violets

英 [ˈvaɪəlɪts]

美 [ˈvaɪələts]

n. 紫罗兰; 蓝紫色; 紫罗兰色
violet的复数

柯林斯词典

紫罗兰
Avioletis a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
COLOUR 紫罗兰色;紫色
Something that isvioletis a bluish-purple colour.
1. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
  光线开始从紫罗兰色的天空渐渐消退。
PHRASE 羞怯的人;腼腆的人
If you say that someone is noshrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
1. When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet...
  他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
2. None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
  然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。