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pure

英 [pjʊə] 美[pjʊr]
  • adj. 纯的;纯粹的;纯洁的;清白的;纯理论的
  • n. (Pure)人名;(俄)普雷

英英释意


1. free of extraneous elements of any kind;
"pure air and water"
"pure gold"
"pure primary colors"
"the violin's pure and lovely song"
"pure tones"
2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
"an arrant fool"
"a complete coward"
"a consummate fool"
"a double-dyed villain"
"gross negligence"
"a perfect idiot"
"pure folly"
"what a sodding mess"
"stark staring mad"
"a thoroughgoing villain"
"utter nonsense"
3. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied;
"pure science"
4. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
5. free from discordant qualities
6. used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless;
"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath
"pure as the driven snow"
7. in a state of sexual virginity;
"pure and vestal modesty"
"a spinster or virgin lady"
"men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
8. not mixed;
"pure oxygen"