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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。
颜色丰富的；丰富多彩的；吸引人的
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颜色丰富的；丰富多彩的；吸引人的
having bright colors or a lot of variety and interest
She wore a colourful dress to the party.
她穿了一条色彩鲜艳的裙子去派对。
colorful的英式拼写。
British standard spelling of colorful.
The garden is full of colourful flowers in spring.
春天花园里开满了色彩鲜艳的花。
She wore a colourful dress to the party.
她穿了一条色彩鲜艳的裙子去参加派对。
The book tells a colourful story of adventure.
这本书讲述了一个引人入胜的冒险故事。
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。
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。
Not this
The colourful of the sunset amazes me.
Use this
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。
Not this
The festival was very colorful.
Use this
The festival was very colourful.
在英式英语中，应使用 'colourful' 而非 'colorful'。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
色彩缤纷的展示
The fireworks created a colourful display in the night sky.
烟花在夜空中创造了色彩缤纷的展示。
有趣的人，性格鲜明的人
He's a colourful character who has travelled the world and had many adventures.
他是一个性格鲜明的人，游历世界，经历丰富。
粗话，生动有力的语言
The captain used some colourful language when he saw the damage to his ship.
船长看到他的船受损时，说了些粗话。
丰富多彩的历史（常指有不光彩的事）
The old hotel has a colourful history, including a famous ghost story.
这家老旅馆有着丰富多彩的历史，包括一个著名的鬼故事。
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联想 colour（颜色）+ ful（充满的）→ 充满颜色的，即五彩缤纷的。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.