| 单词 | colour |
| 释义 | colour (once / 66 pages) 1nvadj 2n 3nv 4n 5n 6nv Red, black, lime green, hot pink — these are all examples of colours, or the different kinds of hues that objects have (spelled the British way). Imagine the colours of the rainbow or the colours in a box of crayons. But don't get thrown off by the spelling of this word for pigmentation. When Noah Webster was compiling his dictionary in 1828, he wanted to emphasize that the young United States spoke a different dialect than Britain. Colour with a "u" is a British spelling, and it was probably Webster who shortened it to color in America. Words like honour and flavour got the same treatment. WORD FAMILYcolour: colouration, coloured, colourful, colouring, colourise, colourize, colourless, colours, decolour, discolour, multi-colour, multicolour+/colouration: colourations, discolouration/coloured: bicoloured, multi-coloured, multicoloured, self-coloured, uncoloured/colourful: colourfully/colouring: colourings/colourise: decolourise, discolourise/colourize: decolourize/colourless: colourlessly, colourlessness/decolour: decoloured/decolourise: decolourised, decolourising/discolour: discoloured, discolouring, discolours/discolouration: discolourations USAGE EXAMPLESJane Lane, from the Race Equality Foundation, believes the issues are not solely to do with colour. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) She limited herself to two or three colours, painting interlocking abstractions where ovals met rectangles and triangles and semicircles, often set within a circular whole. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) A pack of Smarties is more likely to be missing red than any other colour. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper color, coloring, colouring achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness the visual property of being without chromatic color primary color, primary colour any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing heather, heather mixtureinterwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color mottlean irregular arrangement of patches of color shade, tincture, tint, tonea quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral coloura color that has hue achromatic color, achromatic coloura color lacking hue; white or grey or black coloration, colourationappearance with regard to color complexion, skin color, skin colourthe coloring of a person's face dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid coloura color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color primary color for pigments, primary colour for pigmentsany of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing primary color for light, primary colour for lightany of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing mellownessa soft shade of a color richnessa strong deep vividness of hue tinge, undertonea pale or subdued color black, blackness, inkinessthe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) white, whitenessthe quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) gray, grayness, grey, greynessa neutral achromatic color midway between white and black red, rednessred color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood orange, orangenessorange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow salmona pale pinkish orange color yellow, yellownessyellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons blond, blondea light grayish yellow to near white green, greenness, viriditygreen color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass blue, bluenessblue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime purple, purplenessa purple color or pigment pinka light shade of red brown, brownnessan orange of low brightness and saturation olivea yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation pastelany of various pale or light colors complementary, complementary coloreither one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) hair coloringcoloring of the hair pigmentationcoloration of living tissues by pigment depigmentationabsence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair blondness, fairness, palenessthe property of having a naturally light complexion rosiness, ruddinessa healthy reddish complexion achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wannessunnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) sallownessa sickly yellowish skin color tawninessthe quality or state of being the color of tanned leather darkness, duskiness, swarthinessa swarthy complexion whitenesslightness or fairness of complexion protective colorationcoloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators visual property an attribute of vision 2n the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation Syn|Hyper color appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 3n any material used for its color Syn|Hypo|Hyper color, coloring material, colouring material paint, pigment a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating indicator(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction mordanta substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process dye, dyestuffa usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair tincturea substances that colors metals hematochromea reddish coloring material found in some algae pigmentdry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) pigmentany substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color stain(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible chlorophyl, chlorophyllany of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms bacteriochlorophylla substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants phycobilinwater-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria phycoerythrinred pigment in red algae phycocyaninblue pigment in algae acrylic, acrylic paintused especially by artists antifouling painta paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces coat of painta layer of paint covering something else distemperpaint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder enamela paint that dries to a hard glossy finish encaustica paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application finger paint, fingerpaintpaint that has the consistency of jelly house paint, housepaintpaint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house oil paintpaint in which a drying oil is the vehicle semiglossa paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat spray paintpaint applied with a spray gun water-base paintpaint in which water is used as the vehicle absorption indicatoran indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation acid-base indicatoran indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions Molisch reaction, Molisch test, Molisch's test, alpha-naphthol testbiochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid titania, titanic oxide, titanium dioxide, titanium oxidea white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability cobalt blue, cobalt ultramarinegreenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina earth colora colored mineral used as a pigment mosaic gold, stannic sulfidea yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer carotenoidany of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals acid dyedye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion alizarin yellowany of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner anil, indigo, indigotina blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically aniline dyeany of many dyes made from aniline animal pigmentpigment occurring in animals azo dyeany dye containing one or more azo groups crystal violet, gentian violeta green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment methylene blue, methylthionine chloridea dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning basic color, basic colour, basic dyea dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion cerulean bluelight greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin chrome