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Yellow Colour Butter Noun Middle Part ˈjeləʊ Verb

"Yellow" is a color and can also be a verb meaning to turn yellow, often due to age. It can describe the color of lemons or butter and is also used informally and disapprovingly to mean cowardly. The word can also be used as slang to refer to people of East Asian descent.

英语

word yellow
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Collins
yellow ★★★★★
/je̱loʊ/
1
[COLOUR 颜色词]黄;黄色 Something that is yellow is the colour of lemons, butter, or the middle part of an egg.
  • The walls have been painted bright yellow...

    墙壁漆成了亮黄色。

  • Kim opted for cooler blues and yellows in the master bedroom.

    金为主卧室挑选了偏冷色调的蓝色和黄色。

2
[VERB 动词](通常因陈旧)变黄,发黄 If something yellows, it becomes yellow in colour, often because it is old.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  • The flesh of his cheeks seemed to have yellowed...

    他似乎有些面色发黄。

  • She sat scanning the yellowing pages.

    她坐着浏览发黄的书页。


Oxford yel·low ★ / ˈjeləʊ ; NAmE ˈjeloʊ /
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noun
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verb
yellow yellows yellowed yellowing yellower yellowest
adjective ★ ( yel·lower , yel·lowest ) 1 ★ having the colour of lemons or butter 黄的;黄色的 ◆ pale yellow flowers 淡黄色的花朵 ◆ a bright yellow waterproof jacket 鲜黄色的防水夹克 2 ( taboo) an offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some E Asian countries (轻蔑语)黄皮肤的,黄色人种的 3 ( informal, disapproving) easily frightened 胆怯的 SYN
cowardly
▶ yel·low·ness / ˈjeləʊnəs ; NAmE ˈjeloʊnəs / noun [uncountable ,  singular ]
noun ★ [uncountable ,  countable ] the colour of lemons or butter 黄;黄色 ◆ She was dressed in yellow. 她穿着黄衣服。 ◆ the reds and yellows of the trees 红色和黄色的树叶 verb [intransitive ,  transitive ] yellow(sth) to become yellow; to make sth become yellow (使)变黄 yel·low / ˈjeləʊ ; NAmE ˈjeloʊ / yel·low·ness / ˈjeləʊnəs ; NAmE ˈjeloʊnəs /
LDC
yellow1 adjective
yellow2 noun
yellow3 verb
yellowyel‧low1 /ˈjeləʊ $ -loʊ/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective
Word Origin
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1having the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg:  yellow flowers →
chrome yellow
, → lemon yellow
at lemon2
, → primrose yellow
at primrose(2)
2 not polite an offensive way of describing the skin colour of people from parts of Asia3 (also yellow-bellied) informal not brave SYN  cowardly
yellow1 adjective
yellow2 noun
yellow3 verb
yellowyellow2 ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable, uncountable]
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the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg:  Yellow doesn’t suit me at all. The room was decorated in a variety of reds, blues, and yellows.
yellow1 adjective
yellow2 noun
yellow3 verb
yellowyellow3 verb [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Table
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to become yellow, or to make something become yellow:  The paper had yellowed with age.
WDF

yellow

[ˈjeləʊ]yellowed, yellowing, yellows级别:yellower, yellowest

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Spoken:

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yellows[392]
黄色(69%),黄色的(29%),黄种人(1%),蛋黄(1%)
n.黄色;黄种人;黄色颜料
adj.黄色的;黄皮肤的
vt.使变黄或发黄
vi.变黄或发黄

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