish-purple 野生紫罗兰的颜色; 蓝紫色. =>illus at spectrum 见spectrum插图.
3 (idm 习语) a shrinking violet => shrink.
adj having the bluish-purple colour of wild violets 野生紫罗兰色的; 蓝紫色的
*violet eyes 紫罗兰色的眼睛.
violet
朗文当代英英词典(第4版)
n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: violete, from viole 'violet', from Latin viola]
[C]
a plant with small dark purple flowers, or sometimes white or yellow ones
[U]
a bluish-purple colour
>violet adj
beautiful violet eyes