- of a pale purple colour淡紫色的。
mass noun
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- a pale purple colour淡紫色：
a few pale streaks of mauve were all that remained of the sunset
落日的余晖仅剩几缕微弱的淡紫色条痕
count noun glowing with soft pastel mauves and pinks.发出柔和的淡紫色和粉红色光。
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- historical a bright but delicate pale purple aniline dye prepared by William H. Perkin in 1856. It was the first synthetic dyestuff.〈史〉苯胺紫染料。
派生词
mauvish
adjective词源
mid 19th cent.: from French, literally 'mallow', from Latin malva.