| 单词 | off-colour |
| 释义 | off-colour From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishIllness & disabilityoff-colourˌoff-ˈcolour British English, off-color American English adjective1 RUDE/OBSCENEsexually offensiveoff-color jokes2 [not before noun] British EnglishMIILL slightly illShe’s been feeling a bit off-colour lately.Examples from the Corpusoff-colour• How does a rat tell the experimenter that it has a headache or feels a bit off-colour?• And you're looking a bit off-colour, to be honest.off colouroff coloura) [not before noun] British EnglishILL someone who is off colour is feeling slightly ill b) [usually before noun] especially American EnglishRUDE/OBSCENE off-colour jokes, stories etc are rude and often about sex → colourExamples from the Corpusoff colour• I'm fine, thank you, but Elinor's a bit off colour at the moment.• Bruce went to the doctor, feeling a little off colour, and was told that he had anaemia. |
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