purple 音标拼音: [p'ɚpəl]
n . 紫色,帝位
a . 紫色的,帝王的,华而不实的
vt .
vi . (使)成紫色
紫色,帝位紫色的,帝王的,华而不实的(使)成紫色
purple adj 1 :
of a color intermediate between red and blue [
synonym :
{
purple }, {
violet }, {
purplish }]
2 :
excessively elaborate or showily expressed ; "
a writer of empurpled literature "; "
many purple passages "; "
an over -
embellished story of the fish that got away " [
synonym :
{
empurpled }, {
over -
embellished }, {
purple }]
3 :
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler ; "
golden age of imperial splendor "; "
purple tyrant "; "
regal attire "; "
treated with royal acclaim "; "
the royal carriage of a stag '
s head "
[
synonym : {
imperial }, {
majestic }, {
purple }, {
regal }, {
royal }]
n 1 :
a purple color or pigment [
synonym : {
purple }, {
purpleness }]
2 :
of imperial status ; "
he was born to the purple "
v 1 :
become purple 2 :
color purple [
synonym : {
purple }, {
empurple }, {
purpurate }]
Purple \
Pur "
ple \,
n .;
pl . {
Purples }. [
OE .
purpre ,
pourpre ,
OF .
purpre ,
porpre ,
pourpre ,
F .
pourpre ,
L .
purpura purple fish ,
purple dye ,
fr .
Gr . ?
the purple fish ,
a shell from the purple dye was obtained ,
purple dye ;
cf . ?
dark (
said of the sea ),
purple , ?
to grow dark (
said of the sea ),
to be troubled ;
perh .
akin to L .
furere to rage ,
E .
fury :
cf .
AS .
purpure .
Cf . {
Porphyry }, {
Purpure }.]
1 .
A color formed by ,
or resembling that formed by ,
a combination of the primary colors red and blue .
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Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend . --
Milton .
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Note :
The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson .
In the gradations of color as defined in art ,
purple is a mixture of red and blue .
When red predominates it is called violet ,
and when blue predominates ,
hyacinth .
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2 .
Cloth dyed a purple color ,
or a garment of such color ;
especially ,
a purple robe ,
worn as an emblem of rank or authority ;
specifically ,
the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity ;
as ,
to put on the imperial purple .
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Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen ,
and purple ,
and scarlet . --
Ex .
xxvi .
1 .
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3 .
Hence :
Imperial sovereignty ;
royal rank ,
dignity ,
or favor ;
loosely and colloquially ,
any exalted station ;
great wealth . "
He was born in the purple ." --
Gibbon .
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4 .
A cardinalate .
See {
Cardinal }.
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5 . (
Zool .)
Any species of large butterflies ,
usually marked with purple or blue ,
of the genus {
Basilarchia } (
formerly {
Limenitis })
as ,
the banded purple ({
Basilarchia arthemis }).
See Illust .
under {
Ursula }.
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6 . (
Zool .)
Any shell of the genus {
Purpura }.
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7 .
pl .(
Med .)
See {
Purpura }.
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8 .
pl .
A disease of wheat .
Same as {
Earcockle }.
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Note :
Purple is sometimes used in composition ,
esp .
with participles forming words of obvious signification ;
as ,
purple -
colored ,
purple -
hued ,
purple -
stained ,
purple -
tinged ,
purple -
tinted ,
and the like .
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{
French purple }. (
Chem .)
Same as {
Cudbear }.
{
Purple of Cassius }.
See {
Cassius }.
{
Purple of mollusca } (
Zool .),
a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks ,
which dyes wool ,
etc .,
of a purple or crimson color ,
and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye .
It is obtained from Ianthina ,
and from several species of Purpura ,
and Murex .
{
To be born in the purple },
to be of princely birth ;
to be highborn .
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Purple \
Pur "
ple \,
a .
1 .
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple ,
much esteemed for its richness and beauty ;
of a deep red ,
or red and blue color ;
as ,
a purple robe .
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2 .
Imperial ;
regal ; --
so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority .
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Hide in the dust thy purple pride . --
Shelley .
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3 .
Blood -
red ;
bloody .
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May such purple tears be alway shed . --
Shak .
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I view a field of blood ,
And Tiber rolling with a purple blood . --
Dryden .
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{
Purple bird } (
Zool .),
the European purple gallinule .
See under {
Gallinule }.
{
Purple copper ore }. (
Min .)
See {
Bornite }.
{
Purple grackle } (
Zool .),
the crow blackbird .
See under {
Crow }.
{
Purple martin }.
See under {
Martin }.
{
Purple sandpiper }.
See under {
Sandpiper }.
{
Purple shell }.
See {
Ianthina }.
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Purple \
Pur "
ple \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Purpled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Purpling }.]
To make purple ;
to dye of purple or deep red color ;
as ,
hands purpled with blood .
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When morn Purples the east . --
Milton .
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Reclining soft in blissful bowers ,
Purpled sweet with springing flowers . --
Fenton .
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119 Moby Thesaurus words for "
purple ":
Mars violet ,
Tyrian purple ,
adorned ,
amethyst ,
amethystine ,
befrilled ,
blue ,
bombastic ,
broad ,
cap of dignity ,
cap of maintenance ,
clematis ,
colored ,
coronet ,
crown ,
dahlia ,
damson ,
decorated ,
diadem ,
dynastic ,
embellished ,
embroidered ,
ermine ,
fancy ,
festooned ,
figurative ,
figured ,
florid ,
flowery ,
fuchsia ,
grape ,
great seal ,
heliotrope ,
high -
flown ,
hyacinth ,
imperatorial ,
imperatorious ,
imperial ,
imperial purple ,
imperious ,
kinglike ,
kingly ,
lavender ,
lilac ,
livid ,
lividity ,
lividness ,
lush ,
luxuriant ,
magenta ,
majestic ,
mallow ,
mauve ,
monarchal ,
monarchial ,
monarchic ,
monsignor ,
mulberry ,
off -
color ,
orb ,
orchid ,
ornate ,
overblown ,
overcharged ,
overloaded ,
pansy ,
pansy violet ,
pansy -
purple ,
plum ,
plum -
colored ,
plum -
purple ,
pompous ,
pontiff purple ,
princelike ,
princely ,
privy seal ,
purple pall ,
purpleness ,
purplescent ,
purpliness ,
purplish ,
purplishness ,
purply ,
purpurate ,
purpure ,
purpureal ,
purpurean ,
purpureous ,
queenlike ,
queenly ,
racy ,
raisin -
colored ,
regal ,
regal purple ,
regalia ,
robe of state ,
rod ,
rod of empire ,
royal ,
royal crown ,
royal purple ,
salty ,
scepter ,
seal ,
shady ,
signet ,
solferino ,
sovereign ,
spicy ,
stilted ,
suggestive ,
tiara ,
triple plume ,
turgid ,
uraeus ,
violaceous ,
violet ,
wicked ,
wine purple
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