colourfully

IPA/ˈkʌləfəli/
IPA/ˈkʌlərfəli/

colourfully — 副詞

1. showing many strong colours together, or using a variety of shades that stand ou

1.副詞B1
釋義

色彩繽紛地

用許多明亮或多種顏色呈現

showing many strong colours together, or using a variety of shades that stand out.

例句

Madison's birthday cake was colourfully decorated with pink, yellow, and blue icing.

Madison 的生日蛋糕色彩繽紛地以粉紅、黃色和藍色糖霜裝飾。

passive: be colourfully + past participle (decorated, painted)

The children dressed colourfully for the school's spring festival on Saturday.

孩子們穿得色彩繽紛地參加學校星期六的春季慶典。

verb + colourfully describing how someone is clothed

常見搭配
  • colourfully decorated
  • colourfully painted
  • colourfully dressed
  • colourfully arranged
  • colourfully patterned
同義詞
  • brightly

    focuses on light/vividness; can describe a single colour

  • vividly

    stronger; emphasises sharp, striking colour

  • gaily

    old-fashioned; suggests cheerful, festive decoration

反義詞
  • drably

    in dull, lifeless colours

  • plainly

    without decoration or colour

文法句型

verb + colourfully

colourfully + past participle

用法筆記

Frequently passive with verbs of decoration or display (be colourfully decorated / painted / arranged / dressed). Subject is usually an object, room, costume, or display rather than an abstract idea — distinguish from sense 2.

常見錯誤

Her speech was colourfully written on the page.
Her speech was written in colourful language.
for visual colour on paper, use 'in colour' or 'in bright colours'; 'colourfully' goes with the act of decorating, not the act of writing text.

2. in a lively, interesting way that holds people's attention — for example, tellin

2.副詞B2
釋義

生動地

用有趣、引人入勝的方式描述

in a lively, interesting way that holds people's attention — for example, telling a story with funny details or vivid expressions.

例句

Iris spoke colourfully about her three months hiking through northern Vietnam.

Iris 生動地描述她在越南北部健行三個月的經歷。

verb of speaking + colourfully for vivid storytelling

Soraya described the wedding colourfully, naming every dish on the long table.

Soraya 活靈活現地敘述那場婚禮，連長桌上每一道菜都點出來。

常見搭配
  • speak colourfully
  • describe colourfully
  • write colourfully
  • swear colourfully
  • recount colourfully
同義詞
  • vividly

    very close; emphasises sharp mental images for the listener

  • expressively

    stresses showing feeling more than visual detail

  • graphically

    stronger; can suggest unpleasant, disturbing detail

反義詞
  • dryly

    in a flat, unexciting way; can also mean with quiet humour

  • blandly

    without flavour or interesting detail

文法句型

verb of speaking/writing + colourfully

用法筆記

Pairs with verbs of speaking, writing, or describing (speak, write, describe, recount, swear). Subject is usually a person communicating, never a physical object — distinguish from sense 1, which is about visible colour.

常見錯誤

The garden bloomed colourfully with new ideas.
The writer described the garden colourfully, full of new ideas.
sense 2 needs a verb of communication; you cannot use it for the source of the ideas itself.

同根字

常見搭配

常用片語

  • colourfully decorated
  • colourfully dressed
  • colourfully painted