Truth needs no colour; beauty , no pencil.
——William Shakespeare
真理不需色彩,美丽不需涂饰。
——莎士比亚
一、你知道colour有几种含义吗?
adj.
彩色的
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。
n.
1.颜色,色彩;彩色 [U,C]
The colour of the cloth will fade away little by little.
这布的颜色会一点一点褪掉的。
2.气色,面色,肤色;外貌 [U,C]
There will always be differences even if we share the same skin colour and belief.
尽管肤色相同、信仰一致,也还不免有分歧。
3.颜料,染料 [U,C]
Gouache is opaque watercolour, known also as poster paint and designer's colour.
水粉是一种不透明水彩,也称广告颜料或设计师颜料。
4.生动,趣味;风格 [U]
Her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape.
她那两片娇艳生动的红嘴唇儿,一双天真纯洁的大眼睛,使她在容貌颜色上,平添了一段动人之处。
5.国旗颜色,队服颜色;军旗,国旗
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。
v.
1.给...着色(或染色) [T]
He draw a flower and coloured it red.
他画了一朵花并涂成红色。
2.歪曲,粉饰 [T]
News is often coloured.
新闻报道常常被夸张。
3.影响 [T]
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。
4.变色 [I]
Leaves have already started to colour; it will soon be winter.
树叶已开始变色,冬季即将来临。
5.脸红 [I,T]
Her face coloured like a schoolgirl.
她像个小女学生似的脸红了。
二、词义辨析:
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。
三、含有colour的常见短语
colour bar
对有色人种的隔离
colour constancy
色恒定性,色觉恒常
colour blindness
n. 色盲
colour line
<美>种族界限(表现在社会,政治和经济等方面)
colour television
彩色电视
四、学会colour的用法了吗?来做个小测试吧~
She had resumed the travel necessary to add depth and ______ 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。