colour

英 ['kʌlə(r)] 美 ['kʌlər]

• n. 颜色；颜料；彩色；肤色
• vt. 给 ... 着色；渲染；影响
• vi. 染色；脸红
• =color（美）

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]彩色

   the quality in objects which can be seen

2. [C]颜色

   red, blue, green, etc.

3. [S][U]脸色,气色

   the general appearance of a person's skin

4. [C]肤色

   the color of a person's skin showing which race they belong to

5. [U]特色,个性; 情调

   details or behavior of a place, thing, or person, that interest the mind or eye and excite the imagination; character

6. [C][U]颜料

   substance used to give color to sth

v. (动词)

1. vi. 变红; 脸红

   take on or change colour; become red in the face

2. vt. 着色; 渲染

   cause sth to have colour; give a special effect or feeling to (a person, event, etc.)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 色彩，颜色，彩色
2. 颜料，染料，图画颜料
3. 肤色，脸色
4. 情调，风格，格调
5. 个性，特色
6. 色调
7. 【绘画】着色
8. 色素
9. 血色，粉红，红润
10. 【音】音色
11. 【纹章学】(纹章所使用的)传统色(通常包括赤、青、绿、黑、紫色)
12. 【新闻学】色彩新闻(能给素材增色的信息、背景知识)
13. 【物理学】“色”，“色”性，“色”态(夸克的假设特性) [亦作color]
14. 【法律】明显的或表面拥有的权利或根据

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1. =color（美）

v. 动词

1. 给...着色，给...上色，给…涂色 ，染，使带上色彩
2. 使具有特征，使生色，使生动
3. 影响，左右，支配
4. 粉饰，歪曲，渲染，夸张
5. 变色，变成有色的，获得颜色
6. 脸红，羞愧

英英释义

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"
   "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
   

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

Adjective:

1. having or capable of producing colors;

   "color film"
   "he rented a color television"
   "marvelous color illustrations"
   

Verb:

1. modify or bias;

   "His political ideas color his lectures"
   

2. decorate with colors;

   "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
   

3. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for;

