mauve

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /məʊv/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine. countable,historical,uncountable
  2. A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded. countable,uncountable
    — Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a pale purple colour.
    — [A]long their time-marked walls wistaria threw patches of mauve blossom.

词形变化

mauves plural mauver comparative more mauve comparative mauvest superlative most mauve superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
mauvaniline mauve box mauveine mauvelous mauvely mauveness mauve stinger mauvine mauvish mauvy Perkin's mauve

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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