purple patch

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A period of excellent performance where nearly everything seems to go right, contrasting with a lower general level of performance.
    — He came with a disconcerting black-eye that he wouldn’t explain. “Not so much a black-eye,” he said, “as the aftermath of a purple patch.... What’s your difficulty?”
  2. An ornate or elaborate section of a written work; a patch of purple prose.
    — To the picket Private Copper held forth for ten minutes on the life-history of his captive. Allowing for some purple patches, it was an absolute fair rendering.

词形变化

purple patches plural

词源

Calque from Latin, see purple prose.
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