   "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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She painted the window sills a bright colour.
   她把窗台漆上鲜艳的颜色。
2. His dress is very similar to mine in colour.
   他衣服的颜色和我衣服的很相似。
3. That colour doesn't suit your complexion.
   那颜色不适合你的肤色。
4. Colour is often an additive in foods.
   颜料经常是各种食物中的添加物。
5. Either dye or paints are used to colour cloth.
   不论是染料还是颜料都是用来染布的。
6. The printer will output colour graph.
   这台打印机将输出彩色图表。
7. Children enjoy watching colour TV.
   儿童喜欢看彩色电视。
8. The natives were intrigued with the colour of our skin.
   当地人对我们的肤色感到好奇。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The wind of the autumn colour the maples carmine .
   秋风给枫林涂抹胭红。
2. He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
   他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。
3. News is often coloured.
   新闻报道常常被夸张。
4. Don't allow personal loyalty to colour your judgement.
   不要因讲义气而影响了你的判断。
5. A judge can't let personal feelings colour his decisions.
   法官不能让个人感情影响他的裁决。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The leaves start to colour in autumn.
   树叶在秋天开始变色。
2. She coloured with embarrassment at his remarks.
   她听到他的话因受窘而脸红了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I think the colour of the paint will blend in the wall very nicely.
   我认为这幅画的颜色会跟墙很和谐。
2. The colour of these curtains approximates that of the rug.
   这些窗帘的颜色与地毯的颜色接近。
3. The colour of the wall and the colour of the carpet will blend together.
   墙的颜色和地毯的颜色很和谐。
4. This colour shows your complexion off to the best advantage.
   这种颜色使你的脸显得格外好看。
5. The new colour is lighter, and the old paint shows through.
   新刷的漆颜色较浅,使原来的漆显露出来。
6. Will the colour in this material fade?
   这种料子的颜色褪色吗?
7. Why split hairs over the colour of the dress?
   为什么对衣服的颜色这类小事争论不休?
8. This colour lends warmth to the room, as it gets no natural sunlight.
   这种颜色给房间增添了暖和的感觉,因为这房间得不到自然阳光的照射。
9. This colour will last.
   这颜色耐久。
10. Take care to match the sewing thread with the cloth so that the stitches, being of the same colour, will not show.
    要尽量使线的颜色和布相配,这样就看不出线缝了。
11. Her husband mixed the colour for her.
    她的丈夫给她调了颜色。
12. The artist mixed blue with yellow paint to produce the colour green he wanted.
    这位画家把蓝色的颜料和黄色的颜料调和起来，配成他需要的绿颜色。
13. Sugar acquires a brown colour by being burnt.
    砂糖炒焦了便成茶褐色。
14. You can stain the wood with this special liquid to give it a pleasing colour.
    你可以用这特制的液体染这块木料,使之看起来赏心悦目。
15. I want to paint my bed a bright colour.
    我想把我的床漆上一种明亮的颜色。
16. A colour may kill another near it.
    一种颜色可能使相近的颜色显不出来。
17. Do you think these two colours will blend together?
    你认为这两种颜色和谐吗?
18. He painted some bees with little spots of colours.
    他在一些蜜蜂身上点上颜色。
19. These colours won't last if exposed to the sun.
    这些颜色如果暴露于阳光下,其色彩是不会维持多久的。
20. I matched the colour of my sweater with the colour of my shirt.
    我使毛线衫的颜色和裙子的颜色协调起来。
21. The two colours jar.
    这两种颜色不谐调。
22. Keep the background colours dark so that the main figure will show more clearly.
    背景的色调要暗,这样主要人物就会更突出了。
23. The colours go so very well together.
    这颜色搭配得极好。
24. The bright colours engage a baby's attention.
    鲜艳的颜色引起婴孩的注意。
25. The painter was busy mixing his colours.
    画家在忙着调颜色。
26. You can adjust the colour on the TV by turning this knob.
    你可以转动这个旋钮来调整电视的颜色。
27. I try my best to blend the colour of the paint (in) with the curtains.
    我尽量使这幅画的色调和窗帘的颜色和谐。
28. Blue, red and yellow are colours.
    蓝、红、黄都是颜色。
29. Everything we see has colour.
    我们能看到的每一样东西都有颜色。
30. Please sort these cards according to their colour.
    请按颜色将这些卡片分开。
31. The little girl paints nicely in water colours.
    小姑娘的水彩画画得很好。
32. (Of) what colour is his new car?
    他的新车是什么颜色的?
33. (With) what colour shall I paint your door?
    我用什么颜色给你刷门?
34. My car is (of) the same colour as yours.
    我的车和你的车颜色一样。
35. The bright colours of the flowers arrested the girl's attention.
    花的艳丽色彩引起了那姑娘的注意。
36. 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。
37. The painter evolved his ideas about the form and colour out of the work of an earlier artist.
    这位画家从一位早期美术家的作品中形成了他对形式与色彩的见解。
38. The design of the building is well matched in colour.
    这幢建筑物的设计在色彩上很调和。
39. The room is lacking in colour.
    这间房缺乏色彩。
40. The azaleas made a mass of colour in the garden.
    杜鹃花给花园添了一片色彩。
41. Do you like oil paintings or water colour?
    你喜欢油画还是喜欢水彩画?
42. The painter has left many water colour sketches that have won for him a significant place.
    那位画家给后世留下了许多水彩素描,为他在绘画史上赢得了一席之地。
43. Our new neighbour is always flinging his money about, with his colour television and his new car every year.
    我们的新邻居为了摆阔气总是乱花钱,每年买一台彩色电视和一辆新车。
44. They are saving up to buy a colour TV set.
    他们在存钱买彩色电视机。
45. The thieves couldn't shift any of those stolen colour televisions.
    这伙盗贼无法把任何一部偷来的彩色电视机脱手。
46. The price of the colour TV has jumped to five thousand yuan .
    彩电的价格已突升到5000元。
47. He is going with me to help me pick out a colour TV set.
    他要陪我一起去,帮我选一台彩电。
48. She loves the life, noise, and colour of the market.
    她喜欢市场的热闹、喧哗和多彩多姿。
49. He lost colour during his illness.
    他生病期间脸色变得很苍白。
50. The fever gave her a high colour.
    发烧使她的脸都变红了。
51. The old lady became angry at the remarks and changed colour.
    老太太听了这些话非常生气,脸变得通红。
52. The clothes blends in with her colour of skin very much.
    这件衣服和她的肤色很协调。
53. We raised our colours when we reached the top of the mountain.
    当我们到达山顶的时候，我们升起了我们的队旗。
54. There is a pirate ship under false colours on the sea.
    海上有一只海盗船挂着假冒的旗帜航行。
55. He would rather die than lower his colours.
    他宁死不屈。
56. In the face of sharp criticisms the young scientist still stuck to his colours.
    面对着尖锐的批评,这位青年科学家依然坚持自己的主张。
57. This only serves to expose more clearly their true colours.
    这只不过使他们的真面目暴露得更清楚。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The question was unexpected. She coloured very slightly.
   问题出乎意料,她脸稍微有一点红。
2. As soon as he started arguing he coloured quickly.
   他一开始争辩,脸就马上红起来。
3. The Cardinal coloured with vexation.
   红衣主教感到恼火,脸涨得通红。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Either dye or paints are used to colour cloth.
   不论是染料还是颜料都是用来染布的。
2. Mary coloured her picture with pencils.
   玛丽用彩色铅笔给她的图画上色。
3. The child coloured 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。
4. Personal feelings coloured his judgement.
   他的判断带有个人感情的色彩。
5. The witness coloured his testimony.
   那个证人歪曲了他的证词。
6. Don't let your personal feelings colour your judgment.
   别让你个人的感情左右你的决断。
7. She tried to colour her lie.
   她试着掩饰她的谎言。
8. She tried to colour her nervousness as she waited to make her speech.
   在她等候发言时,她竭力掩饰紧张的心情。
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9. News is often coloured.
   新闻常被渲染。
10. Travellers' tales are often highly coloured.
    旅行者的故事常是极为夸张的。
11. His criticisms are clearly coloured by hostility.
    他的批评明显带有敌意。
12. One's point of view is necessarily coloured by past experience.
    一个人的观点必然会受到以往经历的影响。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + n./adj.

