詞彙精選:colour的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
彩色的
例句:
In Japan 99 per cent of all households now have a colour television set.
現在,日本99%的家庭都擁有彩色電視機。
例句:
He rented a colour TV soon after moving in.
搬進後不久他就租了一臺彩色電視機。
n.
顏色,色彩;彩色 [U,C]
例句:
The colour of the cloth will fade away little by little.
這布的顏色會一點一點褪掉的。
例句:
Does the baby dream in colour?
這寶寶的夢是彩色的嗎?
氣色,面色,膚色;外貌 [U,C]
例句:
There will always be differences even if we share the same skin colour and belief.
儘管膚色相同、信仰一致,也還不免有分歧。
例句:
Her face was drained of colour.
她臉色蒼白。
顏料,染料 [U,C]
例句:
Gouache is opaque watercolour, known also as poster paint and designer's colour.
水粉是一種不透明水彩,也稱廣告顏料或設計師顏料。
例句:
It is better to avoid all food colours.
最好不要吃任何食用色素。
生動,趣味;風格 [U]
例句:
Her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape.
她那兩片嬌豔生動的紅嘴脣兒,一雙天真純潔的大眼睛,使她在容貌顏色上,平添了一段動人之處。
例句:
She had resumed the travel necessary to add depth and colour to her novels.
她重新開始了旅行,那是增加自己小說的深度和趣味性所必不可少的。
國旗顏色,隊服顏色;軍旗,國旗
例句:
The Opera House is decorated with the Hungarian national colours: green, red and white.
歌劇院是以匈牙利國旗的顏色——綠、紅、白三色裝飾的。
例句:
Troops raised the country's colors in a special ceremony.
部隊在一個特殊的儀式上升起了國旗。
v.
給...着色(或染色) [T]
例句:
He draw a flower and coloured it red.
他畫了一朵花並塗成紅色。
例句:
Many women begin colouring their hair in their mid-30s.
很多女人在三十五歲左右開始染髮。
歪曲,粉飾 [T]
例句:
News is often coloured.
新聞報道常常被誇張。
例句:
He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
他反覆推敲一個習語以使該句增色。
影響 [T]
例句:
A judge can't let personal feelings colour his decisions.
法官不能讓個人感情影響他的裁決。
例句:
The attitude of the parents toward the usefulness of what is learned must colour the way children approach school.
父母對學知識是否有用的態度必定會影響孩子對待學業的態度。
變色 [I]
例句:
Leaves have already started to colour; it will soon be winter.
樹葉已開始變色,冬季即將來臨。
例句:
The leaves start to colour in autumn.
樹葉在秋天開始變色。
臉紅 [I,T]
例句:
Her face coloured like a schoolgirl.
她像個小女學生似的臉紅了。
例句:
Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
安德魯不禁注意到她有點臉紅了。
二、詞義辨析:
colour,dye,paint,stain
這些動詞均有“着色,染”之意。colour普通用詞,含義籠統。可指人工的着色,也可指天然的着色。dye多指使用染料改變物體的顏色,如染織品或頭髮等。paint指爲裝飾等目的而把油漆或塗料等物塗於物體表面。stain多指用化學或其它方法使物體着色。
三、相關短語:
colour bar
對有色人種的隔離
colour constancy
色恆定性,色覺恆常
oil colour
油畫顏料
poster colour
廣告色
spectral colour
光譜色
achromatic colour
無彩色(白、黑、灰三種顏色)消色差顏色
colour blindness
n. 色盲
colour line
<美>種族界限(表現在社會,政治和經濟等方面)
colour television
彩色電視
food colour
【化】 食用染料
四、參考例句:
The colour is red.
這個顏色是紅色。
My favorite colour is red.
我最喜歡的顏色是紅色。
What's your favorite colour?
你最喜歡的顏色是什麼?
My favourite colour is green.
我最喜愛的顏色是綠色。
What colour is my T-shirt?
我的T恤衫是什麼顏色的?
What colour are those rubbers?
那些橡皮是什麼顏色的?
What colour do you like?
你喜歡什麼顏色?
What colour do you want?
你要哪種顏色的?
What colour is her sweater?
她的毛衣是什麼顏色的?
What colour is your pet?
你的寵物是什麼顏色的?