| 单词 | violet-black |
| 释义 | > as lemmasviolet-black d. Forming adjectival compounds, as violet-black, violet-blue, etc.Many examples occur in Shaw's Gen. Zool. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 134 From one Root the rising Stem bestows A Wood of Leaves, and vi'let-purple Boughs. View more context for this quotation 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Star-wort The tall hairy New England aster with very large violet-purple flowers. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 423 Violet-black Snake, with the abdomen and sides crimson. 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. i. 59 The upper parts of the body [are] violet-red. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 746 The whole liquid assumes a very strong and fine violet-blue colour. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 70 Hymenium violet-brown; juice violet. < as lemmas |
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