colour
英 ['kʌlə]
美 ['kʌlɚ]
- vt. 把…涂颜色，粉饰；歪曲；使脸红
- vi. 变色
- n. 颜色；风格；气色，面色；外貌
英文词源
- colour
- colour: [13] The Old English words for ‘colour’ were hīw ‘hue’ and blēo, but from the 13th century onwards they were gradually replaced by Old French colour. This came from Latin color, which appears to have come ultimately from an Indo-European base *kel- ‘hide’ (source also of apocalypse, cell, clandestine, conceal, and occult).
This suggests that its original underlying meaning was ‘outward appearance, hiding what is inside’, a supposition supported by the long history of such senses of English colour as ‘outward (deceptive) appearance’ and ‘(specious) plausibility’ (as in ‘lend colour to a notion’).
=> apocalypse, cell, conceal, hell, occult - colour
- chiefly British English spelling of color (q.v.); for ending see -or. Related: Coloured; colouring; colourful; colours.
双语例句
- 1. I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
- 我想让门前的花园变得五彩缤纷。
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- 2. All colour fades— especially under the impact of direct sunlight.
- 所有颜色都会褪色——尤其是在阳光直射下。
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- 3. The only difference between us is the colour of our skins.
- 我们之间唯一的差别就是肤色。
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- 4. Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?
- 他会放那部电影吗？是彩色的吗？
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- 5. With a nice dark colour, the wine is medium to full bodied.
- 这种葡萄酒色泽深暗悦目，是中等浓郁至浓香型的。
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