greenany of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue Hooker's greengreen pigment consisting of Prussian blue mixed with gamboge chrome yellowany of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds bister, bistrea water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot flavonoidany of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone Indian reda red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics ivory blacka black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil Prussian blue, iron blueany of various blue pigments Payne's gray, Payne's greyany pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue chrome aluma violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing antimony potassium tartrate, tartar emetica poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine oxidation-reduction indicatoran indicator that shows a reversible color change between oxidized and reduced forms argenta metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance alizarin, alizarinean orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing blue, blueing, bluingused to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthaleina dye used as an acid-base indicator bromothymol blue, bromthymol bluea dye used as an acid-base indicator cochineala red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects cyanine dyeany of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography direct dye, substantive dyedye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthaleina yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) fluorochromeany of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens hair coloring, hair dyea dye or tint for the hair Kendal, Kendal greena green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant lac dyescarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac lead acetate, sugar of leada poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes archil, cudbear, orchila purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens bolea soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) lakeany of numerous bright translucent organic pigments lakea purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal orangeany pigment producing the orange color water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolourwater-soluble pigment quercitrona yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree radiopaque dyedye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination saffranine, safranin, safranineany of a class of chiefly red organic dyes Tyrian purplea red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically vat color, vat dyea water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton woada blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant retinal, retineneeither of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light Paris greena toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate sodium bichromate, sodium dichromatea red-orange salt used as a mordant sepiarich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes porphyrinany of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protohemea complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds haemosiderin, hemosiderina granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism counterstaina stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly ultramarine, ultramarine blueblue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli photopigmenta special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina cadmium yellowpigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange cupric acetate, verdigrisa blue or green powder used as a paint pigment ceruse, lead carbonate, white leada poisonous white pigment that contains lead Chinese white, zinc whitea white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide material, stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object 4v decorate with colors Syn|Hypo|Hyper color, emblazon miniate paint with red lead or vermilion adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. 5v add color to Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize discolor lose color or turn colorless blackwash color with blackwash motley, parti-colormake motley; color with different colors polychrome, polychromise, polychromizecolor with many colors; make polychrome azurecolor azure empurple, purple, purpuratecolor purple aurifyturn golden verdigriscolor verdigris pinkifymake pink incarnadinemake flesh-colored brown, embrownmake brown in color handcolor, handcolourcolor by hand tinct, tinge, tint, touchcolor lightly pigmentcolor or dye with a pigment hue, imbuesuffuse with color retouchgive retouches to (hair) silvermake silver in color gray, greymake grey tonechange to a color image reddenmake red blotch, mottle, streakmark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained hennaapply henna to one's hair maddercolor a moderate to strong red tincturestain or tint with a color complexiongive a certain color to encrimsonmake crimson vermilioncolor vermilion carminecolor carmine rubifymake ruby red ruddleredden as if with a red ocher color alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6v change color, often in an undesired manner Syn|Hypo|Hyper color, discolor, discolour blush, crimson, flush, redden turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame blanch, blench, paleturn pale, as if in fear bronze, tanget a tan, from wind or sun burn, sunburnget a sunburn by overexposure to the sun white, whitenturn white black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrifymake or become black turnchange color silverturn silver dyecolor with dye reddenturn red or redder purplebecome purple gray, greyturn grey yellowturn yellow tonechange the color or tone of greenturn or become green blueturn blue suntanget a tan from being exposed to the sun bleachmake whiter or lighter bronzegive the color and appearance of bronze to something staincolor for microscopic study deep-dyedye thoroughly impress, yarn-dyedye (fabric) before it is spun staincolor with a liquid dye or tint fast dyedye with fast colors double dyedye twice hand-dyedye by hand piece-dyedye after weaving blushbecome rosy or reddish change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 7adj having or capable of producing colors 2Syn|Ant color black and white, black-and-white not having or not capable of producing colors n a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) 3Syn|Hyper color, people of color, people of colour race people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock 1n interest and variety and intensity Syn|Hyper color, vividness interest, interestingness the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) 2v modify or bias Syn|Hyper color act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect 3v affect as in thought or feeling 4Syn|Hyper color, distort, tinge affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon n the timbre of a musical sound 5Syn|Hyper color, coloration, colouration quality, timber, timbre, tone (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) n (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction 6Syn|Hyper color form, kind, sort, variety a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality 1n an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading Syn|Hypo|Hyper color, gloss, semblance color of law, colour of law a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law simulacruman insubstantial or vague semblance face valuethe apparent worth as opposed to the real worth guise, pretence, pretense, pretextan artful or simulated semblance camouflage, disguisean outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something verisimilitudethe appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true appearance, visual aspect outward or visible aspect of a person or thing 2v give a deceptive explanation or excuse for Syn|Hyper color, gloss apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
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