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coloured (also colored) adj.
⇨ coloured (coloured lights) ⇨ black (coloured people)coloured (BrE) (NAmE colored) adjective coloured ♦︎ colourful ♦︎ flamboyant ♦︎ lurid ♦︎ gaudy ♦︎ garish ♦︎ loudThese words all describe things that are a bright colour or that have a lot of different colours. 这些词均表示颜色鲜艳的、五彩缤纷的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a lurid / gaudy / garish / loud colour◆a gaudy / garish / loud pattern / green / pink / red, etc.◆colourful / flamboyant / gaudy / loud clothes◆colourful / flamboyant / loud designs■ coloured (BrE) (NAmE colored) (often used in compounds 常用于复合词) having a particular colour or different colours 有⋯色的；色彩⋯的◆The street was ablaze with coloured lights.那条街被彩灯照得一片辉煌。◆brightly coloured balloons色彩鲜艳的气球◆She was wearing a cream-coloured suit.她身着米色套装。■ colourful (BrE) (NAmE colorful) (often approving) full of bright colours; having a lot of different colours 颜色鲜艳的；五彩缤纷的◆The male birds are more colourful than the females.这种鸟雄性比雌性色彩更加艳丽。◆a small but colourful garden面积不大却五彩缤纷的花园 OPP colourless ⇨ drab NOTE 辨析 Coloured or colourful?On its own, coloured describes things which have a particular colour when they are normally white or clear. * coloured单独使用时指通常为白色或透明的东西带有颜色◆coloured glass / lights / paper有色玻璃；彩灯；彩纸Otherwise it is used in compounds. 此外，它还用于复合词中◆brightly coloured颜色鲜艳的◆cream-coloured米色的 Colourful is always used on its own. * colourful总是单独使用。 ■ flamboyant / /flæmˈbɔɪənt/ / (often approving) bright, colourful and noticeable 艳丽的；绚丽夺目的◆a flamboyant silk tie艳丽的丝绸领带■ lurid / /ˈlʊərɪd, ˈljʊərɪd; NAmE ˈlʊrɪd/ (disapproving) too bright in colour, in an unpleasant way 俗艳的；花哨的◆She was wearing a lurid orange and green blouse.她穿着一件花哨的橙绿两色的衬衫。■ gaudy /ˈgɔːdi/ / (disapproving) too brightly coloured in a way that lacks taste 俗艳的；花哨俗气的◆She wore gaudy colours and lots of gold jewellery.她穿得花里胡哨，戴着许多黄金首饰。■ garish /ˈgeərɪʃ; NAmE ˈgerɪʃ/ (disapproving) very brightly coloured in an unpleasant way 俗艳的；花哨的；刺目的◆I can't stand those garish Christmas lights.我受不了那些花里胡哨的圣诞灯饰。■ loud (sometimes disapproving) very brightly coloured in a way that lacks taste （颜色）俗艳的，花哨俗气的◆He wore a loud checked jacket and a green tie.他穿着花哨的格子夹克，系了一条绿领带。NOTE 辨析 Lurid, gaudy, garish or loud? Gaudy is used to describe bright colours when you want to suggest that they have been chosen by sb lacking good taste (= the ability to choose things that are attractive and of good quality). Garish is used more to describe bright colours that are ugly. Loud mainly describes clothes with bright, ugly patterns and suggests less disapproval and more humour. Lurid is the most unpleasant of all, used especially to describe lighter colours that reflect light, such as yellow, orange, green and pink. * gaudy指艳丽而缺乏品味。garish更多指颜色鲜艳而难看。 loud主要指衣服图案花哨难看，不太含贬义，倒有些幽默意味。本组词中，lurid最令人不悦，尤用于描述反光的浅亮色，如黄色、橙色、绿色和粉红色。 black adjective black ♦︎ African American ♦︎ of colour ♦︎ coloured ♦︎ mixed race ♦︎ non-whiteThese words all describe people who have dark skin. 这些词均表示人肤色黝黑的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆black / African American / coloured / mixed-race / non-white people◆people of colour / mixed race◆black / African American culture■ black (especially BrE) belonging to a race of people who have dark skin and are originally from Africa; connected with black people 黑色人种的；黑人的◆a black girl一个黑人女孩◆black culture黑人文化ⓘ Black is the word most widely used and generally accepted in Britain. The currently accepted term for a black person from the US is African American. Black can also be a noun, but it is generally only used in the plural. * black这个词在英国广为使用和接受。指美国黑人，目前接受的词是African American。black也可用作名词，但一般仅用其复数形式◆equality for blacks and whites黑人和白人的平等地位It can sound offensive in the singular; instead you can use the adjective. 单数形式有冒犯之嫌。避免冒犯可将black用作形容词◆a black man / woman一个黑人男子／女子 ■ ˌAfrican Aˈmerican belonging to a race of people who have dark skin, originally from Africa but now American 非洲裔美国黑人的◆the first African American president美国第一位非洲裔黑人总统▸ African American noun [countable] ◆African Americans in Hollywood好莱坞的非裔美国黑人◆a young African American一名年轻的非裔美国黑人■ of colour (BrE) (NAmE of color) (especially NAmE) belonging to a race of people who do not have white skin 有色人种的◆They say that prejudice against people of color persists.他们说，针对有色人种的偏见一直存在。ⓘ Of color is also widely used in the US; it includes not only Americans of African origin, but also people of many different origins, for example Asian. * of color在美国也广为使用，不仅包括非洲裔美国黑人，还包括许多不同族裔的人，如亚裔美国人。 see also colour ⇨ colour 2 ■ coloured (BrE) (NAmE colored) (old-fashioned or offensive) not having white skin, because one or both parents have dark skin 有色人种的ⓘ This term is now considered offensive except in South Africa, where Coloured is used to describe people who have parents of different races. In Britain and the US, use black, African American or of color. 这个词现在被视为冒犯语，只在南非除外。在南非，Coloured表示混血种的。在英国和美国，用black、African American或of color来指有色人种。■ ˌmixed ˈrace having parents of different races; belonging to different races 混血种的；不同种族的◆people of mixed race不同种族的人◆mixed-race children / couples混血种的孩子；异族通婚的夫妇ⓘ Mixed race can refer to people of any race, for example white, African, Asian, etc. * mixed race可指任何种族的人，如白人、非裔、亚裔等。■ ˌnon-ˈwhite (rather formal) belonging to any race that does not have white skin 非白种人的◆the non-white population非白种人的人口ⓘ Non-white can refer to people of many different origins, for example Indian and Chinese as well as African. It is used to talk about people in general, but not usually about individual people. * non-white可指许多不同族裔的人，如印度人、中国人和非洲人。non-white修饰人时是总称，通常不指个体◆I got talking to a non-white girl about her studies. ▸ non-white noun [countable, usually plural] ◆the ratio of whites to non-whites白种人对非白种人的比例 |