purplish
purplish — 形容詞
- purplishpositive
- more purplishcomparative
- most purplishsuperlative
1. having a colour that looks a little like purple, but is not strong, dark, or ful
略帶紫色
帶有少許紫色的顏色
having a colour that looks a little like purple, but is not strong, dark, or fully purple — for example, a sky that has a mix of purple and pink near sunset, or a bruise that is beginning to heal.
The sunset turned the clouds a beautiful purplish shade over Nikos's village.
落日將 Nikos 村莊上空的雲朵染成一片美麗的略帶紫色。
collocation: purplish + shade / colour nouns
Hoa picked a purplish berry from the bush and showed it to her little brother.
Hoa 從灌木叢摘了一顆略帶紫色的漿果，拿給她的弟弟看。
The old bruise on Andrés's knee had faded to a purplish blue.
Andrés 膝蓋上那塊舊瘀傷已褪成略帶紫色的藍。
Madison chose a purplish scarf to match her new winter coat.
Madison 選了一條略帶紫色的圍巾來搭配她的新冬外套。
After the long cold swim, Yael noticed that her lips had taken on a strange purplish colour.
在長時間的冷水游泳後，Yael 發現自己的嘴唇變成了奇怪的略帶紫色。
- purple-tinged
more specific: suggests a hint of purple among other colours
- violet
a distinct colour name, not a near-purple; 'violet' is a specific hue, not 'almost purple'
- lavender
a pale, light purple; 'lavender' is a fixed colour, not a vague approximation
文法句型
purplish + noun
be + purplish
用法筆記
Formed by adding the suffix -ish to a colour name (purple → purplish). Many colour names can take -ish to mean 'approximately that colour' (e.g. reddish, bluish, greenish). This form is less specific than the base colour name and is often used when the colour is mixed or uncertain.
常見錯誤
❗ 'The sky was purple' (when it was only slightly purple). ✅ 'The sky was purplish.' — Use 'purplish' when the colour is not fully or strongly purple, only close to it.