in off-white
常用于描述房间、家具或衣物的整体配色。
The entire hallway is decorated in off-white.
整条走廊都以米白色装饰。
任何接近白色的浅色。；黄白色
任何接近白色的浅色。
Any pale colour that is almost white.
She painted the kitchen walls in a soft off-white.
她把厨房墙壁刷成柔和的米白色。
用法提示：off-white 作为名词，指一种颜色，这里用作介词宾语，表示颜色名称。
The wedding dress was an elegant off-white, not pure white.
那件婚纱是优雅的米白色，不是纯白色。
用法提示：off-white 作为名词，表示一种颜色，在句中作主语补足语。
I prefer off-white for the trim because it contrasts nicely with the bold wall color.
我更喜欢用米白色做镶边，因为它与大胆的墙面颜色形成很好的对比。
用法提示：off-white 作为名词，指颜色，这里用作介词宾语，表示选择的颜色。
常用于描述房间、家具或衣物的整体配色。
The entire hallway is decorated in off-white.
整条走廊都以米白色装饰。
作可数名词，用不定冠词指某一种具体的米白色。
They picked an off-white for the kitchen cabinets.
他们为厨房橱柜选了一种米白色。
复数形式常与形容词连用，泛指多种接近白色的浅色。
The new paint line comes in soft off-whites and warm grays.
新涂料系列有柔和的米白色和暖灰色。
grammar · medium
易错句子She chose a off-white for the curtains.
正确表达She chose an off-white for the curtains.
off-white 的读音以元音音素开头，所以不定冠词要用 an；不能只看拼写首字母是 o 就用 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子The paint store has many off-white.
正确表达The paint store has many off-whites.
off-white 表示“一种米白色”时是可数名词，复数形式是 off-whites；many 后面必须接可数名词复数。
grammar · medium
易错句子She prefers off-white than pure white.
正确表达She prefers off-white to pure white.
动词 prefer 表示比较时固定搭配是 prefer A to B，不能用 than；这里 off-white 和 pure white 都是被比较的颜色名词。
beige 是带明显黄棕底调的浅褐色，比 off-white 更深更暖；若颜色只是在纯白里掺了一点灰或乳调、看上去仍算“白”，就该用 off-white，而不是 beige。
ivory 特指带淡黄调的乳白，常用于瓷、纸、织物等有光泽的材质；off-white 只表示“接近白”，不限色调，也没有象牙那种贵重联想，描述普通浅白底色时用 off-white。
cream 偏黄，是柔和的乳白，多形容布料、墙面等；off-white 更中性，可偏灰也可偏黄，只有当颜色明显带奶黄感时才用 cream。
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