名詞 violet:

1. any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
2. a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
   同義詞：reddish blue

形容詞 violet:

1. of a color intermediate between red and blue
   同義詞：purple, purplish

1. She's no shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.
   她可不膽小--任何場合都能為自己說話。
2. Red and violet are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
   紅色和紫色位于光譜相對的兩端。
3. A moderate, light, or brilliant violet to moderate or deep reddish purple.
   淡紫紅色輕淡、適度或明亮的紫羅蘭色，適度或深紅紫色
4. She planted some violets in the garden.
   她在花園里種了一些紫羅蘭。

vi.o.let

n.（名詞）

Any of various low-growing herbs of the genusViola, having short-spurred, irregular flowers that are characteristically purplish-blue but sometimes yellow or white.
堇菜：一種堇菜 屬的矮小草本植物，具有短花距和不規(guī)則的花朵，特征為花朵呈紫藍(lán)色，但有時呈黃色或白色
Any of several similar plants, such as the African violet.
紫羅蘭，非洲紫羅蘭：幾種類似植物之一，如非洲紫羅蘭
Color The hue of the short-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 380 to 420 nanometers; any of a group of colors, reddish-blue in hue, that may vary in lightness and saturation.
【色彩】 藍(lán)紫色：可見光譜的短波端的顏色，通過輻射能量可在人體觀察者身上產(chǎn)生，其波長約在380至420毫微米之間；一種略帶紅色的藍(lán)色，亮度和色距可能不同

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French violete [diminutive of] viole
源自 古法語 violete [] viole的小后綴
from Latin viola
源自 拉丁語 viola