periwinkle

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌwɪŋ.kəl/    美 /ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌwɪŋ.kəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
    — The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose if some of the leaves be chewed.
  2. A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
    — He was working a pin into a periwinkle shell, turning it to extract the toothsome morsel of meat.
  3. Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
  4. A caddisfly larva.
  5. A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
    — And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of pale bluish purple colour.

词形变化

periwinkles plural more periwinkle comparative most periwinkle superlative periwinkles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bigleaf periwinkle blue periwinkle common periwinkle greater periwinkle herbaceous periwinkle large periwinkle Madagascar periwinkle periwinkled periwinkler periwinkling rose periwinkle rosy periwinkle checkered periwinkle flat periwinkle giant periwinkle rough periwinkle

词源

词源 1
Diminutive of Middle English perwinke, from Old English perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca).
词源 2
From Middle English [Term?], alteration of *pinewinkle (compare English dialectal pennywinkle), from Old English pīnewincle, compound of Latin pīna (“kind of mussel”), itself from Ancient Greek πίνη (pínē), variant of πίννα (pínna, “mussel”)) and Old English wincel (“corner”) (compare dialectal Danish vinkel (“snail shell”)). More at winch and wink.
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