The first specimens were just plain old red tulips, but they could be bred into some extraordinary variations, like the dark purple tulip.

最初的标本只是普通的古老的红色郁金香，但它们可以被培育成一些不同寻常的变种，比如深紫色郁金香。

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With one long stride over this divide we traveled back another 1.5 million years, then walked out above a stark, gully-cut plain, ashy purple in the high afternoon heat.

在越过直立人的分水岭后，我们一下子倒退了150万年之久，在午后的酷热伴随下步入了这块高地，底下是沟壑丛生并呈现灰红色的荒凉平原。

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So also in matters of royal style: Alexander mixed his purple with plain white cloth, avoiding the temptation to go whole-hog despot.

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