【一语 学英语】生活本应多姿多彩 → colour, coloured, colourful 作为定语该怎么用?

2015年10月09日 UKEC海外区







colour, coloured, colourful

汉语说的“彩色……”,在英文当中,根据情况可以用 colour, coloured, colourful 来修饰相关的名词,那么具体要怎么表达呢?


1. colour 用作定语,通常是指它所修饰名词能够产生 colour 的效果,如 colour film 等。

Ann hasn’t got a colour TV, has she?

I changed my black and white television for a colour set.

They want us to show some of our colour slides.

Did you want a black and white film, or a colour one?


2. coloured 用作定语,是指它所修饰的名词具有 colour 的特征,如 coloured flags, coloured chalk, cream-coloured, brightly coloured curtains 等。

She has an unusual coloured mark on her skin at birth.

We decorated the Christmas tree with coloured lights.


3. colourful 用作定语,则指颜色的多样性或色彩的鲜艳性,意为“丰富多彩的,多彩的,艳丽的”,如 colourful clouds, colourful wings 等。

They like to wear their colourful national dress.

The colourful flags added to the gaiety of the occasion.




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