colour

noun

颜色 red, green, etc.

1. 颜色；色彩
   the appearance that things have that results from the way in which they reflect light. Red, orange and green are colours .
   1. What's your favourite colour?
      你最喜欢的颜色是什么？
   2. bright/dark/light colours
      鲜艳的 / 深 / 浅颜色
   3. available in 12 different colours
      有12种不同的颜色可供挑选
   4. the colour of the sky
      天空的颜色
   5. Her hair is a reddish-brown colour.
      她的头发是棕红色的。
   6. to add/give/lend colour to sth (= make it brighter, more interesting, etc.)
      增色
   7. Foods which go through a factory process lose much of their colour, flavour and texture.
      经过工厂加工的食品会失去许多色泽、味道和质地。
   8. The garden was a mass of colour.
      花园里五彩缤纷。
2. 彩色
   the use of all the colours, not only black and white
   1. a colour TV
      彩色电视机
   2. colour photography/printing
      彩色摄影 / 印刷
   3. a full-colour brochure
      彩色小册子
   4. Do you dream in colour ?
      你的梦是彩色的吗？

面孔 of face

3. （尤指脸色的）红润，粉红；（尴尬时的）脸红
   a red or pink colour in sb's face, especially when it shows that they look healthy or that they are embarrassed
   1. The fresh air brought colour to their cheeks.
      新鲜空气使他们的脸颊红润。
   2. Colour flooded her face when she thought of what had happened.
      她想起所发生的事情，脸涨得通红。
   3. His face was drained of colour (= he looked pale and ill) .
      他脸色苍白。

皮肤 of skin

4. （人种的）肤色
   the colour of a person's skin, when it shows the race they belong to
   1. discrimination on the grounds of race, colour or religion
      以种族、肤色或宗教信仰为理由的歧视
   2. a person/man/woman of colour (= who is not white)
      有色人种的人 / 男子 / 女子

物质 substance

5. 颜料；染料
   a substance that is used to give colour to sth
   1. a semi-permanent hair colour that lasts six to eight washes
      经得起连续洗涤六至八次的非永久性染发剂

有趣的细节 interesting details

6. 趣味；乐趣
   interesting and exciting details or qualities
   1. The old town is full of colour and attractions.
      这座古城姿采纷呈，引人入胜。
   2. Her acting added warmth and colour to the production.
      她的表演给这出戏增添了生气和趣味。

队、国家等 of team/country, etc.

7. （用于服装、旗帜等代表团队、学校、政党或国家的）色彩
   the particular colours that are used on clothes, flags, etc. to represent a team, school, political party or country
   1. Red and white are the team colours.
      红白两色是这支队的队服色。
   2. Spain's national colours
      西班牙国旗的颜色
   3. There are people of different political colours on the committee.
      委员会由来自不同政党的成员组成。
8. （代表团队、国家、船等的）旗帜，徽章
   a flag, badge , etc. that represents a team, country, ship, etc.
   1. Most buildings had a flagpole with the national colours flying.
      大多数的建筑物都有悬挂着国旗的旗杆。
   2. sailing under the French colours
      挂法国国旗航行

verb

着色 put colour on sth

1. （用颜料、彩色笔等）为…着色
   to put colour on sth using paint, coloured pencils, etc.
   1. The children love to draw and colour.
      儿童喜欢画画和涂颜色。
   2. a colouring book (= with pictures that you can add colour to)
      涂色画册
   3. How long have you been colouring (= dyeing ) your hair?
      你染发有多长时间了？
   4. He drew a monster and coloured it green.
      他画了一个怪物，把它涂成绿色。

面孔 of face

2. （因尴尬而）脸红
   to become red with embarrassment
   1. She coloured at his remarks.
      她听到他的话脸红了。

影响 affect

3. （尤指负面地）影响
   to affect sth, especially in a negative way
   1. This incident coloured her whole life.
      这事件影响了她的一生。
   2. Don't let your judgement be coloured by personal feelings.
      不要让你的判断受到个人感情的影响。

