hued

/ˈhyüd/ (ame, mw)

hued — adjective

  • huedpositive
  • huedercomparative
  • huedestsuperlative

1. showing a particular shade or, when joined to words like 'many' or 'multi', a mi

1.形容詞C2
釋義

showing a particular shade or, when joined to words like 'many' or 'multi', a mix of shades

例句

Paloma painted the bedroom wall a soft rose-hued pink before the baby arrived.

[colour]-hued + noun to name a precise shade

The market stalls sold many-hued silk scarves from Thailand, India, and Morocco.

many-hued for a mix of several colours

同義詞
  • coloured

    plainer, everyday word; 'hued' is literary and usually compounded

  • tinted

    suggests a faint trace of one colour rather than a full shade

反義詞

文法句型

[colour/many]-hued + noun

用法筆記

Almost always part of a compound: a colour word, 'many', or 'multi' attaches in front (rose-hued, many-hued). It rarely stands alone after 'be' the way ordinary colour adjectives do.

常見錯誤

❌The scarf was hued.
✅The scarf was many-hued.
💡'hued' needs a colour word or 'many'/'multi' joined in front; it does not work on its own.
❌a hued sunset
✅a richly hued sunset
💡without a describing word in front, readers cannot tell which colour or how many.