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。
赤褐色的;赭红色的
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赤褐色的;赭红色的
reddish-brown
She has auburn hair.
她有一头赤褐色的头发。
多用于形容头发颜色。
红棕色的。
Of a reddish-brown colour.
She has long auburn hair that shines in the sunlight.
她有一头在阳光下闪闪发亮的长长的赤褐色头发。
His beard is auburn, a little lighter than the hair on his head.
他的胡子是赤褐色的,比头发颜色稍浅一点。
The artist mixed red and brown to create the auburn shade for the portrait.
艺术家混合红色和棕色,调制出画肖像用的赤褐色调。
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。
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。
Not this
Her hair is auburn color.
Use this
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。
Not this
She has an auburn hair.
Use this
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。
Not this
Her hairs are auburn.
Use this
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。
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赤褐色的头发
He admired her natural auburn hair.
他欣赏她天然的赤褐色头发。
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。
赤褐色的长发
She had long auburn tresses.
她有一头赤褐色的长发。
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。
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记忆联想:auburn 开头像 autumn,结尾像 burn——秋叶燃烧般的赤褐色。
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。
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。
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