Apedia

Color French Latin English 4658.Color 英 Kʌlə(R)]美 Kʌlɚ

正面 4658.color
英 ['kʌlə(r)]美 ['kʌlɚ]

背面
释义:
n. 颜色;肤色;颜料;脸色vt. 粉饰;给...涂颜色;歪曲vi. 变色;获得颜色
例句:
1. Nancy liked it well enough, but complained about the color.南希还蛮喜欢它,只是有点不满意它的颜色。

1. 谐音“扑浪急、扑浪季”---扑浪、跳水的好季节。2. plumb => plunge: 该词原先的含义是测试水深的铅锤或者用铅锤将渔网拉入水中。
color 颜色来自PIE*kel, 隐藏,遮盖,词源同cell, hole.后词义由遮盖引申为颜色,色彩。
color (n.)early 13c., "skin color, complexion," from Old French color "color, complexion, appearance" (Modern French couleur), from Latin color "color of the skin; color in general, hue; appearance," from Old Latin colos, originally "a covering" (akin to celare "to hide, conceal"), from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell). For sense evolution, compare Sanskrit varnah "covering, color," related to vrnoti "covers," and also see chroma. Meaning "visible color, color of something" is attested in English from c. 1300. As "color as a property of things," from late 14c. Old English words for "color" were hiw ("hue"), bleo.color (v.)late 14c.; see color (n.); earliest use is figurative. Related: Colored; coloring."

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Grin groan english ring modern semantic common meant

Previous card: Processor food 4657.processor 英 prəʊsesə]美 prɑsɛsɚ 释义 n

Up to card list: coca 1-20200 english word,Image and sound