off-white

off-white — 形容詞

1. close to white but carrying a faint yellow, grey, or cream tint instead of looki

1.形容詞B1
釋義

米白的

接近白色但帶淡淡灰黃調

close to white but carrying a faint yellow, grey, or cream tint instead of looking purely white

例句

Jude chose off-white curtains to soften the strong sunlight in the studio.

Jude 挑了米白色窗簾，好讓工作室的強烈日光柔和一些。

off-white + noun for fabric and decor

The bakery wrapped the cake in an off-white box with gold ribbon.

那家麵包店用一個米白色盒子加金色緞帶包起蛋糕。

同義詞
  • cream

    usually warmer and more yellow than off-white

  • ivory

    often suggests a richer, more elegant warm white

  • grey-white

    usually cooler, with more grey than off-white

反義詞
  • white

    suggests a cleaner, more purely white colour with no visible tint

文法句型

off-white + noun

be + off-white

用法筆記

Often used for paint, fabric, paper, and clothing when the colour is not a clean bright white. It commonly appears before the noun, but it also works after be: The walls are off-white.

常見錯誤

❌The walls are an off-white colour.
✅The walls are off-white.
💡After 'be', the adjective usually stands on its own.
❌She bought an off-white sweater colour.
✅She bought an off-white sweater.
💡Use off-white directly before the noun it describes.

off-white — 名詞