colour
colour
英[ˈkʌlə(r)]美[ˈkʌlər]
n.颜色，彩色，颜料，肤色，趣味；
v.给…着色，脸红，影响；
adj.彩色的；
复数：colours;
第三人称单数：colours;
过去式：coloured;
过去分词：coloured;
现在分词：colouring;
例句
People who are colour-blind usually get red and green mixed up.色盲的人通常区分不了红色和绿色。
free colour leaflets for distribution overseas向海外分发的免费彩色传单
We sorted the eggs as to size and colour.我们按着大小和颜色挑选鸡蛋。
speckled with patches of colour有彩色斑点
colour reversion回色
He stood there for about twenty minutes ranting and raving about the colour of the new paint.他在那儿站了二十来分钟，大声抱怨新涂料的颜色不够好。
Insects are attracted to flowers by their colour,scent and nectar.昆虫为花的色彩、香气和花蜜所吸引。
This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。
The garden was a riot of colour.花园里色彩缤纷。
photoelectric colour analyzer光电析色器
英语六级真题
While the team can't be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as "government" or "president".
出自-2010年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
颜色；色彩
The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
例句
'What colour is the car?' — 'Red.'...“车是什么颜色？”“红色。”Her silk dress was sky-blue, the colour of her eyes...她的丝绸连衣裙是天蓝色的，和她眼睛的颜色一样。N-VAR
颜料;染料
A colour is a substance you use to give something a particular colour. Dyes and make-up are sometimes referred to as colours .
例句
...The Body Shop Herbal Hair Colour...美体小铺草本染发剂It is better to avoid all food colours.*好不要吃任何食用色素。VERB
(用染料、颜料等)给…着色(或染色)
If you colour something, you use something such as dyes or paint to change its colour.
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。We'd been making cakes and colouring the posters...我们一直在做蛋糕，给海报上色。VERB
(通常指因尴尬而)脸红
If someone colours, their face becomes redder than it normally is, usually because they are embarrassed.
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。N-COUNT
(不同人种的)肤色
Someone's colour is the colour of their skin. People often use colour in this way to refer to a person's race.
例句
I don't care what colour she is...我不在乎她的肤色。He acknowledged that Mr Taylor's colour and ethnic origins were utterly irrelevant in the circumstances.他承认在这种情况下泰勒先生的肤色和种族出身完全无关紧要。ADJ
(电视、照片或图片)彩色的
A colour television, photograph, or picture is one that shows things in all their colours, and not just in black, white, and grey.
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。N-UNCOUNT
生动;趣味
Colour is a quality that makes something especially interesting or exciting.
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。VERB
影响(某人的观点)
If something colours your opinion, it affects the way that you think about something.
例句
All too often it is only the negative images of Ireland that are portrayed, colouring opinions and hiding the true nature of the country...媒体往往描绘的只是爱尔兰的负面形象，影响了大家的看法，掩盖了这个国家的真实面貌。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。N-PLURAL
国旗的颜色
A country's national colours are the colours of its national flag.
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。N-PLURAL
*旗;国旗
People sometimes refer to the flag of a particular part of an army, navy, or air force, or the flag of a particular country as its colours .
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。...the battalion's colours.营旗N-PLURAL
(运动队的)队服颜色
A sports team's colours are the colours of the clothes they wear when they play.
例句
I was wearing the team's colours.我穿着该队队衣。PHRASE
(考试考得)极好地，成绩出色地
If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
例句
So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the tests with flying colors.到目前为止，麦卡利斯特似乎所有的考试都考得非常好。PHRASE
(电影或电视节目)彩色的
If a film or television programme is in colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.
例句
Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?...他会放那部电影吗？是彩色的吗？You can go home afterwards and watch Inspector Morse in colour.之后你就可以回家，看彩色版的电视连续剧《摩斯警长》。PHRASE
阐明观点;明确表态
If someone nails their colours to the mast, they say what they really think about something.
例句
I shall nail my colours firmly to the mast on this subject — as a feminist I find movies like this offensive.我要非常明确地表明自己对这个主题的看法：作为一名女权主义者我认为这类电影是对女性的侮辱。PHRASE
表明对…的支持
If you nail your colours to someone's mast, or if you nail your colours to a particular mast, you show that you support a particular person or issue.
例句
He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast...他表示坚决支持多布森先生。Mr Kennedy nailed his colours to the mast of the single currency.肯尼迪先生表示支持单一货币制。PHRASE
看(某人)有没有足够的支付能力
If you say that you want to see the colour of someone's money, you mean that you are not prepared to sell them something or do something for them until they have proved that they have the money to pay for it.
例句
He made a mental note never to enter into conversation with a customer until he'd at least seen the colour of his money.他心里暗暗记住，顾客至少要看上去能付得起钱，他才会去和他们搭话。PHRASE
(人种)有色的
People of colour are people who belong to a race with dark skins.
例句
Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.黑人群体大声疾呼，要求维护有色人种的权利。PHRASE
(看到)…的真面目;露出…的真面目
If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
例句
The children are seeing him in his true colours for the first time now...现在，孩子们第一次看到他的真面目。Here, the organization has had time to show its true colours, to show its inefficiency and its bungling.现在时间一长，这个机构就露出了真面目，效率低下，差错百出。英汉词典释义
n.
彩色
颜色；色彩
Some insects can change colour.有些昆虫可以变色。Do you think these two colours will blend together?你认为这两种颜色和谐吗?脸色, 气色
The colour is coming back to your face.你的气色在好转。肤色
The cloth blends in with her colour of skin very much.这件衣服和她的肤色很协调。特色, 个性; 情调
The lecturer told a few jokes and anecdotes to add colour to his talk.演讲者穿插着说了几个笑话和几则轶事, 为其演讲增色。颜料；染料
Do you like oil painting or water colour?你喜欢油画还是喜欢水彩画?（尤指脸色的）红润，粉红；（尴尬时的）脸红
（用于服装、旗帜等代表团队、学校、**或国家的）色彩
代表团队、国家、船等的）旗帜，徽章
vt.
（用颜料、彩色笔等）为…着色
（尤指负面地）影响
vi.
（因尴尬而）脸红
英英词典释义
Noun
1. any material used for its color;
"she used a different color for the trim"2. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
3. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
4. interest and variety and intensity;
"the Puritan Period was lacking in color"5. the timbre of a musical sound;
"the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"6. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;
"a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"7. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;
"he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity""he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction""the situation soon took on a different color"8. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Verb
1. modify or bias;
"His political ideas color his lectures"2. decorate with colors;
"color the walls with paint in warm tones"3. gloss or excuse;
"color a lie"4. affect as in thought or feeling;
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case""The sadness tinged his life"5. add color to;
"The child colored the drawings""Fall colored the trees""colorize black and white film"6. change color, often in an undesired manner;
"The shirts discolored"Adjective
1. having or capable of producing colors;
"color film""he rented a color television""marvelous color illustrations"行业词典
计算机： 颜色，(彩)色，色彩；
