colour['kʌlə]n.1.■[主英国英语]2.■色,颜色;色素;彩色3.■脸色,面色;血色4.■(健康的)肤色;红润,红晕5.■脸红6.■(黑人或其他有色人种的)肤色7.■特色,特征;生动,趣味;(文件的)华丽8.■染料;颜料9.■【印刷】色彩效果,(字体的)黑度10.■彩色的徽章、绶带11.■旗帜;国旗;军旗;军舰旗12.■外表,外貌;态度;个性13.■【语音学】音色14.■【法律】明显的或表面拥有的权利或根据15.■[复数]立场,观点,态度16.■[美国英语]微金粒,金屑(矿砂中贵重金属的微粒量)17.■【纹章学】(纹章所使用的)传统色(通常包括赤、青、绿、黑、紫色)18.■【音乐】音色,音质19.■【绘画】色彩;着色;用色法20.■【新闻学】色彩新闻(能给素材增色的信息、背景知识)21.■【物理学】“色”,“色”性,“色”态(夸克的假设特性) [亦作color]vt.1.■给…着色;染上颜色:She coloured the pictures with a yellow crayon.她用黄色炭笔把这些画涂上颜色。2.■文饰,粉饰;歪曲(真相),渲染,夸张;使生色;使生动:News is often coloured.新闻报道常常被夸张。3.■影响,左右,支配: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。vi.1.■变成有色的;改变颜色:Leaves have already started to colour; it will soon be winter.树叶已开始变色,冬季即将来临。2.■脸红,羞愧:Her face coloured like a schoolgirl.她像个小女学生似的脸红了。近义词shadehuetinttingea call to the colours【军事】(军队中的)升旗(或降旗)号a horse of another (或 a different) colour完全是另外一码事all the colours of the rainbow五颜六色call (someone) to the colours征召(某人)入伍change colour变颜失色,面部变色;脸色变得苍白(因害羞而)脸红come off (或 through) with flying colours大告成功,大获胜利come out in one's true colours露出本来的面目,显露原形describe something in dark colours把某事物描写得漆黑一团desert the colours【军事】开小差;变节放弃原来支持的事业dress in colours穿着颜色鲜艳的衣服gain (或 gather) colour脸色变得红润,脸色变好get (或 win) one's colours[英国英语]被选入运动队(尤指校队)give a false colour to曲解,歪曲(事实真相)give (或 lend) colour to使有某种迹象;使看起来似有可能;使显得可信;使生色,加以渲染give some colour of truth to使具有一定真实性give someone his colours[英国英语]把某人选入运动队go down with flying colours(经过极大努力后)失败;虽败犹荣hang out false colours打着骗人的旗号haul down one's colours降旗投降;认输high colour红润的脸色join the colours入伍,参军lose colour失色;气色不佳;失掉美观显得更少可能lower one's colours放弃要求(或主张、立场等),退让,投降,屈服nail one's colours to the mast公开宣布并坚持自己的主张,说明自己的立场;不投降,不退让off colour褪了色;(宝石等)色泽不佳气色不佳;精神沮丧;身体不舒服令人怀疑的,有问题的有缺点的,不高明的put false colour upon歪曲,曲解salute the colours向军旗致敬see the colour of someone's money[口语]从某人处得到将有酬金的暗示serve with the colours服兵役show one's (true) colours露出真面目表明立场观点stick (或 stand) to one's colours坚持自己的意见(或立场);忠诚不渝take one's colour from仿效,模仿,照…的样子行事true to one's colours忠于自己的信念(或主义等)turn colour变色,面色改变(多因恐怖而面色发白)under colour of在…幌子下;以…为借口;在…掩护下with flying colours出色地;成功地,胜利地with the colours在服兵役中without colour不加粉饰(或渲染)无特色,无特性(意见、论述等)缺乏根据,理由不充分
colourcolour[ˈkʌlə]n.1.■颜[彩]色; 色彩[调][pl.]颜[染]料2.■脸色, 肤色3.■外观[貌]; 个性; 特色; (表面的)真实性; 托辞, 口实[pl.]观点, 立场4.■生动, 多采, 精采5.■【音】音色; (声音、文章等的)格[情]调, 风格6.■[常用复]旗帜, 军旗, 舰旗; 船旗; 优胜旗; (美海军)对军舰旗的敬礼7.■渲染, 粉饰, 歪曲[pl.](作为某种标志的)绶带, 徽章, 衣帽8.■[美](矿砂中)贵金属微粒[量]9.■【刷】油墨用量fading [fugitive] colours易褪的颜色local colour地方色彩a person of colour非白种人(特指黑人)colour bar肤色隔阂some colour of truth若干真实性true [false] colours真[假]面目salute the colours向军旗敬礼full of sound and colour有声有色, 生动The girl has little colour.这女孩面色苍白。There isn't enough colour in the picture.这幅画中的色彩不够。His torn clothes give colour to his story that he had been attacked and robbed.他被撕破的衣服使他所说被袭击和抢劫的事显得可信。Newspapers often give false colour to the news they report.报纸常常对其所报道的新闻加以歪曲