(biology 生)a group of plants or animals that live
together or grow in the same place 同地生长的植物或
动物）群，群体，集落：a coiony o/ants蚁_
◊ a bird 鸟群
colo>phon /'kDlafan; NAmE 'ka:l-/ noun {technical 7ft if) the name or symbol of a publisher which is printed on a book (印在书上的）出版社名称（或标志）
color (NAm£) = colour llilai^l You will find most words formed with color at the spelling colour.大
多数由color构成的词都可在拼写为colour的词条下 找到。
.Colorado 'beetle noun a yellow and black insect that damages potato plants科罗拉多甲虫；马铃薯甲虫
col-or-ant (iV/Am£) = colourant
col-oration (BrE also col-our-ation) /,kA\Q'rei[n/
noun [U] [technical 7ft i§) the natural colours and patterns on a plant or an animal (植物或动物的）自然fe彩，自然 花纹
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
colour
shade ♦ tone ♦ hue ♦ tint. tinge
All these words describe the appearance of things,
resulting from the way in which they reflect light. l^J；
.备_均丨涉及颜色、色彩。
colour/colorthe appearance that things
have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light.
Red，green an.d blueare
colours^指—色、色彩如.、
V:'红色、绿色、蓝色）：.W/i成’syot/r/flvowr/fetro/owr?
你最喜欢的颜色是什么？ ◊ co/owrs
鲜艳的/深/浅颜色
shade a particular form of a
colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky bfue is a shade
of blue.指色彩的浓淡深浅、色度（如天蓝是蓝色的
—种）
tone * particular shade of
a co丨our 指色调、賴暗、
■■影调：fl oirpef /•/? M/flrm
tones 〇/ braivn orange
棕色和橘黄色的暖色调地毯
SHADE
OR TONE?用 shade
还是
tone
?
Tone is often used in the
plural to refer to small differences in the quality of a colour. You can say *
tone常甩作复数，指色质的细小差别，可说：始Wes o/i?rowr;深浅不词的棕色,but not但不*i兑：browrt
shades； and 也^银：Irowr? tones 棕色调，but not 但 朱说：tones
of brown
hue (literary or technicaf) a colour or a
particular ,shade of a colour 指颜色、色度、色调：His
face took 0/1 an M^7/.f/sh 他的:脸i：透出.一丝病态
的苍白。.
COLOUR
OR HUE?用 colour 还是 hue ?
Colour is more general and far more frequent in
everyday language. * colour较通用，更常用于肖常表
达。 .
tint a shade or small
amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface 指么调、淡色彩、•^层.. .淡色：leaves
with red and go.ld autumn tints'金秋对.
节略呈红黄色的树叶
tinge a
small amount of a colour 指微量、少许颜色：
ww
fl戶/从f/nge
to fhe s^y.天空略秦-点淡淡的
粉红色。
TINT
OR T丨NGE?用 tint 还是 tinge ?
These two words are very similar when describing a
small amount of a colour. You can say 以上两词指淡v. 色彩时用法非常相似，可以说：敗f/nt/f/叩e or 或：fl f/nge 0/略带一点淡红色,but not但不说： a
tint of red。Tint is often used in the plural，but tinge is al.most always singular. * tint 常用作叙数，..但
tinge几乎总是作单数。
col-ora-tura /.kolara'tuera; NAmE .kAlara'tura/ noun [u] {music complicated passages
for a singer, for example in opera 花腔：a coloratura soprano (= one who often
sings coloratura passages)' 花腔女高音歌手
col.ored
(AMmf)
= coloured color-fast = colour fast col-orful [NAmB) = COLOURFUL
’color guard /?ou/7 (t/S) a small
group of people who carry official flags in a ceremony 掌旗企仗队 col.oring(AMm£) = colouring col-or-ist,
col-oristic (/VAm£) = colourist,
colour- istic
col-or-fze {BrE also col-our-ize) /'kAlaraiz/ verb [VN] {technical to add colour to a black and white film/
movie, using a computer
process (借助计算机）给（黑
白彰片）'着色
col-or-Iess (/s/Amf) = colourless 'color line noun {NAm^) = colour bar col-os-sal/ka'lDsl; NAmEke'laisl/
adj. extremely large g 大的；庞:t的：a coZossaZ statue 巨:的雕像◊ I7ie singer
earns a coiossaZ amount 0/
money.那歌手现在可賺大
钱了
col-os-sus /ka'lDses; NAmE -'la:s-/ noun 1 [sing.] (formal) a person or thing
that is extremely important or large in size 巨人；巨物.2 [C] (/?/• co.lossi /‘ka’lDsai; AMmf-’la:s-/)
an extremely large statue 巨型雕像
col-os-tomy
/ka'lDstami;
NAmE ka'lais-/ noun {pi. -ies) (medical IS) an operation in
which part of a person^
col^os«trum /ka'lDstram; NAmE -'la:s-/ noun [U] the substance
produced in the breasts of a new mother, which has a lot of antibodies which help her baby to
resist disease初乳（含丰富的抗体，有助于婴儿免疫）
C〇l*OUr CHr (Br£) [NAmE colot) /'kAla^)/ noun, verb • noun
►
RED, GREEN, ETC.__fe 1.[C，.U] the appearance that things have that results from
the way in which they reflect light. Red, orange and green are colours.颜色；色彩：
What’s
your/avourite co〖our?你最喜欢的颜备是什么？ ◊
cotours 鲜^的/深 / 逢颜色<>〇^如- aWe
in J 2 d访ferent coiours 12种不_的M色可供挑选◊
the colour 〇/ the
sfcy 天空的颜色◊ Her hair is a
reddish- brown cotour.她的头发是棕红色的。◊ to adci/give/Iend colour to sth (= make
it brighter, more interesting, etc.) 0 Foods
which go through a factory process lose much 〇/ their coZour, favour
and texture.备过工广加工
的食品会失去许多色泽、味道和质地。◊ The garden iv〇5 a mass o/cok>ur.花园里五彩续纷。2 [u] (usually before another noun 通常用于另一表 前）the use all the colours, not only black and white 起色：a colour TV 彩色电视机◊ cotour photogmp/iy/printin^麥色摄影/ 印刷◊ a_/i/H-coZour brochure 彩色小册子◊ Do you Sream m cotour?你的梦是彩色的吗?
►
OF FACE 面扎 3 ’⑴]a red or pink colour in
sb’s face, especially when it shows that they look healthy or that they are
embarrassed (尤指脸色的）红润，粉红；（尴
尬和的脸红：TVie 介es/i afr brought
coZour to thei> c/ieefcs•新鲜空气使他们的脸颊红润。◊ Cdour /boded her
face when she thought of what had happened.
所邊生的事情，脸涨得通红。◊ His/ace was
drained 0/ coZour (= he looked pale and ill).他盛色苍白。
►
OF SK丨N 皮肤.4 [U, C] the colour
of a person’s skin, when it shows the race they belong to ( ’人种的私‘色：
discrimination
on the grounds of race, colour or religion 以种族、肤色或宗教信仰为理由的歧视◊ (espec/fl//y
AMmf) a person/man/woman of colour (= who is not white) 有色人种的人/男子/女子
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SUBSTANCE 物质 5 [C,
U】a substance that is
used to give colour to sth 颜料；_如：a semi-permanent hair
colour that
kists six
to eight washes经得连续洗涤六至八次的
非永久性染发剂一see also WATERCOLOUR
INTERESTING
DETA丨LS 有趣的细节 6 [U] interesting and exciting details or
qualities 趣味；.乐趣：The old town is扣M o/coZour and
attractions这座古城姿采纷呈，引人