1 color (US) noun
or British colour /ˈkʌlɚ/ plural colors
or British colour /ˈkʌlɚ/ plural colors
Learner's definition of COLOR
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: a quality such as red, blue, green, yellow, etc., that you see when you look at something颜色;色彩 [count]
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The color of blood is red.血的颜色是红的。
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What color are your eyes?你的眼睛是什么颜色的?
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What color paint shall we use?我们该用什么颜色的涂料呢?
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Blue and green are my favorite colors.蓝和绿是我最喜欢的颜色。
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The pillows are all different colors.这些枕头颜色各异。
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The room needs more color.这个房间需要添加更多色彩。
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In early summer the garden is full of color.初夏时花园里五彩缤纷。
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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。
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The leaves are starting to change color. [=turn from green to orange, yellow, red, etc.]叶子开始变颜色了。
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His eyes were bluish-green in color.他的眼睛是蓝绿色的。
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She used red peppers in the salad for color. [=to make it more colorful]她用红辣椒给沙拉添色。
— see pictures of colors starting on this page 2
: something used to give color to something : a pigment or dye颜料;染料 [count]
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a : the use or combination of colors用色;配色 b —
used to describe a photograph, televison picture, etc., that includes colors and that is not black and white(照片、电视图像等的)彩色 —
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 — see also in living color at living 4
[noncount] : the color of a person's skin as a mark of race(作为人种标志的)肤色 ◊ A person of color is a person who is not white.有色人种
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[noncount] : a pink or red tone in a person's face especially because of good health, excitement, or embarrassment(脸色)粉红,红润;(激动、尴尬时)脸红 -
His color is not good. [=he looks ill]他的脸色不好。
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She has some good color in her cheeks.她的双颊泛红。
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He could feel the color rising in his cheeks. [=he could feel himself blushing]他能感觉到自己脸红了。
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The color drained from her face. [=the blood left her face; she became very pale]她的脸色变得苍白。
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colors [plural] : something (such as a flag) that shows that someone or something belongs to a specific group(代表某个团体的)旗帜,彩旗
a horse of a different color
— see 1horse
show your true colors
: to show what you are really like : to reveal your real nature or character显露本性;露出真面目 2 color (US) verb
or British colour /ˈkʌlɚ/
colors; colored; coloring
or British colour /ˈkʌlɚ/
colors; colored; coloring
Learner's definition of COLOR
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[+ object] : to give color to (something) : to change the color of (something)着色;染色 2
: to draw with crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc. : to fill in a shape or picture using markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.(用记号笔、蜡笔、彩色铅笔等)涂色,着色 [no object]
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— see also color in (below) 3
[+ object] : to change (someone's ideas, opinion, attitude, etc.) in some way(以某种方式)影响 —
often used as (be) colored常用作(be) colored 4
[no object] literary : to become red in the face especially because of embarrassment(尤指尴尬引起的)脸红 —
often + at
color in
[phrasal verb] color in (something) or color (something) in
: to add color to (a shape or picture) by using markers, crayons, colored pencils etc.(用记号笔、蜡笔、彩色铅笔等)着色,上色 — see also 2color 2 (above)