| [/ˈkʌlə(r); ˋkʌlɚ/] n 用法:
1 (a) [U] visible quality that objects have, produced by rays of light of different wavelengths being reflected by them 颜色:
The garden was a mass of colour. 花园中五彩缤纷. *
You need more colour in this room. 你这房间的色调需要丰富些.
(b) [C] particular type of this （某种）颜色:
Red, orange, green and purple are all colours. 红、 橙、 绿、 紫都是颜色. *
`What colour is the sky?' `It's blue.' ｀天空是什麽颜色的?＇｀是蓝的. ＇ *
a sky the colour of lead, ie a grey sky 像铅一样颜色的天空（灰色天空）. 用法:
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(a) [C, U] substance (eg paint or dye) used to give colour to sth 颜料（如油漆、 染料）:
paint in `water-colour(s) 水彩画 *
use plenty of bright colour in a painting 画中使用了大量鲜艳的颜色.
(b) [U] use of all colours, not only black and white 彩色:
Is the film in colour or black and white? 这胶卷是彩色的还是黑白的? *
[attrib 作定语] colour photography, television, printing 彩色摄影术、 电视、 印刷. 用法:
3 [U] redness of the face, usu regarded as a sign of good health (used esp as in the expressions shown) 脸色, 气色（尤用於以下示例）:
He has very little colour, ie is very pale. 他脸色不好（苍白）. *
change colour, ie become paler or redder than usual 变脸色（变得较平常苍白或红润） *
lose colour, ie become paler 失去红润 *
She has a high colour, ie a very red complexion. 她气色很好. *
The fresh air brought colour to her cheeks. 因空气新鲜, 她双颊红润. 用法:
4 [U] colour of the skin as a racial characteristic 肤色（作为种族特徵）:
be discriminated against on account of one's colour/on grounds of colour 因为肤色[由於肤色]的关系受到歧视 *
[attrib 作定语] colour prejudice 不同肤色的种族偏见. 用法:
5 colours [pl] coloured badge, ribbon, clothes, etc worn to show one is a member of a particular team, school, political party, etc or worn by a racehorse to show who owns it ?W彩色徽章、 绶带、 衣物等（用以表示为某队、 校、 政党等的成员由参赛的马披戴作其主人的标识）. 用法:
6 colours [pl] (Brit) award given to a regular or outstanding member of a sports team, esp in a school 颁给体育运动队, 尤指校队正式成员或杰出成员的奖:
get/win one's (football) colours 得到[赢得]（足球）奖. 用法:
7 colours [pl] flag(s) of a ship or regiment 船旗; 团旗; 军旗:
salute the colours 向军旗敬礼. 用法:
8 [U] (a) interesting detail or qualities; vividness 有趣的细节; 令人感兴趣的特性; 生动:
Her description of the area is full of colour. 她对这地区的描述绘声绘色.
(b) distinctive quality of sound in music; tone 音色; 音质; 音品; 格调:
orchestral colour 管弦乐的音色 *
His playing lacks colour. 他的演奏没有什麽格调. 用法:
9 (idm 习语) give/lend `colour to sth make sth seem true or probable 使某事物显得真实或可信:
The scars on his body lent colour to his claim that he had been tortured. 他说他受过折磨拷打, 从他身上的伤疤看来倒也可信. lose colour => lose. nail one's colours to the mast => nail v. off colour (infml) unwell; ill 不舒服; 有病:
feel, look, seem a bit off colour 感觉、 看起来、 似乎有点不舒服. see the colour of sb's `money make sure that sb has enough money to pay for sth 弄清某人的钱是否足以偿付某事物:
Don't let him have the car until you've seen the colour of his money. 先弄清他确实有钱再把汽车给他. trooping the colour => troop. one's true colours => true. under false colours => false. with flying colours => flying. colour (US color) 2
[/ˈkʌlə(r); ˋkʌlɚ/] v 用法:
1 [Tn, Cn.a] put colour on (sth), eg by painting, dyeing or staining 给（某物）著色（如以绘、 漆、 印、 染等方式）:
colour a picture 给画片著色 *
colour a wall green 把墙壁涂成绿色. 用法:
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(a) [I] become coloured; change colour 变为有色; 改变颜色:
It is autumn and the leaves are beginning to colour, ie turn brown. 秋天到了, 叶子开始变黄了.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (up) (at sth) become red in the face; blush 脸红:
She coloured (with embarrassment) at his remarks. 她听到他的话（因受窘）而脸红了. 用法:
3 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] affect (sth), esp in a negative way; distort 影响（某事物）（尤指不良方面）; 歪曲:
His attitude to sex is coloured by his strict upbringing. 他所受到的严厉教养, 影响了他对两性的态度. *
Don't allow personal loyalty to colour your judgement. 不要因讲义气而影响了你的判断. *
She gave a highly coloured (ie exaggerated) account of her travels. 她把旅行的事大大地渲染（夸张）了一番. 用法:
4 (phr v) colour sth in fill (a particular area, shape, etc) with colour 给（某面积、 图形等）著色:
The child coloured in all the shapes on the page with a crayon. 那孩子用蜡笔把这页上所有的图形都涂上了颜色. |