color

英 [ˈkʌlə(r)]

美 [ˈkʌlər]

n.  彩色，颜色; 脸色，气色，肤色; 特色，个性；情调
v.  变红；脸红; 着色；渲染

复数：colors　现在分词：coloring　过去式：colored　第三人称单数：colors　过去分词：colored　

CET4考研IELTS

BNC.24372 / COCA.697

柯林斯词典

• → see:colour

英英释义

noun

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
  Synonym:colour
• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
  1. he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
  2. he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
  3. the situation soon took on a different color
  Synonym:semblanceglosscolour
• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
  1. a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
  Synonym:colourcoloringcolouring
• the timbre of a musical sound
  1. the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
  Synonym:colourcolorationcolouration
• interest and variety and intensity
  1. the Puritan Period was lacking in color
  2. the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
  Synonym:colourvividness
• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
  1. each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
  Synonym:colour
• a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
  Synonym:colourpeople of colorpeople of colour
• any material used for its color
  1. she used a different color for the trim
  Synonym:coloring materialcolouring materialcolour

verb

• change color, often in an undesired manner
  1. The shirts discolored
  Synonym:discolordiscolourcolour
• add color to
  1. The child colored the drawings
  2. Fall colored the trees
  3. colorize black and white film
  Synonym:colorizecolorisecolourisecolourizecolourcolor incolour in
• affect as in thought or feeling
  1. My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
  2. The sadness tinged his life
  Synonym:tingecolourdistort
• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
  1. color a lie
  Synonym:colourgloss
• decorate with colors
  1. color the walls with paint in warm tones
  Synonym:colouremblazon
• modify or bias
  1. His political ideas color his lectures
  Synonym:colour

adj

• having or capable of producing colors
  1. color film
  2. he rented a color television
  3. marvelous color illustrations
  Synonym:colour

双语例句

• Astronomers can estimate the size and brightness of a star by its color.
  天文学家能从恒星的颜色估计它的大小和亮度。
• If you choose a color in this control, the text in the Editor applet appears in that color.
  如果您在控件中选择了颜色，Editorapplet中的文本会显示所选的颜色。
• What color did you paint the door?
  你把门漆成什么颜色？
• Will the color in this material fade?
  这种料子的颜色褪色吗？
• This is a lucky color in China.
  在中国这是一个吉祥的颜色。
• These traits are hereditary, like eye color or foot size, and there's nothing you can do to change them.
  这些特征是遗传性的，如眼的颜色和脚丫子的大小，这都是你所无法驾驭的。
• Several color papers of special structures were published by Eastman kodak.
  此外，柯达公司还推出了几种特殊结构的彩色相纸。
• KPIs were also improved to add custom colors, and a custom palette for range color definitions was introduced.
  还改进了KPI，添加了自定义颜色，并引入了用于范围颜色定义的自定义面板。
• I selected the Argyle pattern and changed the background color to a shade of blue.
  我选择了Argyle模式，并将背景颜色改成带阴影的蓝色。
• We had looked at color charts, painted sample patches and narrowed down the choices.
  我们一起看了比色图表和刷好的样品，并缩小了选择范围。