colours
colours — 名詞
1. the different shades that objects, clothes, or light can show, such as red or bl
色彩
物體呈現的各種顏色
the different shades that objects, clothes, or light can show, such as red or blue
Tamar compared paint cards to choose warm kitchen colours.
Tamar 比較色卡，挑選廚房要用的暖色調。
collocation: warm kitchen colours
The sunset turned the lake into bands of orange and pink colours.
夕陽把湖面染成一帶帶橘色和粉色色彩。
Xiu sorted the beads by colours before making bracelets.
Xiu 先按色彩分類珠子，再做手鍊。
These birds use bright colours to warn hungry animals away.
這些鳥靠鮮豔色彩警告飢餓的動物別靠近。
- bright colours
- warm colours
- jewel colours
2. the lively beauty created when strong or many colours appear together
繽紛感
鮮亮色彩帶來的美感
the lively beauty created when strong or many colours appear together
Meera planted marigolds to bring more colour to the front yard.
Meera 種了萬壽菊，想讓前院多一點繽紛感。
phrase: bring colour to [place]
The market square was full of colour after the lanterns went up.
燈籠掛起來後，市集廣場充滿了繽紛感。
Diego's scarf added a splash of colour to the grey platform.
Diego 的圍巾替灰色月台添了一抹色彩。
After winter, fresh tulips gave the park back its colour.
冬天過後，新鬱金香讓公園重新有了色彩。
- bring colour to
- add colour to
- full of colour
- brightness
focuses more on light than beauty
- vividness
slightly more formal
用法筆記
Often appears in phrases like bring colour to, add colour to, or full of colour when a place feels visually livelier.
3. paint, dye, or another substance used to give something a chosen shade
著色料
用來替東西上色的材料
paint, dye, or another substance used to give something a chosen shade
Felix mixed two cake colours to make a deeper green.
Felix 混了兩種蛋糕著色料，調出更深的綠色。
collocation: cake colours
The art teacher kept fabric colours in small glass jars.
美術老師把布料用的著色料放在小玻璃罐裡。
Obi bought natural colours for the class batik project.
Obi 為班上的蠟染作品買了天然著色料。
Keep the food colours away from the hot oven door.
食用著色料要遠離熱烤箱門。
- food colours
- fabric colours
- natural colours
用法筆記
This sense refers to colouring materials themselves, not to the appearance or beauty created by them.
4. the red or pink look that appears in a face from health, heat, or strong feeling
臉色
臉上顯出的紅潤氣色
the red or pink look that appears in a face from health, heat, or strong feeling
After lunch, colour slowly returned to Christopher's face.
吃完午餐後，Christopher 的臉色慢慢回來了。
pattern: colour returned to somebody's face
Folake lost all colour when the fire alarm rang.
警報一響，Folake 一下子臉色全失。
The long climb put a healthy colour into Sophia's cheeks.
長長的爬坡讓 Sophia 的臉頰有了健康的臉色。
A sudden colour rose in Tuan's cheeks after the applause.
掌聲一來，Tuan 的臉頰立刻泛起一陣臉色。
- lose colour
- return to somebody's face
- healthy colour
- flush
usually a sudden red look
- complexion
broader and more neutral
用法筆記
Unlike sense 5, this sense can show embarrassment or shock as well as good health.
5. a fresher, healthier look in someone's face after illness or tiredness
紅潤
病後恢復的好氣色
a fresher, healthier look in someone's face after illness or tiredness
A week by the sea put colour back into Mert's cheeks.
在海邊住了一週，Mert 的臉頰又有了紅潤。
pattern: put colour back into somebody's cheeks
The soup and sleep soon brought colour to the patient.
喝湯加睡飽，很快讓病人恢復紅潤。
Regular walks gave Aunt Rosa more colour after winter.
規律散步讓 Aunt Rosa 冬天後更有紅潤。
Fresh mango juice put some colour into the tired boy's face.
新鮮芒果汁讓疲倦男孩的臉恢復幾分紅潤。
- bring colour to
- put colour back into
- give somebody colour
用法筆記
Usually appears in phrases about helping someone look well again after sickness, tiredness, or stress.
6. details or energy that make something more vivid, lively, or interesting
特色
讓事物更生動的細節
details or energy that make something more vivid, lively, or interesting
Local jokes gave the guide's talk some colour.
在地笑話替導覽員的談話增添了一些特色。
pattern: give something some colour
A brass band added colour to the rainy street parade.
銅管樂隊替下雨的街頭遊行添了不少特色。
Obi's travel stories bring colour to every family dinner.
