詞匯精選:colour的用法和辨析
一、詳細(xì)釋義:
adj.
彩色的
例句:
In Japan 99 per cent of all households now have a colour television set.
現(xiàn)在,日本99%的家庭都擁有彩色電視機(jī)。
例句:
He rented a colour TV soon after moving in.
搬進(jìn)后不久他就租了一臺(tái)彩色電視機(jī)。
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(huì)一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)褪掉的。
例句:
Does the baby dream in colour?
這寶寶的夢(mèng)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.
盡管膚色相同、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(shè)計(jì)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(dòng),趣味;風(fēng)格 [U]
例句:
Her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape.
她那兩片嬌艷生動(dòng)的紅嘴唇兒,一雙天真純潔的大眼睛,使她在容貌顏色上,平添了一段動(dòng)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(shuō)的深度和趣味性所必不可少的。
國(guó)旗顏色,隊(duì)服顏色;軍旗,國(guó)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(guó)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(duì)在一個(gè)特殊的儀式上升起了國(guó)旗。
v.
給...著色(或染色) [T]
例句:
He draw a flower and coloured it red.
他畫了一朵花并涂成紅色。
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發(fā)。
歪曲,粉飾 [T]
例句:
News is often coloured.
新聞報(bào)道常常被夸張。
例句:
He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
他反復(fù)推敲一個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)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(gè)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(duì)學(xué)知識(shí)是否有用的態(tài)度必定會(huì)影響孩子對(duì)待學(xué)業(yè)的態(tài)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(lái)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(gè)小女學(xué)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(diǎn)臉紅了。
二、詞義辨析:
colour,dye,paint,stain
這些動(dòng)詞均有“著色,染”之意。 colour普通用詞,含義籠統(tǒng)??芍溉斯さ闹部芍柑烊坏闹?。 dye多指使用染料改變物體的顏色,如染織品或頭發(fā)等。 paint指為裝飾等目的而把油漆或涂料等物涂于物體表面。 stain多指用化學(xué)或其它方法使物體著色。
三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ):
colour bar
對(duì)有色人種的隔離
colour constancy
色恒定性,色覺(jué)恒常
oil colour
油畫顏料
poster colour
廣告色
spectral colour
光譜色
achromatic colour
無(wú)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(xiàn)在社會(huì),政治和經(jīng)濟(jì)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(gè)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么?
My favourite colour is green.
我最喜愛(ài)的顏色是綠色。
What colour is my T-shirt?
我的T恤衫是什么顏色的?
What colour are those rubbers?
那些橡皮是什么顏色的?
What colour do you like?
你喜歡什么顏色?
What colour do you want?
你要哪種顏色的?
What colour is her sweater?
她的毛衣是什么顏色的?
What colour is your pet?
你的寵物是什么顏色的?