英语词汇“violet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	violet
释义	Trends of violet View usage for: violet (vaɪəlɪt) Word forms: plural violets 1. countable noun A violet is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring. 2. colour Something that is violet is a bluish-purple colour. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky. 3. See no shrinking violet violet in British English (ˈvaɪəlɪt) noun 1. any of various temperate perennial herbaceous plants of the violaceous genus Viola, such as V. odorata (sweet (or garden) violet), typically having mauve or bluish flowers with irregular showy petals 2. any other plant of the genus Viola, such as the wild pansy 3. any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as the African violet 4. a. any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same purplish-blue hue. They lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to blue; approximate wavelength range 445–390 nanometres b. (as adjective) a violet dress 5. a dye or pigment of or producing these colours 6. violet clothing dressed in violet 7. shrinking violet Derived forms violet-like (ˈviolet-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French violete a little violet, from viole, from Latin viola violet Violet in American English (ˈvaɪəlɪt; ˈvaɪlɪt) noun a feminine name: dim. Vi Word origin < violet violet in American English (ˈvaɪəlɪt; ˈvaɪlɪt) noun 1. a. any of a genus (Viola) of plants of the violet family, having white, blue, purple, or yellow irregular flowers with short spurs b. the flower of any of these plants 2. any of various similar plants, as the African violet, or their flowers 3. a bluish-purple color adjective 4. designating a family (Violaceae, order Violales) of temperate and tropical dicotyledonous plants having five-parted flowers, a one-celled ovary, and a three-valved fruit capsule, including the pansies 5. of the color violet Word origin ME < OFr violette, dim. of viole < L viola, a violet < or akin to Gr ion, violet More idioms containing violet a shrinking violet Image of violet © Volosina, shutterstock Examples of 'violet' in a sentence violet People will be interested in the bout between us as neither of us is a shrinking violet. The Sun (2017) Too many heads are shrinking violets. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Also detectable in sheltered spots in woods are the dark green, heart-shaped leaves of sweet violets. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Red adds spice while blue and violet promote restful sleep. The Sun (2013) The face lifted to his with violet eyes wide in surprise. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE The fragrant scent of the sweet violet has long been prized. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Take another deep breath and imagine the colour violet as you breathe out. Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001) So much for the idea that medieval women were shrinking violets! Pamela Norris Words Of Love: Passionate Women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath (2006) None of them is a shrinking violet. Times, Sunday Times (2016) After a moment he raised his head to gaze down into violet eyes lifted innocently to his. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE Pure violet is the darkest colour. Freeman, Michael Collins Complete Guide to Photography (1993) An ultra violet light could also be used by farmers before harvesting a crop to ensure that residues had been washed off. Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988) Our walk takes us past primroses and violets, and abandoned hazelnut orchards. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But it's not all roses and violets. The Sun (2010) Roses are red, violets are blue. The Sun (2013) The darkest pure colour is violet, the lightest yellow. Freeman, Michael Photographers Handbook (1993) It has larger flowers that are more violet than blue, and have very little scent. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The catalogue also lists many different colours of African violets. The Sun (2009) They can further be distinguished from sweet violets by the way in which their leaves and flowers spring from branchesof the main stem. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This is the sweet violet. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I pointed out the daffodils under the apple trees, the bluebells and the white violets. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Add in the fact that our eyes are more sensitive to blue light than to violet, and that's why we see the sky as blue. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Word lists with violet flower, purple In other languages violet British English: violet NOUN A violet is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring. American English: violet Brazilian Portuguese: violeta Chinese: 紫罗兰 European Spanish: violeta French: violette German: Veilchen Italian: violetta Japanese: スミレ Korean: 제비꽃 European Portuguese: violeta Latin American Spanish: violeta All related terms of 'violet' dog violet a violet , Viola canina, that grows in Europe and N Asia and has blue yellow-spurred flowers violet ray the shortest ray of the visible spectrum dame's violet a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis , cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae ( crucifers ) methyl violet → gentian violet Parma violet a sweet-smelling violet cultivated for its pale purple and fragrant flowers ( Viola alba ) sweet violet a temperate perennial herbaceous plants of a violaceous genus; Viola odorata violet layer a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars , that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet , and ultraviolet light waves from passing through visual violet a violet light-sensitive pigment in the cones of the retina of the eye that is responsible for colour vision African violet any of several tropical African plants of the genus Saintpaulia , esp S. ionantha, cultivated as house plants, with violet , white , or pink flowers and hairy leaves: family Gesneriaceae crystal violet a rosaniline dye , C 25 H 30 ClN 3 , used as an antiseptic , an indicator , and a bacterial stain in Gram's method dogtooth violet a name for various plants of the liliaceous genus Erythronium , esp the North American E . americanum, with yellow nodding flowers, or the European E. dens-canis, with purple flowers gentian violet a greenish crystalline substance, obtained from rosaniline , that forms a violet solution in water, used as an indicator , antiseptic , and in the treatment of burns shrinking violet a shy person a shrinking violet a person who is very shy and timid bird's-foot violet a North American violet ( Viola pedata ) having divided leaves and large blue or purple flowers no shrinking violet shrinking violet If you say that someone is no shrinking violet , you mean that they are not at all shy . Chinese translation of 'violet' violet (ˈvaɪələt) adj [light, glow, sky] 紫罗(羅)兰(蘭)色的 (zǐluólánsè de) n (c) (= flower) 紫罗(羅)兰(蘭) (zǐluólán)
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