colour作名词意为“颜色”、“肤色”、“(用于服装、旗帜等代表团队、学校、政党或国家的)色彩”。colour既是可数名词又是不可数名词,需要具体语境具体分析。
1.(可数名词,不可数名词)颜色;色彩
(1)What's your favourite colour?
你最喜欢的颜色是什么?
(2)available in 12 different colours
有12种不同的颜色可供挑选
(3)the colour of the sky
天空的颜色
(4)Her hair is a reddish-brown colour.
她的头发是棕红色的。
(5)to add/give/lend colour to sth (= make it brighter, more interesting, etc.)
增色
(6)Foods which go through a factory process lose much of their colour, flavour and texture.
经过工厂加工的食品会失去许多色泽、味道和质地。
(7)The garden was a mass of colour.
花园里五彩缤纷。
2.(不可数名词)彩色
(1)a colour TV
彩色电视机
(2)colour photography/printing
彩色摄影 / 印刷
(3)a full-colour brochure
彩色小册子
(4)Do you dream in colour ?
你的梦是彩色的吗?
3.(不可数名词)(尤指脸色的)红润,粉红;(尴尬时的)脸红
(1)The fresh air brought colour to their cheeks.
新鲜空气使他们的脸颊红润。
(2)Colour flooded her face when she thought of what had happened.
她想起所发生的事情,脸涨得通红。
(3)His face was drained of colour (= he looked pale and ill) .
他脸色苍白。
4.(不可数名词,可数名词)(人种的)肤色
(1)(especially North American English) a person/man/woman of colour (= who is not white)
有色人种的人/男子/女子
(2)discrimination on the grounds of race, colour or religion
以种族、肤色或宗教信仰为理由的歧视
5.(可数名词,不可数名词) 颜料;染料
a semi-permanent hair colour that lasts six to eight washes
经得起连续洗涤六至八次的非永久性染发剂
6.(不可数名词)趣味;乐趣
(1)The old town is full of colour and attractions.
这座古城姿采纷呈,引人入胜。
(2)Her acting added warmth and colour to the production.
她的表演给这出戏增添了生气和趣味。
7.(复数)(用于服装、旗帜等代表团队、学校、政党或国家的)色彩
(1)(figurative)There are people of different political colours on the committee.
委员会由来自不同政党的成员组成。
(2)Red and white are the team colours.
红白两色是这支队的队服色。
(3)Spain's national colours
西班牙国旗的颜色
8.(复数)(代表团队、国家、船等的)旗帜,徽章
(1)Most buildings had a flagpole with the national colours flying.
大多数的建筑物都有悬挂着国旗的旗杆。
(2)sailing under the French colours
挂法国国旗航行