Word · Frequency #25053
auburn
赤褐色的;赭红色的
reddish-brown
多用于形容头发颜色。
- 1.
Of a reddish-brown colour.
红棕色的。
红棕色的。;赤褐色的
In use
She has long auburn hair that shines in the sunlight.
His beard is auburn, a little lighter than the hair on his head.
The artist mixed red and brown to create the auburn shade for the portrait.
auburn + noun
auburn 在此作形容词,放在名词前,最常修饰 hair(头发)。
She has auburn hair.
她有一头赤褐色的头发。
shades of auburn
auburn 在此作名词,指赤褐色;shades of auburn 表示不同深浅的赤褐色调。
Her hair has shades of auburn.
她的头发带有深浅不一的赤褐色。
Common mistakes
Her hair is auburn color.Her hair is auburn.
auburn 作形容词时本身表示赤褐色,已包含颜色意义,后面再加 color 是多余且不自然的。英语中表示颜色时直接用颜色形容词作表语,例如 Her hair is auburn。
She has an auburn hair.She has auburn hair.
hair 指整体头发时是不可数名词,不能用不定冠词 an;如果写成 an auburn hair,听上去会变成“一根赤褐色头发”。表示一头赤褐色头发要说 auburn hair。
Her hairs are auburn.Her hair is auburn.
hair 指一个人头上全部头发时是不可数名词,不能加 -s,动词也要用单数。正确表达是 Her hair is auburn。
Connections
Collocations
- auburn hair
- 赤褐色的头发
- He admired her natural auburn hair.他欣赏她天然的赤褐色头发。
- auburn locks
- 赤褐色的秀发
- Her auburn locks caught the sunlight.她的赤褐色秀发在阳光下闪光。
- auburn tresses
- 赤褐色的长发
- She had long auburn tresses.她有一头赤褐色的长发。
- auburn curls
- 赤褐色的卷发
- The child's auburn curls bounced as she ran.小女孩赤褐色的卷发随着她跑动而跳动。
Synonyms
- reddish-brown
- 红棕色的 · 比 auburn 更笼统,可泛指任何偏红的棕色,不特指头发。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想:auburn 开头像 autumn,结尾像 burn——秋叶燃烧般的赤褐色。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:hair color description、literary description、beauty product description 该词形容词用法更常见,多用于描述头发颜色,语体中性偏书面;名词用法指赤褐色,也较正式。日常口语中较少单用 auburn,比较常见于文学作品或美发类描述。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见词与 auburn /ˈɒːbən/ 完全押韵。ribbon、urban、carbon 的结尾都读 /bən/,但重读元音不同,不押韵;burn、turn、sunburn 拼写中含 -urn,但读 /ɜːn/,也是形近音异。
Learn the forms together
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