yellow

['jeləu]

adj.黄色的
n.黄色, 蛋黄, 黄种人
v.（使）变黄

a.

1. 黄色的

2. 黄皮肤的; 黄色人种的

The Chinese belong to the yellow race.

中国人属于黄种人。

3. 【口】胆小的; 卑鄙的

The bullies picked on him because he was yellow.

因为他怯懦, 所以混混找他麻烦。

He was too yellow to stand up for his rights.

他太怯懦, 不敢维护自己的权利。

4. 猜疑的

5. (新闻等)耸人听闻的

n.

1. 黄色; 黄色颜料(或染料)[U][C]

Yellow is my favorite color.

黄色是我最喜欢的颜色。

2. 蛋黄[C][U]

3. 黄种人[C]

4. 【兽医】黄疸[the P]

vt.

使变黄, 使发黄

Rape flowers were yellowing the fields.

油菜花使田野变得黄灿灿。

vi.

变黄, 发黄

词形变化

形容词比较级: yellower | 形容词最高级: yellowest | 名词: yellowness | 动词过去式: yellowed | 动词过去分词: yellowed | 动词现在分词: yellowing | 动词第三人称单数: yellows |

词义辨析

同义:

a.(金)黄色的, 黄褐色的

golden  gold  aureate  gilt  honey  xanthous  xanthic  quince yellow  zinc yellow  cadmium yellow  canary yellow  lutescent  buff  fulvous  ecru  blond  flaxen  yellowish  sandy  stramineous  straw  lemon  saffron  sunny  canary  amber  butter

a.病黄色的

jaundiced  sallow

a.东方人的, 黄种人的

Mongolian  Mongoloid  Oriental  Asiatic  Chinese  Vietnamese  Cambodian  Thai  Laotian  Siamese

a.懦弱的, 胆小的

cowardly  craven  pusillanimous  timid  timorous  fearful  afraid  frightened  fainthearted  weak-kneed  lily-livered  unmanly  cringing  sneaking  panicky  spineless  mousy  wimpy  chicken  afraid of one's shadow

a.轰动的

sensational  blood-and-thunder  melodramatic  cheap  exaggerated  lurid  keyhole-peeping  

英英释义

名词 yellow:

yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

同义词：yellowness

动词 yellow:

turn yellow

形容词 yellow:

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

同义词：yellowish, xanthous

easily frightened

同义词：chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied

changed to a yellowish color by age

同义词：yellowed

typical of tabloids

同义词：scandalmongering, sensationalistic

cowardly or treacherous

affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

同义词：jaundiced, icteric

补充

yellowyellow英:[ˈjeləu] 美:[ˈjɛlo]adj.1.黄色的She wore a yellow dress.她穿着一件黄外衣。A ripe lemon is yellow.熟了的柠檬是黄色的。It was autumn and the leaves were yellow.已经是秋天了, 树叶变黄了。The fields were yellow with wheat.麦田一片金黄。The curtain was yellow with age.窗帘因年久而呈现黄色。2.黄皮肤的; 黄种人的Some peoples are yellow races.有些民族是黄色人种。Most of Asians are yellow.大多数亚洲人都是黄皮肤。3.胆怯的I always suspected he was yellow.我总怀疑他很胆小。n.1.黄色Yellow is her favourite colour.她最喜欢黄颜色。vt. & vi.1.(使某物)变黄或发黄

例句

1. The walls were bright yellow.墙壁当时是亮黄色的。 2. The manuscript was yellow with age.手稿因为时间久远而发黄了。 3. the soft yellows of the desert sands沙漠柔和的黄色 4. Kim opted for blues and yellows in the bedroom.金为卧室选用了蓝色和黄色。 5. She was dressed in yellow.她身穿黄色衣服。 6. The flesh of his cheeks seemed to have yellowed.他的面色似乎有些发黄。 7. Bleach keeps the white clothes from yellowing.漂白剂防止白衣服变黄。 8. curly yellow hair.卷曲的金发。 9. he put Camp Visoko on yellow alert.他宣布维索可营地进入黄色警戒状态。 10. he'd better get back there quick and prove he's not yellow.他最好赶快回到那儿去，以证明自己不是胆小鬼。 11. he based his judgement on headlines and yellow journalism.他根据通栏大字标题和夸张低俗的报道得出判断。 12. the craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow.那艘船爆炸后燃起了红黄色的熊熊大火。 13. [count noun]painted in vivid blues and yellows.漆成各种鲜艳的蓝色和黄色。 14. everyone dresses in yellow.人人身着黄衣裳。 15. the cream paint was beginning to yellow.乳白色颜料开始发黄。 16. [as adj. yellowing]yellowing lace curtains.花边发黄的窗帘。 17. [as adj. yellowed]a yellowed newspaper cutting.发黄的剪报。 18. a pale/light yellow dress淡╱浅黄色 19. a bright shade of yellow鲜黄色 20. the yellows and browns of the autumn leaves秋叶黄褐的色泽 21. a yellow car黄色的汽车 22. The raincoat was yellow.这件雨衣是黄色的。 23. He was too yellow to stand up and fight.他太过胆小怕事，所以没有站出来斗争。 24. yellow journalism夸张失实的新闻报道 25. The bridesmaids were dressed in yellow.伴娘都身着黄色礼服。 26. shades of yellow各种深浅的黄色 27. a room decorated in yellows and greens用黄色和绿色色调装饰的房间 28. The paper had yellowed with age.报纸已日久泛黄。 29. The leaves were yellowed by disease.叶子因患病而变黄。