heather + noun
作定语放在名词前，直接说明事物的颜色，是最常见的用法。
She bought a heather sweater for the winter.
她买了一件紫蓝色的毛衣过冬。
一种带粉蓝调的紫色。；似石南的；杂色的
一种带粉蓝调的紫色。
Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
She bought a heather cardigan to go with her gray skirt.
她买了一件淡紫蓝色的开衫来搭配她的灰色裙子。
用法提示：heather 作形容词，表示带蓝粉调的紫色。
The heather walls made the small bathroom feel calm and cozy.
淡紫蓝色的墙壁让小浴室显得宁静又舒适。
用法提示：heather 作形容词，描述墙壁带有蓝粉调的紫色。
He picked a heather fabric for the sofa to add a subtle color.
他选了一种淡紫蓝色的布料做沙发，以增添一抹柔和的色彩。
用法提示：heather 作形容词，修饰布料，表达紫中带蓝粉的色调。
作定语放在名词前，直接说明事物的颜色，是最常见的用法。
She bought a heather sweater for the winter.
她买了一件紫蓝色的毛衣过冬。
作表语放在系动词之后，用来描述主语呈现的颜色。
The evening sky was heather just before dark.
天黑前，傍晚的天空是紫蓝色的。
与 turn 等表示变化的系动词连用，强调颜色发生变化。
The distant hills turned heather in the autumn light.
在秋日的光线下，远处的群山变成了紫蓝色。
grammar · medium
易错句子Her new coat is a heather.
正确表达Her new coat is heather.
heather 在这里是颜色形容词，放在 be 动词后直接作表语，前面不能加不定冠词 a/an；汉语说“是石楠色的”不带冠词，所以容易多写出 a。若真想用名词形式表示这种颜色，须借助 shade、tone 等词，如 a heather shade。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bedroom walls are painted with heather.
正确表达The bedroom walls are painted in heather.
表示“用某种颜色”涂刷、装饰时，英语用 in + 颜色词（painted in heather）；with 表示使用的是某种材料或工具。汉语“用石楠色刷墙”的“用”容易被直译成 with，改回 in 才是颜色用法。
grammar · medium
易错句子She bought a heather's scarf.
正确表达She bought a heather scarf.
heather 在此作形容词，直接放在名词前修饰，不能用所有格 -'s。汉语“石楠色的围巾”里“的”是定语标记，并不等于英语的所有格 's，所以要去掉 -'s，写成 a heather scarf。
石楠紫；带粉蓝调的紫色
She chose a heather purple dress for the ceremony.
她为典礼挑了一条石楠紫色的连衣裙。
石楠色调（带粉蓝调的紫色系）
The artist used soft heather tones in the background.
画家在背景中使用了柔和的石楠色调。
石楠色彩；带粉蓝调的紫色
At dusk the hills took on heather hues.
黄昏时，山峦呈现出石楠般的色彩。
石楠色；一种带粉蓝调的紫色
The fabric was dyed a deep heather shade.
这块布料被染成了深石楠色。
石楠色（带粉蓝调的紫色）
The walls were painted a warm heather colour.
墙壁被刷成了温暖的石楠色。
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