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Rainbow Colours Sky ˈreɪnbəʊ Noun N Count 可数名词 虹;彩虹

A rainbow is an arch of different colors that appears in the sky when it rains, and can also refer to a wide range of colors or metaphorically to hope, as in 'the end of the rainbow'.

彩虹(rainbow)是一种由不同颜色组成的拱形,有时在下雨时天空会出现。它也可以指色彩缤纷或比喻希望,如“彩虹的尽头”。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]虹;彩虹 A rainbow is an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when it is raining.
  • Oh look, a rainbow!

    看哪,彩虹!

  • ...silk brocade of every colour of the rainbow.

    彩虹般五颜六色的绸缎

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]五颜六色;色彩缤纷 A rainbow of colours is a wide range of bright colours.
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  • ...a rainbow of coloured cushions.

    五颜六色的彩垫

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[PHRASE 短语]可望而不可即 If you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.
  • The promise of a cure — the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — often makes sensible people do irrational things.

    找到一种治愈方法的希望——就如同永远够不到的一桶黄金——往往让理智的人们做出不理智的事情。


Oxford rain·bow / ˈreɪnbəʊ ; NAmE ˈreɪnboʊ / noun a curved band of different colours that appears in the sky when the sun shines through rain 虹;彩虹 all the colours of the rainbow 彩虹的各种颜色 rainbow rainbows rain·bow / ˈreɪnbəʊ ; NAmE ˈreɪnboʊ /
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rainbowrain‧bow /ˈreɪnbəʊ $ -boʊ/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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a large curve of different colours that can appear in the sky when there is both sun and rain
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rainbow

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彩虹(98%),幻想(1%),五彩缤纷的排列(1%)
n.彩虹;五彩缤纷的排列;幻想
adj.五彩缤纷的;彩虹状的
vt.使呈彩虹状;如彩虹般装饰
vi.呈彩虹状
n.(Rainbow)人名;(英)雷恩博

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