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词汇 example_english_purple-prose
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purple prose

collocation in English

meanings of purpleand prose


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purple
adjective
uk /ˈpɜː.pəl/ us /ˈpɝː.pəl/
of a dark ...
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prose
noun[U]
uk /prəʊz/ us /proʊz/
written language in its ordinary form rather ...
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Examples of purple prose


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Wood swallows too much seventeenth-century counsel's purpleprose about these people.
No one is asking for pages of purpleprose, but an awareness of the maintenance of interest would not come amiss.
In this report there are some passages which could be described as "purpleprose".
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Once again she used a great deal of purpleprose, repeating what was said yesterday.
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His speech was laced with purpleprose.
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Purpleprose is sensuously evocative beyond the requirements of its context.
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The phrase is considered to represent the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing, also known as purpleprose.
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Purpleprose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context.
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As such, he seems to perceive the world as something similar to a fantasy role-playing game, and speaks almost entirely in purpleprose.
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Stylistically, the discourse veers abruptly from passages of sublime purpleprose to crabbed note-book jottings.
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The writing sometimes rises to the level of poetry, sometimes sinks to the level of purpleprose.
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