lavender

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n. 熏衣草, 淡紫色 a. 淡紫色的 vt. 用熏衣草熏

发音

UK /ˈlæv.ən.də/
其它
US /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/

词形变化

lavenders 复数 lavenders lavendered lavendering lavenders 三单 lavendering 现在分词 lavendered 过去式 lavendered 过去分词 more lavender 比较级 most lavender 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

薰衣草；淡紫色

动词

用薰衣草熏

形容词

淡紫色的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

    薰衣草

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

    历史 不可数 媒体 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To decorate or perfume with lavender.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a pale purple colour.

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.

  3. 3.

    Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

    政治

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

bush purple shrub purpleness

下位词 3

French lavender English lavender spike lavender
形容词

同义词 1

lilac

近义相关 1

chromatic

相关短语

lavender cotton [植物]檀香艾（Santolina chamaecy-parissus） lavender marriage lavender marriages lavender linguistics lavender water lavender scare lavender waters lavender lad lavender lads lavender scares lavender ceiling lavender ceilings lavender menace lavender thrift

词源

From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

来源：wiktionary