Word · Frequency #5311
colourful
颜色丰富的；丰富多彩的；吸引人的
having bright colors or a lot of variety and interest
- 1.
British standard spelling of colorful.
colorful的英式拼写。
colorful的英式拼写。；颜色丰富的；鲜艳的；艳丽的；多色的
In use
The garden is full of colourful flowers in spring.
She wore a colourful dress to the party.
The book tells a colourful story of adventure.
colourful + noun
colourful常用来修饰具体的物品，如衣服、画作等。
She wore a colourful dress to the party.
她穿了一条色彩鲜艳的裙子去派对。
be + colourful
也可用于描述抽象事物，如故事、历史等。
The market is colourful with various fruits and flowers.
市场因各种各样的水果和鲜花而色彩缤纷。
Common mistakes
The colourful of the sunset amazes me.The colourfulness of the sunset amazes me.
色彩丰富（colourful）是形容词，不能直接用作名词。应使用名词形式 colourfulness。
The festival was very colorful.The festival was very colourful.
在英式英语中，应使用 'colourful' 而非 'colorful'。
Connections
Collocations
- colourful flowers
- 色彩鲜艳的花
- The garden was full of colourful flowers in spring.春天，花园里开满了色彩鲜艳的花。
- colourful personality
- 鲜明的个性
- She has a very colourful personality and is always the life of the party.她个性鲜明，总是派对上的灵魂人物。
- colourful history
- 丰富多彩的历史
- The city has a colourful history dating back to the medieval times.这座城市有着可追溯到中世纪的多姿多彩的历史。
- colourful language
- 生动（或粗俗）的语言
- He used some colourful language when he hit his thumb with a hammer.他用锤子砸到拇指时骂了几句脏话。
- colourful characters
- 有趣的/多姿多彩的人物
- The old town is full of colourful characters that tell stories.老城区里住着很多有趣的人物，他们会讲故事。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 colour（颜色）+ ful（充满的）→ 充满颜色的，即五彩缤纷的。
Context & Register
语域通常为中性，常见于日常描述颜色丰富、生动有趣的事物或情景，如服装、故事、人物性格等。注意：在正式学术写作中可能较少使用，更多见于口语或一般书面语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the suffix -ful, pronounced /fʊl/, which rhymes with the ending of 'colourful' (also /fʊl/). Note that the spelling 'our' in 'colourful' is British; the American spelling 'colorful' has the same pronunciation. Other words spelled with '-ful' like 'awful' also rhyme, but words spelled with '-ful' but pronounced differently (e.g., 'full' /fʊl/ as a separate word) are not included as they are not derived from the suffix.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.