mauve

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n. 苯胺紫, 淡紫色 a. 淡紫色的

发音

UK /məʊv/
US /mɔːv/
US /moʊv/

词形变化

mauves 复数 mauves mauver 比较级 mauver mauvest more mauve 比较级 mauvest 最高级 most mauve 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.

    可数 历史 不可数
  2. 2.

    A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.

    藕荷色

    藕合色

    锦葵紫

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a pale purple colour.

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词源

Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Doublet of mallow. Coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.

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