请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 false colour
释义

> as lemmas

false colour
false colour n. (a) in water-colour painting, a lighter tint of any of the recognized colours; (b) (also false dye, = French teint faux) a fugitive as opposed to permanent dye.extracted from falseadj.adv.n.
false colour
a. Of things, indications, appearances: Fallacious, deceptive. Of a medium of vision: That distorts the object looked at; so in †false glass, false mirror, false spectacles. false colour (figurative): cf. colour n.1 1c, 9, 15.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [adjective] > that distorts object looked at
false1531
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]
hue971
glozea1300
showingc1300
coloura1325
illusionc1340
frontc1374
simulationc1380
visage1390
cheera1393
sign?a1425
countenance?c1425
study?c1430
cloak1526
false colour1531
visure1531
face1542
masquery?1544
show1547
gloss1548
glass1552
affectation1561
colourableness1571
fashion1571
personage?1571
ostentation1607
disguise1632
lustrementa1641
grimace1655
varnish1662
masquerade1674
guisea1677
whitewash1730
varnish1743
maya1789
vraisemblance1802
Japan1856
veneering1865
veneer1868
affectedness1873
candy coating1885
simulance1885
window dressing1903
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective]
lyinga1225
deceptoryc1430
mockinga1529
sleight1533
prestigious?1534
illudinga1547
fallible1552
delusory1588
prestigiatory1588
illusory1599
delusive1607
deceptiousa1616
deludinga1616
flatteringa1616
delusorious1625
fallacious1626
ludificatorya1677
illusive1679
will-o'-the-wisp1682
prestigiating1716
shama1721
false1768
deceptitious1827
deceptional1830
phantasm1834
will-o'-the-wispish1842
will-o'-the-wispy1857
illusionistic1911
illusional1942
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xv. sig. Hv He wyll..sette a false colour of lernyng on propre wittes, whiche wyll be wasshed away with one shoure of raine.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 102 A false glasse. Speculum mendax.
1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §79 When they wil needs have a sight of their own actions, it showes them a false glasse to looke in.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 146 The Devill makes us false spectacles.
1658 L. Womock Exam. Tilenus sig. A You seem to magnifie the riches of the divine Grace: but when we come strictly to examine it, 'tis by a false glass.
1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 359 Wit's false Mirror held up Nature's Light; Shew'd erring Pride.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 391 The true import of the evidence is duly weighed, false colours are taken off.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 173 Looking on all that passed at home..through a false medium.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. iii. 255 So false is the appetite for sleep that [etc.].
extracted from falseadj.adv.n.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 10:11:36