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单词 coloration
释义 col·or·a·tion
\ˌkələˈrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from colorer to color + -ation
1.
 a. : the state of being colored : coloring 1c
  < a rock with a strange and interesting coloration >
  < the coloration of the skin from a bruise >
 b. : use or choice of colors (as by an artist)
  < Millet's subdued coloration >
 specifically : arrangement or combination of colors
  < the brilliant coloration of a butterfly's wing >
2.
 a. : characteristic quality : timbre
  < the newspapers … took on the former coloration of the magazines — L.B.Seltzer >
 b. : aspect suggesting an attitude : persuasion, attitude, inclination
  < the chameleon talent for taking on the intellectual coloration of whatever idea he happened to fasten onto — Budd Schulberg >
3. : subtle variation of intensity or quality of tone
 < a haunting coloration in the string passages of the concerto >
 < a certain odd coloration in his voice >
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