| 单词 | colors |
| 释义 | colour also (esp N American) color /kulˈər/noun
ORIGIN: OFr color, from L color, -ōris; related to cēlāre to cover, to conceal colˈorant or colˈourant noun A substance used for colouring colorāˈtion or colourāˈtion noun
colorifˈic /kol- or kul-/ adjective Producing colours colorimˈeter /kol- or kul-/ noun An instrument for comparison of colours colorimetˈric adjective colorimˈetry noun colourable /kulˈ/ adjective
colˈourably adverb colˈoured adjective
colˈourer noun colˈourful adjective
colˈourfully adverb colˈourfulness noun colˈouring noun
colˈourist noun
colouristˈic adjective colourīzāˈtion or colourīsāˈtion noun colˈourize or colˈourise transitive verb To add colour to (a film made in black and white) colˈourless adjective
colˈourlessly adverb colˈoury adjective Having much colour colour bar noun Social discrimination esp by whites against other races colˈour-blind adjective
colour blindness noun colour code noun A system of identification, eg of electrical wires, by different colours colˈour-code transitive verb To mark with different colours for identification colour contamination noun (image technol) A fault in colour reproduction caused by incomplete separation of primary colours colour contrast noun The perceived change in a colour when surrounded by another colour, used in psychology and tests for colour blindness colour correction noun In colour printing, compensation either by hand, by colour masking, or electronically, for inherent faults of the printing inks available coloured pencil noun One containing a coloured lead as distinct from graphite or blacklead colˈourfast adjective (of material, etc) with colours that are resistant to change when exposed to water, light or rubbing colour fastness noun colour film noun A film for producing colour photographs colour filter noun (photography) A transparent material, usu coloured glass or gelatin, used to modify the light transmitted through a camera's lens, by absorbing or transmitting selectively certain colours or wavelengths colour hearing noun The association of colours with sounds heard colour index noun
colour line noun A social and political separation between white and other races colˈourman noun A person who prepares or sells paints colour masking noun In photographic colour reproduction, the use of additional images to compensate for the deficiencies of the dyes forming the principal colour records colour music noun The art of displaying colours on a screen with effect analogous to music colour organ noun An instrument for doing this colour party or colour guard noun A military guard carrying a flag or colours colour phase noun Any seasonal or abnormal variation in the coloration of an animal colˈourpoint noun A Persian cat that has been crossed to achieve the colouring of a Siamese colour reversal noun (photography) A process in which the negative image in the respective colour layers is reversed to give a positive transparency colour scheme noun A planned combination of colours in a design or interior decoration colour screen noun A colour filter colˈour-sergeant noun A non-commissioned officer, orig responsible for guarding the Colours of a regiment colour subcarrier noun In colour television, a signal conveying the colour or chrominance information as a modulation, added to the monochrome video and synchronizing signals colour supplement or colour magazine noun An illustrated magazine printed in colour and published usu as a part of a weekly newspaper (also (informal) colˈour-sup, colˈour-supp or colˈour-mag) adjective Of a style often pictured in such a magazine, ie expensive and rather exclusive colour temperature noun (physics) That temperature of a black body that radiates with the same dominant wavelengths as those apparent from a source being described or considered colour therapy noun The therapeutic use, both psychologically and physically, of coloured light and of appropriate colours generally colour threshold noun The luminance level below which colour differences are indiscernible colˈourwash noun A cheap form of distemper coating transitive verb To paint with this colˈourway noun One of several combinations of colours in which eg a patterned fabric is available colour wheel noun A disc having coloured segments showing the relationship between colours colour a pipe To cause a pipe, esp a meerschaum, to darken by smoking colour in To fill in an area on a piece of paper, etc with colour colour up To blush, flush false colours A false pretence fear no colours To fear no enemy give or lend colour To give plausibility high colour Ruddiness of complexion join the colours To enlist lose colour
nail one's colours to the mast To commit oneself to some party or plan of action off colour
one's true colours As one really is, one's real character pair of colours see under pair1 primary colours see under primary see the colour of a person's money To be sure that a person has sufficient money to pay before agreeing to a transaction under colour of Under the pretext of with flying colours With distinction or brilliance |
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