Obi 的旅行故事讓每次家庭晚餐都更有特色。
The festival posters give the station walls more colour.
節慶海報讓車站牆面多了一些特色。
- local colour
- add colour to
- give something colour
用法筆記
Often refers to lively details, local character, or extra energy rather than visual beauty alone.
7. the usual skin shade someone has by nature, especially in discussion of race
膚色
人的天然皮膚顏色
the usual skin shade someone has by nature, especially in discussion of race
The survey asked about age, colour, and disability.
那份調查表問了年齡、膚色和身心障礙。
collocation: age, colour, and disability
Laws should protect people regardless of colour or religion.
法律應保障人民，不論膚色或宗教。
The form never asks for a child's colour at registration.
那張表在註冊時從不詢問孩子的膚色。
The coach judged players by skill, not by colour.
那位教練看的是球技，不是膚色。
- regardless of colour
- on grounds of colour
用法筆記
This sense is used in legal, social, or policy contexts about race, not about fashion or paint.
8. people referred to in race-related discussion as belonging to non-white groups
非白人
自我認同非白人的人
people referred to in race-related discussion as belonging to non-white groups
The grant supports young artists of colour in rural towns.
這筆補助支持鄉鎮裡年輕的非白人藝術家。
phrase: artists of colour
A history teacher of colour led the museum tour.
一位非白人的歷史老師帶著大家參觀博物館。
The panel discussed how schools can better serve students of colour.
那場座談討論學校如何更好服務非白人學生。
The festival reserved booths for small businesses run by people of colour.
那個節慶保留攤位給由非白人經營的小商家。
- people of colour
- artists of colour
- students of colour
用法筆記
Most often appears in the fixed expression people of colour or in similar respectful identity phrases.
9. an award from a school for representing an official sports team
校隊榮譽
入選校隊的榮譽標誌
an award from a school for representing an official sports team
Nia earned her hockey colours in her second term.
Nia 在第二學期就拿到了曲棍球校隊榮譽。
collocation: earn your hockey colours
The college gave colours to every student who made the first team.
那所學院把校隊榮譽頒給每位進入一隊的學生。
Receiving rowing colours meant Farid could wear the special tie.
拿到划船校隊榮譽，就表示 Farid 可以戴特製領帶。
The notice board listed this year's new rugby colours.
公告欄列出了今年新得到橄欖球校隊榮譽的學生。
- earn colours
- hockey colours
- rugby colours
用法筆記
In British school or university life, colours often include a badge, tie, or other sign of sporting honour.
10. the official banner used to represent a nation, a ship, or an armed unit
旗幟
國家或部隊的正式旗子
the official banner used to represent a nation, a ship, or an armed unit
Soldiers carried the regimental colours into the square.
士兵把團旗旗幟帶進廣場。
collocation: regimental colours
The captain ordered the colours raised at sunrise.
船長下令在日出時升起旗幟。
Tourists stood still when the colours passed the gate.
旗幟經過大門時，遊客都靜靜站著。
The old photograph shows sailors saluting the colours.
那張老照片拍到水手向旗幟敬禮。
- regimental colours
- raise the colours
- salute the colours
用法筆記
This sense is common in military or ceremonial language, especially with regimental or national flags.
11. the identifying colours worn or displayed by a team, school, or other group
隊色
團體代表身分的顏色
the identifying colours worn or displayed by a team, school, or other group
Fans filled the station in their club colours.
球迷穿著各自的隊色，把車站擠得滿滿的。
collocation: club colours
The bakery window was dressed in school colours for graduation week.
那家麵包店在畢業週用校隊色布置櫥窗。
Mina painted her bike in her house colours before the race.
Mina 在比賽前把腳踏車漆成自己宿舍的隊色。
The scarf seller arranged rival colours on opposite shelves.
圍巾攤販把敵對隊色分開擺在兩邊架上。
- club colours
- school colours
- rival colours
用法筆記
This sense is about shared identity markers, unlike sense 10, which refers to a formal flag.
to give a story or claim extra support so it sounds more believable
增添可信度
The torn ticket lent colour to Leo's excuse about the concert.
Smoke marks on the wall lend colour to the neighbour's story.
to state openly which side, idea, or person you stand behind
公開表態
After weeks of silence, the mayor nailed her colours to the mast.
The union finally nailed its colours to the mast before the vote.
of colour
idiomused about people from racial groups other than white people
非白人
The workshop was created for writers of colour across the island.
Two directors of colour spoke after the screening.
to check that a buyer really has the money before agreeing to a sale
先看錢再賣
The dealer wanted to see the colour of Omar's money first.
