Word · Frequency #24372
colors
/ˈkʌlɝː/
verb
给…上色；给…着色
colors is the third person singular of color.
add color to or decorate with colors
- 1.
add color to
给...着色
- 2.
modify or bias
修改或使有偏见
- 3.
decorate with colors
用色彩装饰
影响；使带偏见；给...着色；修改或使有偏见；用色彩装饰；把...涂上颜色
In use
She colored the drawing with crayons.
He is coloring the walls a bright blue.
The artist colors her paintings with vibrant hues.
Verb forms
base color · third person colors · -ing coloring · past colored · past participle colored
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- color in
- 涂色；填色
- The children colored in the outlines.孩子们给轮廓涂上了颜色。
- color one's hair
- 给头发染色；染发
- He colored his hair blue for the party.为了参加聚会，他把头发染成了蓝色。
- be colored with emotion
- 带有情绪色彩
- Her voice was colored with emotion.她的声音带有情绪色彩。
- color one's judgment
- 影响某人的判断
- Her personal bias colored her judgment.她的个人偏见影响了她的判断。
- color the truth
- 歪曲事实
- The witness colored the truth to protect his friend.证人歪曲了事实，以保护他的朋友。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象给黑白素描涂上色彩：color 就是“上色”。再记住给真相“上色”就会带偏见，所以 color 既有涂色又有歪曲的意思。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面语 作动词时，最常用的意思是“给…着色”，也有“影响、使带有偏见”的用法。该词属于中性词，口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
Grammar Note
及物与不及物动词：及物表示涂色或粉饰，不及物表示变色。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 duller 与 color 真正押韵（/ˈdʌlɚ/）。collar、dollar、cellar、polar 拼写相近，但元音不同，不押韵；culture 前两个音相同，但后续辅音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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