释义
[ kuhl -er-lis ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkʌl ər lɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective without color: Pure water is colorless.
pallid; dull in color: a colorless complexion.
lacking vividness or distinctive character; dull; insipid: a colorless description of the parade.
unbiased; neutral.
Origin of colorless Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at color, -less
SYNONYMS FOR colorless 3 unexciting, dreary, drab, lackluster.
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OTHER WORDS FROM colorless col·or·less·ly, adverb col·or·less·ness, noun Words nearby colorless coloring book, colorism, colorist, colorize, color-key, colorless , color line, color of someone's money, see the, color phase, color radical, colorrhagia
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