Слово англійською: pure

Детальний опис

not mixed

1. [usually before noun] not mixed with anything else; with nothing added
   • pure gold
   • ties made of pure silk
   • These shirts are 100% pure cotton.
   • The patient was given pure oxygen to breathe.
   • Classical dance in its purest form requires symmetry and balance.
   • One movie is classified as pure art, the other as entertainment.
   • The metal needs to be very pure.

clean

2. clean and not containing any harmful substances
   • a bottle of pure water
   • The air was sweet and pure.
   • Much of the population still does not have access to pure drinking water.
   opposite impure

complete

3. [only before noun] complete and total
   • They met by pure chance.
   • She laughed with pure joy.
   • That woman is pure evil.
   • These reports are pure speculation (= there is no evidence that they are true).
   • It was a pure accident. I'm not blaming anybody.
   • It was pure coincidence that all the absences occurred at the same time.

colour/sound/light

4. very clear; perfect
   • beaches of pure white sand
   • a pure voice

morally good

5. without evil thoughts or actions, especially sexual ones; morally good
   • to lead a pure life
   • His motives were pure.
   • (literary) to be pure in body and mind
   opposite impure

subject you study

6. [only before noun] about increasing knowledge of the subject rather than using knowledge in practical ways
   • pure mathematics
   • technology as opposed to pure science subjects
   compare applied

animal/plant

7. not mixed with any other type of animal or plant
   • These cattle are one of the purest breeds in Britain.
   see also pure-bred, purify, purity
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pur ‘pure’, from Latin purus.