local colour

noun

1. （文艺作品的）地方特色，乡土色彩
   the typical things, customs, etc. in a place that make it interesting, and that are used in a picture, story or film/movie to make it seem real

in AM, use 美国英语用 local color


1. N-UNCOUNT 地方色彩；乡土特色；时代特色
   Local colour is used to refer to customs, traditions, dress, and other things which give a place or period of history its own particular character.
   1. The fishing boat harbour was usually bustling with lots of local colour.
      该渔港通常都是一派热闹繁忙的景象，很有地方色彩。

1. The fishing boat harbour was usually bustling with lots of local colour.
   该渔港通常都是一派热闹繁忙的景象，很有地方色彩。
2. Local colour lends [ adds] peculiar interest to the novel.
   地方色彩给这部小说增加了兴味。
3. King, whose former constituency was in the east end of London ( where she still lives), supports her local flea markets and believes in bringing an individual splash of colour to her wardrobe.
   金以前的选区在伦敦东区（她现在仍然住在这里），她支持本地跳蚤市场，愿意为衣橱注入个性化色彩。
4. The description of the town lacked any local colour that would have let you know what it's like to live there.
   对那个城市的描写缺乏地方色彩，因此你无法知道生活在那里是怎样一番景象。
5. We can write a general description using any of the guide books to the place, but we shall have to send a reporter there if we want to include some local colour.
   我们可根据任何一本导游书写出那地方的大致情况，但如果要加进地方色彩的话，我们还得派一个记者去那里。
6. The petrified wood fossils are collected by local indigenous people and farmers, selected for size and colour and then hand crafted and polished to produce stunning tables, chairs and sculptures.
   这些木化石全都由当地居民和农夫所采集，根据其尺寸和颜色再进行不同选材，之后再经过手工加工，打光，制作出了让人叹为观止的桌椅以及各种雕塑。
7. The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster, which seemed to be black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting.
   当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡迎说，最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边十米的地方，怪物的颜色似乎是黑色的。
8. These pit stops take place nearly every hour, usually away from the dusty roads in the shade of bougainvilleas and lotus trees, at glorious red-and-gold local temples that provide a feast of colour ( and a toilet).
   这种小憩几乎每个小时都有，通常是在远离布满灰尘的公路的叶子花和忘忧树的荫凉下，在当地提供色彩盛宴（和厕所）的壮观的金黄色寺庙中。
9. Many states in America hold some festive activities with strong local colour around New Year's Day.
   在美国，许多州在元旦期间都会举行极富地方色彩的庆祝活动。
10. It all gives local colour to the book.
    这一切给本书增添了地方色彩。
11. The description of the town lacked local colour.
    该镇的描写缺少乡土特色。
12. Retention of the local colour of the community and the historical characteristics of different districts.
    保留有关社区的原有地方色彩和不同地区的历史特色。
13. The Great Topic of Local Colour Literature
    乡土文学的大题目&略论20年代乡土文学对鲁迅的继承
14. It has rich local colour because of the description of beautiful natural scenery and natural folk customs.
    它因秀美的自然风光、淳朴的民风民俗的描绘而具有浓郁的地方色彩。
15. On the Basic State of the Chinese Local Colour Novelty in the 20~( th) Century in View of the Creative Method
    从创作方法看20世纪中国乡土小说的基本形态
16. The Local Colour of Wu Dialect and Wu Songs
    吴语方言与吴歌的地方色彩
17. The campus culture in teachers universities and colleges now bears such characteristics as deep humanistic thought, pronounced local colour, strict institutional culture and so on.
    世纪之交的高等师范院校校园文化呈现出人文思想深厚、地方色彩浓重、制度文化森严的特点。
18. "The three types" and "the three stages" made up the basic state of the Chinese local colour novelty in the whole 20th century.
    共时性上的三大类型与历时性上的三大阶段是作为整体的20世纪中国乡土小说的基本形态。
19. National characteristics, local colour, epoch and post-modernism of building
    建筑的民族性、地方性、时代性与后现代主义
20. The Tragical Meaning in PENG Jia-huang's Local Colour Fiction
    彭家煌乡土小说的悲剧意蕴
21. This article states the local colour of Sanming folk songs with the flowing three aspects: characteristics of the district, Specialties of this colour, and "yuehui" the composing sources, and "runqiang" the decorated vocalism of this colour.
    文章从三明山歌的色彩区域、色彩特征、色彩性乐汇和润腔特点三个方面阐述了三明山歌所特有的地方色彩。
22. The art has stepped into the modern world from a folk art which is imbued with local colour.
    已经从具有浓厚乡土气息的民间艺术逐渐步入到现代化艺术的殿堂。