in AM, use 美国英语用 color


1. 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.
   1. 'What colour is the car?' — 'Red.'...
      “车是什么颜色？”“红色。”
   2. 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。
   3. Judi's favourite colour is pink...
      朱迪最喜欢的颜色是粉红色。
   4. The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.
      这种徽章有20种不同的颜色和形状。
2. 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 .
   1. ...The Body Shop Herbal Hair Colour...
      美体小铺草本染发剂
   2. It is better to avoid all food colours.
      最好不要吃任何食用色素。
   3. ...the latest lip and eye colours.
      最新的唇彩和眼影
3. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. We'd been making cakes and colouring the posters...
      我们一直在做蛋糕，给海报上色。
   3. The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow.
      可以把这些花瓣跟米饭一起煮，使米饭变成黄色。
4. 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.
   1. Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
      安德鲁不禁注意到她有点脸红了。
5. 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.
   1. I don't care what colour she is...
      我不在乎她的肤色。
   2. 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。
6. 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.
   1. 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。
7. See also: She had resumed the travel necessary to add depth and colour to her novels. local colour
8. VERB 影响(某人的观点)
   If something colours your opinion, it affects the way that you think about something.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
9. N-PLURAL 国旗的颜色
   A country's national colours are the colours of its national flag.
   1. 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。
10. N-PLURAL 军旗;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 .
    1. 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。
    2. ...the battalion's colours.
       营旗
11. 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.
    1. I was wearing the team's colours.
       我穿着该队队衣。
12. See also: coloured colouring
13. 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.
    1. 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。
14. 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.
    1. Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?...
       他会放那部电影吗？是彩色的吗？
    2. 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》。
15. 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.
    1. 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。
16. 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.
    1. He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast...
       他表示坚决支持多布森先生。
    2. 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。
17. 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.
    1. 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。
18. PHRASE (人种)有色的
    People of colour are people who belong to a race with dark skins.
    1. 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。
19. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

1. 'What colour is the car?' — 'Red.'
   “车是什么颜色？”“红色。”
2. 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。
3. Judi's favourite colour is pink
   朱迪最喜欢的颜色是粉红色。
4. The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.
   这种徽章有20种不同的颜色和形状。
5. It is better to avoid all food colours.
   最好不要吃任何食用色素。
6. 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。
7. We'd been making cakes and colouring the posters
   我们一直在做蛋糕，给海报上色。
8. The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow.
   可以把这些花瓣跟米饭一起煮，使米饭变成黄色。
9. Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
   安德鲁不禁注意到她有点脸红了。
10. I don't care what colour she is
    我不在乎她的肤色。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?
    他会放那部电影吗？是彩色的吗？
18. 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》。
19. 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。
20. He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast
    他表示坚决支持多布森先生。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. Blue suits you, sets off the colour of your hair.
    蓝色很适合你，能衬托出你的发色。
26. I want my car this colour
    我希望我的小汽车是这种颜色的。
27. The search lights and the fireworks made the sky a kaleidoscope of colour.
    探照灯和焰火使得天空的颜色千变万化。
28. This ink will not change colour.
    这种墨水不会变色。
29. The cloth has lost its colour.
    这布掉色了。
30. The colour of the shirt does not match that of the coat.
    衬衫的颜色与上衣的不相称。

colour sth↔in

1. （用彩色笔、蜡笔等）给…涂色，给…着色
   to put colour inside a particular area, shape, etc. using coloured pencils, crayons , etc.

n.

see the colour of sb's money

• 确定某人有支付能力
  to make sure that sb has enough money to pay for sth

with flying colours

• 很好；成绩优异
  very well; with a very high mark/grade
  1. She passed the exam with flying colours.
     她以优异成绩通过了考试。

lend colour to sth

• 使显得真实（或可能）
  to make sth seem true or probable
  1. Most of the available evidence lends colour to this view.
     现有的大部分证据支持这个观点。

nail your colours to the mast

• 公开宣称；公开表态
  to say publicly and firmly what you believe or who you support

your true colours

• 本性；本来面目
  your real character, rather than the one that you usually allow other people to see

noun

1. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

   Synonym:    color

2. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
   1. he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
   2. he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
   3. the situation soon took on a different color

   Synonym:    semblanceglosscolor

3. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
   1. a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light

   Synonym:    colorcoloringcolouring

4. the timbre of a musical sound
   1. the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

   Synonym:    colorcolorationcolouration

5. interest and variety and intensity
   1. the Puritan Period was lacking in color
   2. the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness

   Synonym:    colorvividness

6. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
   1. each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

   Synonym:    color

7. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

   Synonym:    colorpeople of colorpeople of colour

8. any material used for its color
   1. she used a different color for the trim

   Synonym:    coloring materialcolouring materialcolor

verb

1. change color, often in an undesired manner
   1. The shirts discolored

   Synonym:    discolordiscolourcolor

2. add color to
   1. The child colored the drawings
   2. Fall colored the trees
   3. colorize black and white film

   Synonym:    colorcolorizecolorisecolourisecolourizecolor incolour in

3. affect as in thought or feeling
   1. My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
   2. The sadness tinged his life

   Synonym:    tingecolordistort

4. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   1. color a lie

   Synonym:    colorgloss

5. decorate with colors
   1. color the walls with paint in warm tones

   Synonym:    coloremblazon

6. modify or bias
   1. His political ideas color his lectures

   Synonym:    color

adj

1. having or capable of producing colors
   1. color film
   2. he rented a color television
   3. marvelous color illustrations

   Synonym:    color