单词 | off colour |
释义 | off colourWord family nouncolorantcolorationcolorimetercolorimetrycolourercolourfulnesscolouringcolouristcolourizationcolour barcolourmancolourpointcolour schemecolour supplementcolourwashcolourwaycolouradjectivecolorificcolorimetriccolourablecolouredcolourfulcolouristiccolourlesscolourycolour-blindcolourfastadverbcolourablycolourfullycolourlesslyverbcolourize Illness & disabilityˌoff-ˈcolour British EnglishBrE, off-color American English adjectiveadj 1 RUDE/OBSCENEsexually offensive 下流的,有伤风化的,猥亵的 off-color jokes 下流玩笑 2 [not before noun] British EnglishBrEMIILL slightly ill 稍有不适的,脸色不好的 She’s been feeling a bit off-colour lately. 近来她一直感到身体有点不舒服。 Examples from the Corpus off colour• I'm fine, thank you, but Elinor's a bit off colour at the moment.• Bruce went to the doctor, feeling a little off colour, and was told that he had anaemia. off colourn n → coloura) [not before noun] British EnglishBrEILL someone who is off colour is feeling slightly ill b) [usually before noun] especially American EnglishAmERUDE/OBSCENE off-colour jokes, stories etc are rude and often about sex Examples from the Corpus off-colour• How does a rat tell the experimenter that it has a headache or feels a bit off-colour?• And you're looking a bit off-colour, to be honest. |
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