| 单词 | mauve |
| 释义 | mauve (once / 5699 pages) nadj Mauve is a paler tone of the color purple, and for some strange reason a beloved color for mothers of the bride. Mauve is often considered a somewhat wishy-washy color, inoffensive and bland. After all, the American novelist Alice Walker didn't entitle her great 1982 novel about black women's' lives in the American South The Color Mauve; she called it The Color Purple — far more suggestive of the powerful, violence-soaked drama it is. WORD FAMILYmauve: mauves USAGE EXAMPLESFrom micro-tubs of frosted eye creams to lip colors in metallic mauve, it’s the season of bling in beauty. Los Angeles Times(Dec 09, 2016) Chow, in a mauve tulle Gucci dress, downright jammed to the music, swaying back and forth and clapping her hands. Los Angeles Times(Oct 30, 2016) The smooth bricks of Seward Park High School look mauve in the morning light. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) 1n a moderate purple Hyper purple, purpleness a purple color or pigment 2adj of a pale to moderate greyish violet color Syn chromatic being or having or characterized by hue |
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