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单词 recolour
释义

recolourrecolorv.

Brit. /ˌriːˈkʌlə/, U.S. /ˌriˈkələr/
Forms: see re- prefix and colour v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, colour v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + colour v. Compare Middle French recouleurer (1503), Middle French, French recolorer (1564).
1. transitive. To colour (a thing) again or differently.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colour [verb (transitive)]
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huec1000
litc1230
coloura1325
paint?c1335
infecta1398
taint1471
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becolour1567
tinct1594
colorate1599
colourize1611
tincture1616
tint1791
encolour1850
pigment1896
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlvi. f. 278 [She] began to recolour her bleake and pale face, with a vermelion teint and Roseal rudde.
1786 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 4) I. v. 166 I and better judges conjecture that it [sc. a portrait of Henry VII at Strawberry-hill] was recoloured by Reubens himself.
1828 A. M. Porter Coming Out in J. Porter & A. M. Porter Coming Out & Field of Forty Footsteps II. 205 Expectation had re-coloured her cheeks.
1839 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. ix. 162 That they must recolour all their geological maps.
1887 D. A. Low Introd. Machine Drawing (1892) 3 If it is necessary to recolour any part, let the first coating dry before beginning.
1940 Times 11 Apr. 9/6 Commander King-Hall's proposal to recolour the maps of the world..would..be hardly fair to the map-makers.
2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 3 Jan. c1 She gets..her hair recolored every three to four weeks.
2. intransitive. Of a thing: to resume its colour. Obsolete. rare.
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1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xiii. 226 The swarthy blush recolours in his cheeks, His lip resumes its red.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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