Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #2173
yellow
黄色；黄色颜料
the color yellow; yellow color or pigment
- 1.
The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
- 2.
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
黄色；黄色颜料
- 3.
One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
- 4.
One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
- 5.
A yellow card.
- 6.
Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow colored species. Compare sulphur.
黄牌；斯诺克黄球（值2分）；英式台球中的黄球；黄蝶（黄粉蝶亚科的蝴蝶）；黄色
In use
The yellow of the lemon was so bright that it stood out on the plate.
The painter mixed a little white into the paint to get a softer yellow.
For the background of the portrait, the artist chose a warm yellow.
the yellow of sth
常用来指物体中黄色的部分。
The yellow of the egg is rich in nutrients.
蛋黄的黄色部分营养丰富。
a shade of yellow
用于描述不同深浅的黄色。
She painted the room a soft shade of yellow.
她把房间刷成了柔和的黄色调。
in yellow
表示穿着或使用黄色。
The bride wore a dress in yellow.
Connections
Collocations
- bright yellow
- 亮黄色
- She painted the wall a bright yellow.她把墙刷成了亮黄色。
- pale yellow
- 淡黄色
- The curtains are a pale yellow.窗帘是淡黄色的。
- deep yellow
- 深黄色
- The sunset turned the sky a deep yellow.日落把天空染成了深黄色。
- the color yellow
- 黄色
- The color yellow is often associated with happiness.黄色常常与快乐联系在一起。
- shades of yellow
- 各种黄色调
- The artist used many shades of yellow in the painting.画家在画中用了多种黄色调。
- yellow pigment
- 黄色颜料
Learner notes
Memory Tip
黄色 'yellow' 中有 'yell'（喊叫），想象黄色太刺眼让人想喊叫。
Context & Register
描述颜色时的中性语境
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'fellow' and 'mellow' share the same stressed vowel /ɛ/ and the /loʊ/ ending, making true rhymes. 'Pillow' and 'willow' have the same /oʊ/ ending but a different stressed vowel, so they are spelling lookalikes but not perfect rhymes.
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。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.