Tyrian purple――A reddish dyestuff obtained from the bodies of certain mollusks of the genus Murex and highly prized in ancient times.
泰尔紫：从骨螺属的几种软体动物中获取的一种淡红色染料，在古代非常受珍视
Where are the Greek merchants that came through the pillars of Hercules, the Gibraltar now grabbed by the foe of mankind, with gold and Tyrian purple to sell in Wexford at the fair of Carmen?
当年，希腊商人从赫刺克勒斯的两根柱子——也就是如今已被人类公敌霸占了的直布罗陀——之间穿行前来，以便在韦克斯福德的卡曼集市上出售他们带来的黄金和推罗紫，如今安在？
Some example are indigo, from the indigo plant, and Tyrian purple, the imperial purple the Romans prepared from a shellfish native to the Mediterranean.
例如靛蓝，来自靛蓝色植物。泰尔紫也叫帝紫，古罗马人从原产于地中海的贝壳类动物制作的。
Purpure、Tyrian purple、amethyst、rpure...
都有紫色的意思常用的是上面两个