colours
英 [ˈkʌləz]
美 [ˈkʌlərz]
n. 颜色; 色彩; 彩色; (尤指脸色的)红润,粉红; (尴尬时的)脸红
v. (用颜料、彩色笔等)为…着色; (因尴尬而)脸红; (尤指负面地)影响
colour的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 颜色;色彩
Thecolourof something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.- 'What colour is the car?' — 'Red.'...
“车是什么颜色?”“红色。” - Her silk dress was sky-blue, the colour of her eyes...
她的丝绸连衣裙是天蓝色的,和她眼睛的颜色一样。 - Judi's favourite colour is pink...
朱迪最喜欢的颜色是粉红色。 - The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.
这种徽章有20种不同的颜色和形状。
- 'What colour is the car?' — 'Red.'...
- N-VAR 颜料;染料
Acolouris a substance you use to give something a particular colour. Dyes and make-up are sometimes referred to ascolours.- ...The Body Shop Herbal Hair Colour...
美体小铺草本染发剂 - It is better to avoid all food colours.
最好不要吃任何食用色素。 - ...the latest lip and eye colours.
最新的唇彩和眼影
- ...The Body Shop Herbal Hair Colour...
- VERB (用染料、颜料等)给…着色(或染色)
If youcoloursomething, you use something such as dyes or paint to change its colour.- Many women begin colouring their hair in their mid-30s...
很多女人在三十五岁左右开始染发。 - We'd been making cakes and colouring the posters...
我们一直在做蛋糕,给海报上色。 - The petals can be cooked with rice to colour it yellow.
可以把这些花瓣跟米饭一起煮,使米饭变成黄色。
- Many women begin colouring their hair in their mid-30s...
- VERB (通常指因尴尬而)脸红
If someonecolours, their face becomes redder than it normally is, usually because they are embarrassed.- Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
安德鲁不禁注意到她有点脸红了。
- Andrew couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.
- N-COUNT (不同人种的)肤色
Someone'scolouris the colour of their skin. People often usecolourin this way to refer to a person's race.- I don't care what colour she is...
我不在乎她的肤色。 - He acknowledged that Mr Taylor's colour and ethnic origins were utterly irrelevant in the circumstances.
他承认在这种情况下泰勒先生的肤色和种族出身完全无关紧要。
- I don't care what colour she is...
- ADJ (电视、照片或图片)彩色的
Acolourtelevision, photograph, or picture is one that shows things in all their colours, and not just in black, white, and grey.- 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。
- In Japan 99 per cent of all households now have a colour television set.
- See also:She had resumed the travel necessary to add depth and colour to her novels.local colour
- VERB 影响(某人的观点)
If somethingcoloursyour opinion, it affects the way that you think about something.- All too often it is only the negative images of Ireland that are portrayed, colouring opinions and hiding the true nature of the country...
媒体往往描绘的只是爱尔兰的负面形象,影响了大家的看法,掩盖了这个国家的真实面貌。 - The attitude of the parents toward the usefulness of what is learned must colour the way children approach school.
父母对学知识是否有用的态度必定会影响孩子对待学业的态度。
- All too often it is only the negative images of Ireland that are portrayed, colouring opinions and hiding the true nature of the country...
- N-PLURAL 国旗的颜色
A country's nationalcoloursare the colours of its national flag.- 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。
- The Opera House is decorated with the Hungarian national colours: green, red and white.
- N-PLURAL 军旗;国旗
People sometimes refer to the flag of a particular part of an army, navy, or air force, or the flag of a particular country as itscolours.- Troops raised the country's colors in a special ceremony.
部队在一个特殊的仪式上升起了国旗。 - ...the battalion's colours.
营旗
- Troops raised the country's colors in a special ceremony.
- N-PLURAL (运动队的)队服颜色
A sports team'scoloursare the colours of the clothes they wear when they play.- I was wearing the team's colours.
我穿着该队队衣。
- I was wearing the team's colours.
- See also:colouredcolouring
- PHRASE (考试考得)极好地,成绩出色地
If you pass a testwith flying colours, you have done very well in the test.- So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the tests with flying colors.
到目前为止,麦卡利斯特似乎所有的考试都考得非常好。
- So far McAllister seemed to have passed all the tests with flying colors.
- PHRASE (电影或电视节目)彩色的
If a film or television programme isin colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.- Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?...
他会放那部电影吗?是彩色的吗? - You can go home afterwards and watch Inspector Morse in colour.
之后你就可以回家,看彩色版的电视连续剧《摩斯警长》。
- Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?...
- PHRASE 阐明观点;明确表态
If someonenailstheircolours to the mast, they say what they really think about something.- I shall nail my colours firmly to the mast on this subject — as a feminist I find movies like this offensive.
我要非常明确地表明自己对这个主题的看法:作为一名女权主义者我认为这类电影是对女性的侮辱。
- I shall nail my colours firmly to the mast on this subject — as a feminist I find movies like this offensive.
- PHRASE 表明对…的支持
If younailyourcolours tosomeone'smast, or if younailyourcolours toa particularmast, you show that you support a particular person or issue.- He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast...
他表示坚决支持多布森先生。 - Mr Kennedy nailed his colours to the mast of the single currency.
肯尼迪先生表示支持单一货币制。
- He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast...
- PHRASE 看(某人)有没有足够的支付能力
If you say that you want tosee the colour ofsomeone'smoney, you mean that you are not prepared to sell them something or do something for them until they have proved that they have the money to pay for it.- He made a mental note never to enter into conversation with a customer until he'd at least seen the colour of his money.
他心里暗暗记住,顾客至少要看上去能付得起钱,他才会去和他们搭话。
- He made a mental note never to enter into conversation with a customer until he'd at least seen the colour of his money.
- PHRASE (人种)有色的
Peopleof colourare people who belong to a race with dark skins.- Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.
黑人群体大声疾呼,要求维护有色人种的权利。
- Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.
- PHRASE (看到)…的真面目;露出…的真面目
If you see someoneintheirtrue coloursor if theyshowtheirtrue colours, you realize what they are really like.- The children are seeing him in his true colours for the first time now...
现在,孩子们第一次看到他的真面目。 - Here, the organization has had time to show its true colours, to show its inefficiency and its bungling.
现在时间一长,这个机构就露出了真面目,效率低下,差错百出。
- The children are seeing him in his true colours for the first time now...
in AM, use 美国英语用 color
英英释义
noun
- a flag that shows its nationality
- a distinguishing emblem
- his tie proclaimed his school colors
双语例句
- A wide range of colours and patterns are available
各种颜色和样式都有。 - Pale colours are much more in vogue than autumnal bronzes and coppers.
浅色比黄褐色和红棕色这些秋季色彩更流行。 - They have already passed two years with the colours.
他们已服兵役两年了。 - They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.
他们能看到颜色消退的情况以及油漆剥落的地方。 - These colours mix well.
这些颜色能调配得很好。 - Colours and looks must fit the themes of the seasons so that the shops co-ordinate well.
颜色和外观必须符合季节的主题,这样各个商家看起来才会比较协调。 - The individual colours within the light spectrum are believed to have an effect on health.
光谱中不同的颜色被认为对健康有不同的影响。 - I have not applied colours on this drawing.
我还没有给这幅画着色。 - He wore a T-shirt that had been tie-dyed in bright colours
他身穿一件颜色鲜艳的扎染的T恤。 - She'll show you how to co-ordinate pattern and colours
她会教你如何搭配款式和颜色。