Word · Frequency #642
colour
/ˈkʌlə/
noun
颜色
the quality of things that makes them appear red, blue, green, etc.; British spelling of 'color'
英式拼写
- 1.
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
英联邦和爱尔兰标准拼写的color。
英联邦和爱尔兰标准拼写的color。；面色；颜料；外貌
In use
The colour of the sky is beautiful today.
She chose a bright colour for her new dress.
Red is my favourite colour.
Connections
Collocations
- bright colour
- 鲜艳的颜色
- She prefers bright colours like red and yellow.她喜欢像红色和黄色这样鲜艳的颜色。
- dark colour
- 深色
- The room was painted in dark colours.房间漆成了深色。
- primary colour
- 原色
- Red, blue, and yellow are primary colours.红色、蓝色和黄色是原色。
- colour scheme
- 配色方案
- The colour scheme of the website is very harmonious.这个网站的配色方案非常和谐。
- natural colour
- 天然颜色
- She prefers her hair's natural colour.她更喜欢自己头发的天然颜色。
- change colour
- 变色
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将colour拆成c+ol+our，其中的our表示‘我们的’，颜色是我们共有的，注意拼写有u。
Context & Register
register: neutral; typical settings: 日常交流, 艺术, 设计; note_zh: 通常用于描述物体的颜色，属于中性正式程度，多用于日常交流和书面描述。
Grammar Note
作为不可数名词泛指颜色；作为可数名词指具体颜色或肤色。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-our' (flavour, honour, neighbour, etc.) are spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme with 'colour' (vowel varies). The word 'duller' rhymes exactly with 'colour' (/ˈdʌlə/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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