purple
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.pəl/us/ˈpɝː.pəl/purpleadjective(COLOUR)
A2
of adarkreddish-bluecolour:
紫色的，紫红色的purpleplums紫色的李子
adarkpurplebruise一块青肿
purple in the face/purple with rage
darkredin thefacebecause ofanger
气得脸发青- Herfacewascoveredin purpleblotches.
- Headmiredthe queen'sresplendentpurplerobes.
- Herfacewascoveredin purpleblotches.
Common colours
- blue
- blueness
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- orangeness
- pink
- pinkish
- pinkness
- purpleness
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellow
- yellowish
- yellowness
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The skin, & skin colour
purpleadjective(STYLE)
UK
used todescribeapieceof writing that iscomplicatedorsoundsfalsebecause thewriterhastriedtoo hard to make thestyleinteresting:
（作品）词藻华丽的，华而不实的Despiteoccasionalpatchesof purpleprose, thebookismostlyclearandincisive.这本书尽管偶尔有几段词藻华丽的文句，但总体来讲文风简洁明了。
Complexity
- advanced
- all-singing
- baroque
- be more tosomethingthan meets the eyeidiom
- bleeding-edge
- finicky
- high-tech
- indirectly
- insolubility
- intractability
- multifarious
- onerousness
- ornate
- ornately
- over-elaborate
- tortuous
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- ultra-sophisticated
- wheels within wheelsidiom
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Difficult to understand
purpleadjective(POLITICS)
US
used todescribeanareawhere asimilarnumberofpeopleusuallyvoteRepublicanandDemocrat, so that asmallnumberofvotescanchangetheresultinelections:
Thisgroupofvotershaspotentialtotipthebalancein two or more purplestates.
She has torunagainst aDemocratin adistrictthat’smightypurple.
Compare
blue state
red state
- He'sprettymoderate. He'sabletowinin a purplestate.
- Democratsfearthey are about to getpunishedbytheirconstituentsin the "purple"districts.
- Somepeoplethinkthis is a goodopportunityfor Dems,eventhough thedistrictisn'tquiteas purple as some othertargets.
- Thepartyalsopulledoutbigvictoriesacrossstatelegislatures,flippingsixchambers,turningotherspurple, and shoring upitssupermajorities.
International relations: United States politics & government
- anti-Republican
- battleground state
- bicameral
- blue state
- caucus
- confederacy
- G-man
- gubernatorial
- homeland security
- House Committee
- impeach
- joint resolution
- republican
- secret service
- secretary
- Secretary of State
- the Articles of Confederation
- the GOP
- the Republican Party
- the White House
purple
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈpɜː.pəl/us/ˈpɝː.pəl/A2
adarkreddish-bluecolour:
紫色，紫红色Purple is myfavouritecolour.我最喜欢的颜色是紫色。
Theeveningskywasfullof purples andreds.傍晚的天空布满紫色和红色的云彩。
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- I likerichjewelcolours, such as purple,blueandgreen.
- Arrayed before him were 40schoolchildrenin purple andgreen.
- Theeveningskywasdeeppink, withtintsof purple andredin it.
Less common colours
- amethyst
- apple green
- argent
- ashy
- avocado
- bisque
- blue-black
- claret
- coppery
- dun
- earth tone
- emerald
- puce
- rust
- saffron
- sapphire
- sepia
- sky blue
- tangerine
- taupe
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