Word · Frequency #3618
coloured
有色的；彩色的
British spelling of 'colored'.
英式拼写
- 1.
British standard spelling of colored.
英式拼写的“colored”
英式拼写的“colored”；有色的；有...色的；经过渲染的；有色彩的
In use
She prefers to wear brightly coloured clothes in summer.
The children were asked to draw a coloured picture of their family.
He used coloured pencils to shade the drawing.
coloured + [noun]
英式拼写；美式拼作 colored。
The child was drawing with coloured chalks.
那个孩子正在用彩色粉笔画画。
[colour word] + coloured + [noun]
coloured 前接颜色词构成复合形容词，意为“……色的”。
She wore a cream-coloured summer dress.
她穿了一条奶油色的夏裙。
be + coloured
系表结构中 coloured 描述主语带有颜色。
The glass bottles are coloured to protect the liquid from light.
这些玻璃瓶是有色的，用来保护液体不受光照。
Common mistakes
The fireworks were very coloured.The fireworks were very colourful.
coloured 意为“有色的”，强调带有颜色而非黑白；colourful 意为“色彩鲜艳的/五颜六色的”。烟花绚丽多彩，应用 colourful，用 coloured 语义不符。
The wall coloured yellow.The wall is coloured yellow.
coloured 作表语形容词时，前面需要系动词 be 构成完整谓语。中文常省略“是”，但英语必须说 is coloured，因此要补充 is。
Connections
Collocations
- coloured pencils
- 彩色铅笔
- She drew a picture with coloured pencils.她用彩色铅笔画了一幅画。
- coloured paper
- 彩色纸
- The children made decorations from coloured paper.孩子们用彩色纸做装饰品。
- coloured lights
- 彩灯
- The streets were decorated with coloured lights.街道上装饰着彩灯。
- brightly coloured
- 色彩鲜艳的
- Tropical birds are brightly coloured.热带鸟类色彩鲜艳。
- coloured glass
- 彩色玻璃
- The window is made of coloured glass.这扇窗户是彩色玻璃做的。
- cream-coloured
Learner notes
Memory Tip
英式拼写 colour（颜色）加上 -ed，就像给画涂上颜色，记住“有 colour 的就是彩色的”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：英式英语书面材料、英式英语日常表达 这是 colored 的英式拼写，含义不变，通常用于英式英语；在美式英语中多写作 colored。两种拼写都很常见，选择取决于所用英语变体。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only dullard (ˈdʌləd) rhymes with the British pronunciation of coloured (ˈkʌləd). The -oured words below (flavoured, favoured, honoured, laboured) all share the same -oured spelling and suffix -ed, but their stressed vowels differ, so they do not rhyme.
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 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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