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　

Collins.1 / BNC.13023 / COCA.14924

习惯用语

a shrinking violet

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

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。

noun

adj

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。
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。
In late July 1914, he and Violet spent a few days with friends near Berwick-upon-Tweed
1914年7月下旬，他和维奥莱特与几个朋友在特威德河畔贝里克附近度过了几天。
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。
Give me some gentian violet.
给我一些紫药水。
What did they put in me, violet?
他们在我体内放了什么，紫罗兰？
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。
One is pure purple, just like violet;
一个是纯粹的紫色，就好像优雅的紫罗兰；
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。
The perfume was made from violet and lavender.
这香水是由紫萝兰和干熏衣草的花制成的。