Word · Frequency #7379
watercolours
水彩画
watercolours is the plural of watercolour.
watercolour
- 1.
A water-soluble pigment or paint.
一种水溶性颜料或涂料。
- 2.
A painting made by using such pigment.
用这种颜料绘制的画作。
- 3.
This kind of painting as a genre.
这种绘画作为一种艺术形式。
一种水溶性颜料或涂料。；用这种颜料绘制的画作。；这种绘画作为一种艺术形式。
In use
She bought a beautiful watercolour of a mountain landscape.
He prefers watercolours to oils for their soft and transparent effect.
The gallery is exhibiting a collection of watercolours from the 19th century.
a watercolour
She painted a beautiful watercolour.
她画了一幅美丽的水彩画。
in watercolour
He works mainly in watercolour.
他主要用水彩作画。
watercolour something
I watercoloured the landscape.
Connections
Collocations
- watercolour painting
- 水彩画作品
- She exhibited a beautiful watercolour painting at the gallery.她在画廊展出了一幅美丽的水彩画作品。
- watercolour landscape
- 水彩风景画
- He specializes in watercolour landscapes of the countryside.他专攻乡村水彩风景画。
- paint in watercolour
- 用水彩颜料作画
- Many artists prefer to paint in watercolour for its transparency.许多艺术家喜欢用水彩颜料作画，因为其透明性。
- watercolour technique
- 水彩技法
- The workshop covers basic watercolour techniques.这次工作坊涵盖基础水彩技法。
- watercolour paper
- 水彩画纸
- Use thick watercolour paper to prevent buckling.使用厚水彩画纸以防止起皱。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
水彩画由水（water）和色彩（colour）组成，watercolour就是水彩。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：art classes、museum labels、art supply stores 水彩画作为艺术术语，在正式和非正式场合均适用，多用于描述绘画作品或技法。
Grammar Note
名词可数，动词及物
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the <-our> ending but do not rhyme with 'watercolour' because their stressed vowels differ. Only 'honour' has the same stressed vowel /ɒ/ as the first syllable of 'watercolour', but the following sounds are different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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