紫色：purple有几种用法

Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink. And some days they were a blazing orange setting fire to the clouds on the horizon. It was during one of those sunsets that my father's idea of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts moved from my head to my heart.

——Flipped

有时落日泛起紫红的余晖，有时散发出橘红色的火光燃起天边的晚霞。在这绚烂的日落景象中，我慢慢领悟了父亲所说的整体胜于局部总和的道理。

——《怦然心动》

一、关于purple，你应该知道的用法有

adj.

1.紫的，紫红的 having the colour of blue and red mixed together

The skin becomes mottled blue or purple, then red.

皮肤呈蓝或紫的斑点，然后发红。

2.帝王的 regal, imperial

3.辞藻华丽的；华而不实的 writing or a piece of writing that is too grand in style

He used to write purple prose.

他过去常写绚丽矫饰的散文。

n.

1.紫色，紫红色 [U] any of various colors that fall about midway between red and blue in hue

She was dressed in purple.

她穿着紫色的衣服。

2.（帝王，显贵穿的）紫袍；王位；高位 cloth dyed purple

History tells of slaves who rose to the purple.

历史上有由贱役一跃而为王者的。

v.

使成紫色，变成紫色 [I,T] to make purple

His face suddenly purpled, but he immediately pulled himself together.

他的脸色突然变了，但立刻又转为冷静。

二、下面我们来学习一下含有purple的常见短语

purple passage

n.词藻华丽的段落

purple bacteria

紫色细菌

purple heart

紫心木

purple loosestrife

千屈菜

royal purple

皇紫

三、学会purple的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧

She had a _____ dress on with a silver-white necklace.

她穿着一条紫色的连衣裙配着一条银白色的项链。