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

有時落日泛起紫紅的余暉，有時散發(fā)出橘紅色的火光燃起天邊的晚霞。在這絢爛的日落景象中，我慢慢領悟了父親所說的整體勝于局部總和的道理。

——《怦然心動》

一、關于purple，你應該知道的用法有

adj.

1.紫的，紫紅的?having the colour of blue and red mixed together

The skin becomes mottled blue or purple, then red.

皮膚呈藍或紫的斑點，然后發(fā)紅。

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2.帝王的?regal, imperial

3.辭藻華麗的；華而不實的?writing or a piece of writing that is too grand in style

He used to write purple prose.

他過去常寫絢麗矯飾的散文。

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n.

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

She was dressed in purple.

她穿著紫色的衣服。

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2.（帝王，顯貴穿的）紫袍；王位；高位?cloth dyed purple

History tells of slaves who rose to the purple.

歷史上有由賤役一躍而為王者的。

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v.

使成紫色，變成紫色 [I,T]?to make purple

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

他的臉色突然變了，但立刻又轉為冷靜。

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二、下面我們來學習一下含有purple的常見短語

purple passage

n.詞藻華麗的段落

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purple bacteria

紫色細菌

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purple heart

紫心木

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purple loosestrife

千屈菜

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royal purple

皇紫

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三、學會purple的用法了嗎？來做個小測試吧

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

她穿著一條紫色的連衣裙配著一條銀白色的項鏈。