词组 | pure |
释义 | pure /pjʊə $ pjʊr/ adjective 1. a pure substance or material is not mixed with anything elsenounspure gold/silver The necklace is made of pure gold.pure cotton/wool/silk/linen Ella was wearing a dress made from pure silk.pure orange juice/grapefruit juice etc He asked for a glass of pure orange juice.the air/water is pure The air is very pure in the mountains.pure olive oil/coconut oil etc Pure lavender oil smells lovely.pure oxygen The tank was filled with pure oxygen.adverbscompletely/absolutely pure The water is tested to make sure that it is absolutely pure.100%/80% etc pure This type of gold is 75% pure.2. used when you want to emphasize that something was the only reason, feeling etcGrammarPure is only used before a noun in this meaning.nounspure chance/luck He had discovered the truth by pure chance.pure coincidence (=used when the same thing happens twice, completely by chance) It was pure coincidence that we both arrived on the same plane.pure joy/pleasure/delight She looked at him with pure joy.pure hatred/jealousy/evil She remembered the look of pure hatred in his eyes.pure speculation (=just guesses, not things that you know are facts) Most of what you hear is pure speculation.pure fantasy/fiction (=something that is not true at all) He dismissed the allegations as ‘pure fantasy’.pure genius His second goal was pure genius.pure magic The lovely town of Urbino is pure magic.pure hell (=an extremely bad experience) He has described his time in jail as ‘pure hell’. |
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