color

['kʌlə]

n.颜色, 彩色, 颜料
vt.渲染, 把 ... 涂颜色
vi.脸红, 着色
=colour（英）

n.

1. 色, 色彩; 颜色; 彩色[C][U]

This is a color television.

这是一台彩色电视机。

The primary colors of the spectrum are red, green and blue.

光谱的原色是红、绿、蓝。

2. 脸色, 血色[S]

Color was coming back to his face.

他脸上的血色在好转。

3. 肤色; 有色人种的肤色[C][U]

Equal employment shall be accorded to all qualified individuals without regard to color or sex.

所有符合条件者不分肤色或性别均应享有平等的就业机会。

4. 生动; 多彩; 外貌, 外表[U]

His gift for description adds color to his stories.

他擅长描写, 这使得他的故事生色不少。

5. 颜料, 染料[P]

6. 借口, 幌子

7. 本质, 本性[C]

I believe that he will show his true colors someday.

我相信他总有一天会现出原形的。

8. 立场[P]

Stick to your colors.

坚持你的立场。

9. (作为所属团体色彩标志的)绶带, 徽章, 衣帽[P]

10. 国旗; 团旗; 船旗[the P]

The ship sails under Panamanian colors.

该船航行时悬挂巴拿马国旗。

vt.

1. 涂颜色于, 着色[O8]

Tom colored the picture red.

汤姆将画涂成红色。

The little girl was coloring pictures with crayons.

这个小女孩正在用蜡笔在图画上涂颜色。

2. 渲染; 文饰; 歪曲; 影响

Prejudice colored his views.

偏见影响了他的看法。

vi.

1. 出现颜色; (果实成熟时等)变色

2. 脸红

词形变化

名词: colorer | 动词过去式: colored | 动词过去分词: colored | 动词现在分词: coloring | 动词第三人称单数: colors |

词义辨析

同义:

n.颜色, 色调

hue  tint  tinge  tinct  tincture  tone  shade  cast

n.脸色, 肤色

complexion  bloom  blush  flush  ruddiness  rosiness  glow

n.精彩, 生动, 有声有色

vividness  animation

n.色素, 颜料, 染料

pigment  dye  paint  colorant  coloring  stain

n.旗帜, 徽章, 标帜, 立场, 观点

badge  insignia  attitude  position  slant  aspects  stripe  flag  standard  banner

n.外观

outward appearance  guise  semblance  show  mere show  facade  face

n.貌似有理, 可信性

plausibility  credibility

n.口实, 借口

pretext  excuse  justification  plea

v.歪曲, 渲染, 描绘

distort  pervert  warp  garble  misconstrue  misstate  misquote  misrepresent  falsify  embellish  

同义参见:

hue  flush  varnish  

反义:

vt.涂颜色于

decolor  

英英释义

名词 color:

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

同义词：colour, coloring, colouring

interest and variety and intensity

同义词：colour, vividness

the timbre of a musical sound

同义词：colour, coloration, colouration

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

同义词：colour, people of color, people of colour

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

同义词：semblance, gloss, colour

any material used for its color

同义词：coloring material, colouring material, colour

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

同义词：colour

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

同义词：colour

动词 color:

add color to

同义词：colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in

affect as in thought or feeling

同义词：tinge, colour, distort

modify or bias

同义词：colour

decorate with colors

同义词：colour, emblazon

gloss or excuse

同义词：colour, gloss

change color, often in an undesired manner

同义词：discolor, discolour, colour

形容词 color:

having or capable of producing colors

同义词：colour

补充

colorcolor英:[ˈkʌlə] 美:[ˈkʌlɚ]n.1.〈美〉颜色,色彩,脸色,风格,外貌v.1.〈美〉给…涂颜色,改变…的颜色,粉饰,脸红,歪曲，获得颜色,变色

例句

1. The color of blood is red.血的颜色是红的。 2. What color are your eyes?你的眼睛是什么颜色的？ 3. What color paint shall we use?我们该用什么颜色的涂料呢？ 4. Blue and green are my favorite colors.蓝和绿是我最喜欢的颜色。 5. The pillows are all different colors.这些枕头颜色各异。 6. The room needs more color.这个房间需要添加更多色彩。 7. In early summer the garden is full of color.初夏时花园里五彩缤纷。 8. She added color to her outfit with a bright scarf.她带了一条艳丽的围巾，给她的装束增色不少。 9. "The leaves are starting to change color. [=turn from green to orange, yellow, red, etc.]"叶子开始变颜色了。 10. His eyes were bluish-green in color.他的眼睛是蓝绿色的。 11. She used red peppers in the salad for color. [=to make it more colorful]她用红辣椒给沙拉添色。 12. She's using a new lip/nail color.她在涂一种新的唇彩/指甲色。 13. The color bled when I washed the shirt.我洗的衬衫掉色了。 14. a brand of hair color一种品牌的染发剂 15. a painter who is a master of color精通色彩的画家 16. The book includes over 100 photographs in (full) color. [=not black and white]这本书有100多张彩色照片。 17. a color photograph彩色照片 18. color printing/television彩色印刷/电视 19. discrimination on the basis of sex or color性别或肤色歧视 20. The book is about her experience as a woman of color in a mostly white community.这本书讲述了一个非白人妇女在白人主导的社会中的经历。 21. His color is not good. [=he looks ill]他的脸色不好。 22. She has some good color in her cheeks.她的双颊泛红。 23. He could feel the color rising in his cheeks. [=he could feel himself blushing]他能感觉到自己脸红了。 24. The color drained from her face. [=the blood left her face; she became very pale]她的脸色变得苍白。 25. The ship sails under Swedish colors.那艘船悬挂瑞典船旗航行。 26. Her comments added color to the broadcast. [=made the broadcast more enjoyable or entertaining]她的点评给广播增添了趣味。 27. "He seemed nice at first, but he showed his true colors during the crisis."他开始给人的印象很友好，但在危机时就露出了真面目。 28. We colored the water with red ink.我们用红墨水给水染色。 29. Does she color [=dye] her hair?她染发吗？ 30. The children were busy coloring in their coloring books.孩子们忙着在他们的彩色画图本上涂色。 31. My nephew colored a picture for me.我侄子涂了一张彩图送给我。 32. The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow.这孩子把天空涂成了蓝色，把太阳涂成了黄色。 33. "He never lets rumors color [=influence, affect] his opinion of anyone."他从不让谣言影响他对别人的看法。 34. Her judgment was colored by reports of the student's behavioral problems.她的判断受到学生行为问题报告的影响。 35. His feelings about divorce are colored by his own experience as a child.他对离婚的看法受到他儿时经历的影响。 36. She colors [=blushes] easily.她容易脸红。 37. She colored at the mention of his name.一提及他的名字她就脸红。 38. She colored in the picture.她给这幅画上了色。