colour: [13] The Old English words for ‘colour’ were hīw ‘hue’ and blēo, but from the 13th century onwards they were gradually replaced by Old French colour. This came from Latin color, which appears to have come ultimately from an Indo-European base *kel- ‘hide’ (source also of apocalypse, cell, clandestine, conceal, and occult).
This suggests that its original underlying meaning was ‘outward appearance, hiding what is inside’, a supposition supported by the long history of such senses of English colour as ‘outward (deceptive) appearance’ and ‘(specious) plausibility’ (as in ‘lend colour to a notion’). => apocalypse, cell, conceal, hell, occult
colour
chiefly British English spelling of color (q.v.); for ending see -or. Related: Coloured; colouring; colourful; colours.
雙語例句
1. I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
我想讓門前的花園變得五彩繽紛。
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2. All colour fades— especially under the impact of direct sunlight.
所有顏色都會褪色——尤其是在陽光直射下。
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3. The only difference between us is the colour of our skins.
我們之間唯一的差別就是膚色。
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4. Was he going to show the film? Was it in colour?
他會放那部電影嗎？是彩色的嗎？
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5. With a nice dark colour, the wine is medium to full bodied.