pure: [13] Pure goes back ultimately to Latin pūrus ‘clean’, a word of ancient ancestry which was related to Sanskrit pūtás ‘purified’. It reached English via Old French pur. Amongst its Latin derivatives were the verbs pūrificāre ‘make pure’, source of English purify [14]; pūrāre ‘make pure’, which became French purer ‘purify, strain’, source of English purée [19]; and pūrigāre, later pūrgāre ‘purify’, source of English expurgate [17] and purge [14]. => expurgate, purge
pure (adj.)
c. 1300 (late 12c. as a surname, and Old English had purlamb "lamb without a blemish"), "unmixed," also "absolutely, entirely," from Old French pur "pure, simple, absolute, unalloyed," figuratively "simple, sheer, mere" (12c.), from Latin purus "clean, clear; unmixed; unadorned; chaste, undefiled," from PIE root *peue- "to purify, cleanse" (cognates: Latin putus "clear, pure;" Sanskrit pavate "purifies, cleanses," putah "pure;" Middle Irish ur "fresh, new;" Old High German fowen "to sift").
Replaced Old English hlutor. Meaning "free from moral corruption" is first recorded mid-14c. In reference to bloodlines, attested from late 15c.
双语例句
1. Somehow she'd always been a child in his mind, pure and virginal.
不知何故，她在他心里一直是个天真无邪的孩子。
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2. Hybrids, unlike pure electric cars, never need to be plugged in.
与纯电动汽车不同，混合动力车永远不需要接电源。
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3. "Aromatherapy oils" are not pure essential oils but dilutions.
“香薰精油”并非纯精油，而是经过稀释的。
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4. Physics isn't just about pure science with no immediate applications.
物理学并非只是一门不能直接运用的纯科学。
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5. The old man turned to give her a look of pure surprise.