Before handing over the bike, Rosa saw the colour of his money.
your true colours
idiomthe real character someone shows when they stop acting for other people
真面目
During the storm, the selfish neighbour showed his true colours.
One rude message showed the coach's true colours.
with flying colours
idiomwith excellent results or obvious success
大獲全勝
Meera passed the driving test with flying colours.
The choir came through its first tour with flying colours.
colours — 形容詞
1. showing real shades instead of only black, white, or grey
彩色的
以彩色而非黑白呈現
showing real shades instead of only black, white, or grey
The brochure includes colour maps of every hiking route.
這本手冊附有每條健行路線的彩色地圖。
pattern: colour + noun
Our teacher showed a colour film about reef fish.
老師播放了一部介紹礁魚的彩色影片。
The shop printed the menu on a colour copier.
那家店用彩色影印機印出了菜單。
Tuan bought a colour monitor for his photo class.
Tuan 為攝影課買了一台彩色螢幕。
- colour film
- colour map
- colour monitor
- coloured
usually means having a colour, not specifically non-black-and-white media
- black-and-white
shows no colour information
文法句型
colour + noun
用法筆記
In British English, colour often comes before a noun in photography, printing, and screen contexts.
colours — 動詞
1. to change into a different shade, or to cause something to take that shade
變色；染色
變成某色或使其染色
to change into a different shade, or to cause something to take that shade
The evening sun coloured the snow a soft gold.
傍晚的陽光把雪地染成柔和的金色。
pattern: colour something + adjective
Tamar watched the clear broth colour red with chilli oil.
Tamar 看著清湯被辣油慢慢染成紅色。
Rain coloured the old posters dark and streaky.
雨水把舊海報染得又暗又花。
The cheap soap coloured Mia's white sleeves blue.
那塊便宜肥皂把 Mia 的白袖口染成藍色。
- colour red
- colour blue
- colour something gold
文法句型
something colours something
something colours + adjective
用法筆記
This sense covers both changing by itself and making another thing take on a new shade.
2. to fill a picture or shape with coloured marks using pens, pencils, paint, or si
著色
用彩筆或顏料上色
to fill a picture or shape with coloured marks using pens, pencils, paint, or similar tools
Meera coloured the kite with three wax crayons.
Meera 用三支蠟筆替風箏著色。
pattern: colour + object + with tool
The children coloured paper masks before the parade.
孩子們在遊行前替紙面具著色。
Felix likes to colour maps while listening to history podcasts.
Felix 喜歡一邊聽歷史節目，一邊替地圖著色。
Please colour the border green and leave the stars white.
請把邊框著色成綠色，星星留白。
- colour a picture
- colour a map
- colour the border
文法句型
colour + object + adjective
用法筆記
This is the everyday school or hobby sense for putting colour into a drawing or printed outline.
3. to have your face turn red from embarrassment or shyness
臉紅
因尷尬或害羞而泛紅
to have your face turn red from embarrassment or shyness
Xiu coloured at the praise from the stage.
Xiu 在台上的稱讚聲中臉紅了。
pattern: colour at something
The new waiter coloured when he dropped a spoon.
新來的服務生掉了湯匙時，立刻臉紅。
Sophia coloured as her brother read the note aloud.
Sophia 聽哥哥把紙條念出來時臉紅了。
Christopher coloured after calling the principal by the wrong name.
Christopher 叫錯校長名字後整個人都臉紅了。
- colour at praise
- colour with embarrassment
文法句型
colour at something
colour when-clause
用法筆記
This sense is about a person's face becoming red because of emotion, not about paint or light.
4. to push someone's view of a person or thing in an unfair, usually unfavourable d
影響觀感
使人看法偏向負面
to push someone's view of a person or thing in an unfair, usually unfavourable direction
One bad delay coloured our view of the entire hotel.
一次糟糕的延誤影響了我們對整間飯店的觀感。
pattern: colour somebody's view of something
The argument coloured Diego's memory of the trip.
那場爭吵影響了 Diego 對那趟旅行的觀感。
Rumours coloured the voters' opinion before the debate even started.
流言在辯論開始前就影響了選民的觀感。
Her rough first week coloured every later talk with the coach.
她第一週的不順利，影響了之後和教練的每次談話觀感。
- colour opinion
- colour memory
- colour somebody's view
文法句型
something colours somebody's view of something
用法筆記
Usually describes a negative influence on judgement, memory, or opinion rather than a neutral effect.
同根字
- colour名詞A1
- colourful形容詞A2
- colourless形容詞B2
- recolour動詞B2
- discolour動詞C1