1. He coloured the walls green.
   他把墙壁刷成绿色。
2. He didn't like white, so he decided to colour the sheet green.
   他不喜欢白色,因此决定把被单染成绿色。
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3. The soap was coloured a light blue.
   肥皂做成了浅蓝色。
4. The bird is coloured yellowish in the back, wings and tail.
   这鸟的背部、翼、尾羽呈淡黄色。

其他

v -ed as Attrib.

1. The coloured flags are fluttering in the breeze.
   彩旗在微风中飘扬。
2. The flame in the furnace can be looked at through coloured glasses.
   可以通过有色眼镜观看高炉内的火焰。

经典引文

• Her hair..was a rich auburn colour.

  出自： Day Lewis

• The colours the Duke preferred were gay and warm; no greens, blues, black or white.

  出自： E. Longford

• Finish the picture by joining the dots...Colour it with crayons or felt-tips.

  出自：Church Times

• Her dances are romantically coloring the world after nature.

  出自：Globe Mail (Toronto)

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

give a false colour to

歪曲 give a wrong character or tone

give sb his colours

把某人选入运动队 choose sb to be one of sports team members

haul down one's colours

妥协,投降,认输 yield; admit defeat

lay on the colours

夸大 exaggerate

lend colour to

使显得更真实或更可信 make sth seem more likely

lower one's colours

放弃要求 give up one's demand

nail colours to the mast

明确表示自己的观点; 阐明观点 declare one's opinion

off colour

色泽不佳; 身体不舒服 not in good health

put false colour upon

歪曲 distort

sail under false colours

冒充,欺骗 be a hypocrite or impostor

see in its true colours

看清某事的真面目 see the truth of a thing
see sth in its true colours
It's not easy to see the matter in its true colours.

看清此事的真相不容易。

see the colour of sb's money

接受某人的钱 receive one's money

show one's true colour

露出真面目 show what one really is

stick to one's colour

坚持自己的观点refuse to change one's opinion or party

with flying colours

出色地 outstanding; remarkable

用作动词 (v.)

colour in (v.+prep.)

给…着色 fill in with colour
colour in sth
The child was colouring in a series of outline drawings.

这孩子在给一套素描着色。

colour up (v.+adv.)

夸大 exaggerate
colour up
She coloured up at the young man's name.

一提到那个青年男子的名字,她的脸就红了。
He coloured up with annoyance.

他因愤怒而脸色变红。 colour sth ⇔ up
Some journalists like to colour their stories up with alluring details of people's private lives.

