?? 牛津釋義
colour
(US color), n
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(a) [U] visible quality that objects have, produced by rays of light of different wavelengths being reflected by them 顏色
The garden was a mass of colour. 花園中五彩繽紛.
You need more colour in this room. 你這房間的色調(diào)需要豐富些.
(b) [C] particular type of this (某種)顏色
Red, orange, green and purple are all colours. 紅、 橙、 綠、 紫都是顏色.
`What colour is the sky?' `It's blue.' `天空是什麼顏色的?'`是藍(lán)的. '
a sky the colour of lead, ie a grey sky 像鉛一樣顏色的天空(灰色天空).
2
(a) [C, U] substance (eg paint or dye) used to give colour to sth 顏料(如油漆、 染料)
paint in `water-colour(s) 水彩畫
use plenty of bright colour in a painting 畫中使用了大量鮮艷的顏色.
(b) [U] use of all colours, not only black and white 彩色
Is the film in colour or black and white? 這膠卷是彩色的還是黑白的?
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colour photography, television, printing 彩色攝影術(shù)、 電視、 印刷.
3 [U] redness of the face, usu regarded as a sign of good health (used esp as in the expressions shown) 臉色, 氣色(尤用於以下示例)
He has very little colour, ie is very pale. 他臉色不好(蒼白).
change colour, ie become paler or redder than usual 變臉色(變得較平常蒼白或紅潤(rùn))
lose colour, ie become paler 失去紅潤(rùn)
She has a high colour, ie a very red complexion. 她氣色很好.
The fresh air brought colour to her cheeks. 因空氣新鮮, 她雙頰紅潤(rùn).
4 [U] colour of the skin as a racial characteristic 膚色(作為種族特徵)
be discriminated against on account of one's colour/on grounds of colour 因?yàn)槟w色[由於膚色]的關(guān)系受到歧視
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colour prejudice 不同膚色的種族偏見(jiàn).
5 colours [pl]
coloured badge, ribbon, clothes, etc worn to show one is a member of a particular team, school, political party, etc or worn by a racehorse to show who owns it 彩色徽章、 綬帶、 衣物等(用以表示為某隊(duì)、 校、 政黨等的成員由參賽的馬披戴作其主人的標(biāo)識(shí)).
6 colours [pl]
(Brit) award given to a regular or outstanding member of a sports team, esp in a school 頒給體育運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì), 尤指校隊(duì)正式成員或杰出成員的獎(jiǎng)
get/win one's (football) colours 得到[贏得](足球)獎(jiǎng).
7 colours [pl]
flag(s) of a ship or regiment 船旗; 團(tuán)旗; 軍旗
salute the colours 向軍旗敬禮.
8 [U]
(a) interesting detail or qualities; vividness 有趣的細(xì)節(jié); 令人感興趣的特性; 生動(dòng)
Her description of the area is full of colour. 她對(duì)這地區(qū)的描述繪聲繪色.
(b) distinctive quality of sound in music; tone 音色; 音質(zhì); 音品; 格調(diào)
orchestral colour 管弦樂(lè)的音色
His playing lacks colour. 他的演奏沒(méi)有什麼格調(diào).
9 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) give/lend `colour to sth make sth seem true or probable 使某事物顯得真實(shí)或可信
The scars on his body lent colour to his claim that he had been tortured. 他說(shuō)他受過(guò)折磨拷打, 從他身上的傷疤看來(lái)倒也可信. lose colour => lose. nail one's colours to the mast => nail v. off colour (infml 口) unwell; ill 不舒服; 有病
feel, look, seem a bit off colour 感覺(jué)、 看起來(lái)、 似乎有點(diǎn)不舒服. see the colour of sb's `money make sure that sb has enough money to pay for sth 弄清某人的錢是否足以償付某事物
Don't let him have the car until you've seen the colour of his money. 先弄清他確實(shí)有錢再把汽車給他. trooping the colour => troop. one's true colours => true. under false colours => false. with flying colours => flying. colour (US color) v
1 [Tn, Cn.a] put colour on (sth), eg by painting, dyeing or staining 給(某物)著色(...
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['k?l?]n. 顏色, 面色, 顏料, 外貌vt. 把...涂上顏色, 粉飾, 使臉紅, 歪曲vi. 變色【機(jī)】 色, 著色相關(guān)詞組: off colour turn colour under colour of give a false colour to give colour to have a high colour lose colour