mauve

noun
🔊/məʊv/
🔊/məʊv/
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  1. a pale purple colour淡紫色的Topics Colours and Shapesc2

mauve

adjective
🔊/məʊv/
🔊/məʊv/
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  1. pale purple in colour淡紫色的
    • I’m going to paint it mauve.我要把它涂成淡紫色。
    • The butterflies were attracted by the pale mauve and pink flowers.淡淡的淡紫色和粉红色的花朵吸引了蝴蝶。
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘mallow’, from Latin malva.