一些新闻记者喜欢用诱人的私生活细节来夸大故事。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• add colour 添色
• alter〔turn〕 colour 改变颜色
• assume colour 呈一色
• blend colour 混合颜色
• change colour 变色
• gain〔lose〕 colour 脸色变得红润〔脸色变得苍白〕
• give〔lend〕 colour to 使…显得可信,给…增添色彩
• have a high colour 脸色红润
• match the colour of sth 与某物的颜色相称
• put in colours 着色
• wear colours 穿有色彩的衣服

形容词+～

• beautiful〔bright, clear〕 colour 美丽〔鲜明,清晰〕的颜色
• cold〔warm〕 colour 冷〔暖〕色
• fashionable〔prevalent〕 colour 流行色
• local〔political〕 colour 地方〔政治〕色彩
• organic colour 有机颜料
• pink colour 粉色
• protective colour 保护色
• rich colour 丰富的色彩
• soft colour 柔和的颜色
• tender colour 温柔的脸色
• tinting colour 着色颜料
• transparent colour 透明色彩
• watery colour 水彩色

～+名词

• colour film〔photo〕 彩色电影〔照片〕

介词+～

• film in colour 彩色电影
• in dark colours 悲观地
• people of all colours 各色人种
• under the colour of friendship 以友谊为借口
• without colour 不加渲染

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• colour all the shapes 把所有的图形都涂上了颜色
• colour cloth 染布
• colour news 渲染消息
• colour one's testimony 歪曲证词
• colour tales 夸张故事
• colour the picture 给图画上色

～+副词

• colour amusingly 染上令人吃惊的颜色
• colour angrily 染上令人生气的颜色
• colour brilliantly 染上明亮的颜色
• colour conspicuously 染上显而易见的颜色
• colour distinctly 染上截然不同的颜色
• colour emotionally 染上令人激动的颜色
• colour enchantingly 染上令人着迷的颜色
• colour exquisitely 染上精美的颜色
• colour faintly 染上暗淡的颜色
• colour garishly 染上鲜艳夺目的颜色
• colour gorgeously 染上华丽的颜色
• colour harmoniously 染上和谐的颜色
• colour highly 染上十分好的颜色
• colour incredibly 惊人地脸红
• colour lavishly 染上过分的颜色
• colour necessarily 必要地着色
• colour normally 正常地涂色
• colour obscurely 染上不清楚的颜色
• colour painfully 染上令人痛心的颜色
• colour synthetically 染上综合性的颜色
• colour unevenly 染上不均的颜色
• colour violently 猛劲地渲染
• colour up 脸红,夸大

～+介词

• colour by 受到…影响,带有…意向
• colour in 着色
• colour with 用…着色

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. colour的基本意思是“颜色”，指由物体发射、反射或透过的光波通过视觉所产生的印象。指具体“颜色”时,是可数名词,泛指“颜色”时是不可数名词。
2. colour作“脸色”“气色”“血色”解时,常能反映出一个人的健康状态,只用于单数形式。

v. (动词)

1. colour用作名词时,意思是“颜色”“脸色”,由“颜色”转化成动词,意思是“着色”“渲染色彩”“受影响”; 由“脸色”转化成动词,可表示“脸红”,多用于口语,强调由于紧张而引起的情绪变化。colour有时也可用于指某物改变颜色，有时还可指“掩饰”。
2. colour作“脸红”“变红”解时，是不及物动词,可与up, with等词连用; 作“着色”“渲染”解时是及物动词,可接简单宾语,也可接由形容词充当补足语的复合宾语，可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

