单词 | pureness |
释义 | purepure /pyʊr/ ●●● S3 W2 adjective 1NOT MIXED not mixed with anything else OPP impure: The ring was made of pure gold. pure olive oil► see thesaurus at natural12COMPLETE [only before noun] complete or total SYN sheer: a smile of pure joypure luck/chance/coincidence etc. It was by pure luck that we found the place.3CLEAN clean, without anything harmful or unhealthy OPP impure: pure drinking water4COLOR [only before noun] clear and not mixed with other colors: pure white sheets5SOUND very clear and beautiful to hear: a pure tenor voice6MORALLY GOOD having the quality of being completely good or moral, especially not having sexual thoughts or experience SYN innocent OPP impure: a pure young girl I’m sure he had the purest of motives.7TYPICAL [only before noun] typical of a particular style: The movie is pure Hollywood.8ART a pure form of art is done exactly according to an accepted standard or pattern9pure science/math etc. work done in science, math, etc. in order to increase our knowledge of it rather than to make practical use of it: pure research → see also applied10pure and simple informal used to say that there is only one reason for something: He wanted revenge, pure and simple.11as pure as the driven snow often humorous morally perfect[Origin: 1200–1300 Old French pur, from Latin purus]—pureness noun [uncountable] → see also impure, purely, purify, purity |
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