词汇精选:colour的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
彩色的
例句:
In Japan 99 per cent of all households now have a colour television set.
现在,日本99%的家庭都拥有彩色电视机。
例句:
He rented a colour TV soon after moving in.
搬进后不久他就租了一台彩色电视机。
n.
颜色,色彩;彩色 [U,C]
例句:
The colour of the cloth will fade away little by little.
这布的颜色会一点一点褪掉的。
例句:
Does the baby dream in colour?
这宝宝的梦是彩色的吗?
气色,面色,肤色;外貌 [U,C]
例句:
There will always be differences even if we share the same skin colour and belief.
尽管肤色相同、信仰一致,也还不免有分歧。
例句:
Her face was drained of colour.
她脸色苍白。
颜料,染料 [U,C]
例句:
Gouache is opaque watercolour, known also as poster paint and designer's colour.
水粉是一种不透明水彩,也称广告颜料或设计师颜料。
例句:
It is better to avoid all food colours.
最好不要吃任何食用色素。
生动,趣味;风格 [U]
例句:
Her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape.
她那两片娇艳生动的红嘴唇儿,一双天真纯洁的大眼睛,使她在容貌颜色上,平添了一段动人之处。
例句:
She had resumed the travel necessary to add depth and colour to her novels.
她重新开始了旅行,那是增加自己小说的深度和趣味性所必不可少的。
国旗颜色,队服颜色;军旗,国旗
例句:
The Opera House is decorated with the Hungarian national colours: green, red and white.
歌剧院是以匈牙利国旗的颜色——绿、红、白三色装饰的。
例句:
Troops raised the country's colors in a special ceremony.
部队在一个特殊的仪式上升起了国旗。
v.
给...着色(或染色) [T]
例句:
He draw a flower and coloured it red.
他画了一朵花并涂成红色。
例句:
Many women begin colouring their hair in their mid-30s.
很多女人在三十五岁左右开始染发。
歪曲,粉饰 [T]
例句:
News is often coloured.
新闻报道常常被夸张。
例句:
He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。
影响 [T]
例句:
A judge can't let personal feelings colour his decisions.
法官不能让个人感情影响他的裁决。
例句:
The attitude of the parents toward the usefulness of what is learned must colour the way children approach school.
父母对学知识是否有用的态度必定会影响孩子对待学业的态度。
变色 [I]
例句:
Leaves have already started to colour; it will soon be winter.
树叶已开始变色,冬季即将来临。
例句:
The leaves start to colour in autumn.
树叶在秋天开始变色。
脸红 [I,T]
例句:
Her face coloured like a schoolgirl.
她像个小女学生似的脸红了。
例句:
Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
安德鲁不禁注意到她有点脸红了。
二、词义辨析:
colour,dye,paint,stain
这些动词均有“着色,染”之意。colour普通用词,含义笼统。可指人工的着色,也可指天然的着色。dye多指使用染料改变物体的颜色,如染织品或头发等。paint指为装饰等目的而把油漆或涂料等物涂于物体表面。stain多指用化学或其它方法使物体着色。
三、相关短语:
colour bar
对有色人种的隔离
colour constancy
色恒定性,色觉恒常
oil colour
油画颜料
poster colour
广告色
spectral colour
光谱色
achromatic colour
无彩色(白、黑、灰三种颜色)消色差颜色
colour blindness
n. 色盲
colour line
<美>种族界限(表现在社会,政治和经济等方面)
colour television
彩色电视
food colour
【化】 食用染料
四、参考例句:
The colour is red.
这个颜色是红色。
My favorite colour is red.
我最喜欢的颜色是红色。
What's your favorite colour?
你最喜欢的颜色是什么?
My favourite colour is green.
我最喜爱的颜色是绿色。
What colour is my T-shirt?
我的T恤衫是什么颜色的?
What colour are those rubbers?
那些橡皮是什么颜色的?
What colour do you like?
你喜欢什么颜色?
What colour do you want?
你要哪种颜色的?
What colour is her sweater?
她的毛衣是什么颜色的?
What colour is your pet?
你的宠物是什么颜色的?