colours, banner, flag, standard

• 这组词的共同意思是“旗帜”。其区别在于:
• 1.flag是旗帜的通称,主要指具体的旗,如国旗、军旗、校旗、团旗、队旗等,也可指交通、天气预报等的信号旗,是一般用语。
• 2.banner通常指象征意义的旗帜,也可指锦旗、奖旗或用于游行的大幅标语、旗等,主要用于正式场合或诗歌中。例如:
• The banner of freedom was raised and the whole nation fought to drive out the invaders.自由的旗帜升起了,全国奋起战斗,把侵略者驱逐出去。
• The group was awarded a red banner for good work.这个小组工作出色,得了红旗奖。
• 3.standard常作军旗用,特指骑兵队的旗,又可作为国家、政府、军队、主义、运动等的象征旗,是书面用语。例如:
• Two men carried the standard in the royal parade.在盛大的游行队伍中两个男子打着旗子。
• Carry our country's standard proudly!自豪地擎起我们的国旗!
• The dragon is the standard of China.龙是中国的象征。
• We must hold high the great standard of revolution.我们必须高举革命大旗。
• 4.colours则指作为团体或学校标志的徽章、绶带、彩带、衣帽等。例如:
• We raised our colours when we reached the top of the mountain.当我们到达山顶的时候我们升起了我们的队旗。
• There is a pirate ship under false colours on the sea.海上有一只海盗船挂着假冒的旗帜航行。
• He would rather die than lower his colours.他宁死不屈。
• In the face of sharp criticisms the young scientist still stuck to his colours.面对着尖锐的批评这位青年科学家依然坚持自己的主张。

v. (动词)

colour, dye, paint, stain

• 这几个词的共同含义是“着色,染色”。其区别是：
• 1.colour的意思最广泛,不管染色的深浅,不分使用什么染料,也不分给什么东西染色。用于比喻义,有“渲染,夸张”的意思,而dye, paint, stain没有此义。
• 2.dye, paint指有意地“染色”。dye指使用染料永远地改变物体的颜色,如毛纺织品或头发等; paint指把颜料或涂料涂在墙壁、家具等物体表面,使用的材料是耐久的,有“描绘,画画”的倾向。例如:
• Black will dye over other colours.黑色能把大多数其他颜色染掉。
• This dress had been dyed several times.这件连衣裙已染过几次了。
• She dyed her hair red.她把头发染成红色。
• When will you paint the wall? 你们什么时候漆墙?
• We painted the house once, then we went over it again.我们把房间油漆了一遍,然后又打扫了一遍。
• The hero in the storybook was painted as a brave man.故事书中的主人公被描绘成一个勇敢的人。
• 3.stain可以指由于使用疏忽或其他原因使物体染上并非本身所固有的颜色,因此有“变污”的意思。例如:
• This carpet stains easily, so try not to spill anything on it.这块地毯很容易弄脏,所以请尽量避免把东西溅到上面。
• She has stained the floorboards dark brown.她把地板漆成了深褐色。
• His crimes stained the family honor.他的罪行玷污了他家庭的名誉。
• 4.dye, colour有“脸红”的意思, paint, stain则没有。例如:
• Deep blushes dyed her cheeks.她双颊透红。
• 5.colour也可用作名词。

colour，dye，paint，stain

• 这些动词均有“着色，染”之意。
• colour普通用词，含义笼统。可指人工的着色，也可指天然的着色。
• dye多指使用染料改变物体的颜色，如染织品或头发等。
• paint指为装饰等目的而把油漆或涂料等物涂于物体表面。
• stain多指用化学或其它方法使物体着色。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 她喜欢红色。

   误 She likes red colour.

   正 She likes colour red.

   析 colour的意思是“颜色”, red的意思是“红颜色”,意思重复。正句中的red是colour的同位语。

2. 天空湛蓝如海。

   误 The sky has the colour of the deep sea.

   正 The sky is the colour of deep sea.

   析 当描述物体的颜色时,用动词be,不用have。

3. 小蚂蚁被抱出茧外,此时他们的颜色还很苍白。

   误 The baby ants are helped out of the cocoons, still pale at colour.

   正 The baby ants are helped out of the cocoons, still pale in colour.

   析 和色彩名词连用要用介词in,意为“是…色的”。

4. 这部车是红色的。

   误 The car is red colour.

   正 The car is of red colour.

   正 The car is red.

5. 这部车是红褐色的。

   误 The car is reddish-brown colour.

   正 The car is a reddish-brown colour.

   析 colour由表示颜色的词(如red, blue, green, etc.)修饰时,不能直接用在be之后,但可用“be of+red+colour”结构。如不用colour,直接用red等表示颜色的名词作表语,则可以直接用在be 之后,此时是省略了介词of。如果该颜色不常见,特别是复合词,有“一种…色”的描绘意味,则可直接修饰colour,其前还常加不定冠词a,这时也可看作用在be之后且省略of。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的color，意为色泽，色彩，颜色。

近反义词

【近义词】

• tinge
• tint
• tone
• blush
• stain
• tinge