Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #13023
violet
紫罗兰；堇菜
核心释义
a small plant of the genus Viola with small flowers, or its flower
- 1.
堇菜属植物或花,尤指有香味的香堇菜；(不精确地)类似植物或花。
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
- 2.
多种低矮的紫罗兰,开小花
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
- 3.
被认为像香堇菜的人,尤指其美丽和精致。
A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
- 4.
光谱中蓝色之外的一种紫罗兰色
a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
- 5.
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
- 6.
Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
- 7.
The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
紫罗兰色；紫色；紫罗兰的香味；紫罗兰色的衣服；（教会）紫色圣职衣；紫罗兰般娇美的人；堇菜属植物或花,尤指有香味的香堇菜；(不精确地)类似植物或花。
用法In use
She picked a single violet and pressed it inside her notebook.
用法提示：violet 是名词，指紫罗兰花；a single violet 表示“单独一朵紫罗兰”。
In April, delicate violets bloom along the path in the park.
用法提示：violets 是 violet 的复数形式，作名词，指紫罗兰花，本句用复数表示多朵。
He gave his mother a pot of violets for her birthday.
用法提示：a pot of violets 中 violets 是名词复数，指紫罗兰花；a pot of 表示“一盆”。
a violet / violets
violet 作为可数名词，指堇菜属植物。
She picked a violet from the garden.
她从花园里摘了一朵紫罗兰。
violet (color)
violet 作为不可数名词，指紫罗兰色。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- violet flowers
- 紫罗兰花
- The garden is full of violet flowers in spring.春天花园里开满了紫罗兰花。
- violet color
- 紫罗兰色
- She chose a dress in a soft violet color.她选了一条柔和的紫罗兰色的裙子。
- wild violets
- 野紫罗兰
- Wild violets grow along the riverbank.野紫罗兰长在河岸边。
- sweet violet
- 香堇菜
- The sweet violet has a pleasant fragrance.香堇菜有一种宜人的香气。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
violet：想想紫罗兰小花和它那介于蓝紫之间的颜色。
语境与语域Context & Register
作为颜色词时，语域中性偏正式，多用于文学、艺术、设计等描述性语境；日常口语中较少单独使用，常以'violet color'形式出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these -let words rhyme with 'violet' because the stressed vowel in 'violet' is /aɪə/ (as in 'violin'), while the stressed vowel in these words is different (e.g., /ʊ/, /iː/, /æ/, /eɪ/, /ʌ/). They are useful for comparing the common spelling chunk 'let' at the end.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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