color

英 ['k?l?(r)] 美['k?l?]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?colors;第三人稱單數(shù):?colors;過(guò)去式:?colored;過(guò)去分詞:?colored;現(xiàn)在分詞:?coloring;

color 顏色

來(lái)自PIE*kel, 隱藏，遮蓋，詞源同cell, hole.后詞義由遮蓋引申為顏色，色彩。

color (n.): early 13c., "skin color, complexion," from Old French color "color, complexion, appearance" (Modern French couleur), from Latin color "color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance," from Old Latin colos, originally "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"), from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell).

For sense evolution, compare Sanskrit varnah "covering, color," related to vrnoti "covers," and also see chroma. Meaning "visible color, color of something" is attested in English from c. 1300. As "color as a property of things," from late 14c. Old English words for "color" were hiw ("hue"), bleo.
color (v.): late 14c.; see color (n.); earliest use is figurative. Related: Colored; coloring.

1. Nancy liked it well enough, but complained about the color.: 南希還蠻喜歡它，只是有點(diǎn)不滿意它的顏色。

2. He said he wanted a color-blind government where everybody's treated the same.: 他說(shuō)想要一個(gè)對(duì)所有人一視同仁、沒(méi)有種族偏見(jiàn)的政府。

3. He denies making off-color remarks about women.: 他否認(rèn)曾口出對(duì)女性不敬的污言穢語(yǔ)。