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"