[N-COUNT 可数名词]紫罗兰 A violet is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
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[COLOUR 颜色词]紫罗兰色；紫色 Something that is violet is a bluish-purple colour.
The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
光线开始从紫罗兰色的天空渐渐消退。
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[PHRASE 短语]羞怯的人；腼腆的人 If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
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When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet...
他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。
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vio·let/ˈvaɪələt; NAmEˈvaɪələt/noun1[countable ]a small wild or garden plant with purple or white flowers with a sweet smell that appear in spring 紫罗兰2[uncountable ]a bluish-purple colour 蓝紫色；紫罗兰色◆dressed in violet身着蓝紫色衣服的▶vio·letadjective◆violet eyes蓝紫色的眼睛IDIOMsee
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v.violetvioletsvio·let/ˈvaɪələt; NAmEˈvaɪələt/
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violetvi‧o‧let /ˈvaɪəlɪt/ noun
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1[countable] a plant with small dark purple flowers, or sometimes white or yellow ones2[uncountable] a bluish-purple colour—violet adjective: beautiful violet eyes
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