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- of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks黄（色）的, 金黄色的, 蛋黄色的：
curly yellow hair.
卷曲的金发。
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- offensive having a naturally yellowish or olive skin (as used to describe Chinese or Japanese people)〈冒犯〉黄色人种的, 黄皮肤的（常指中国人或日本人）。
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- denoting a warning of danger which is thought to be near but not actually imminent黄色危险警报的：
he put Camp Visoko on yellow alert.
他宣布维索可营地进入黄色警戒状态。
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- informal cowardly〈非正式〉胆小的, 卑怯的, 胆怯的：
he'd better get back there quick and prove he's not yellow.
他最好赶快回到那儿去, 以证明自己不是胆小鬼。
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- archaic showing jealousy or suspicion〈古〉嫉妒的; 猜疑的。
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- (of a book or newspaper) unscrupulously sensational（书籍, 报纸）拼命追求轰动效应的, 不顾一切地耸人听闻的; 媚俗的：
he based his judgement on headlines and yellow journalism.
他根据大标题和耸人听闻的报道得出判断。
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- mass noun yellow colour or pigment黄色; 黄颜料：
the craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow
那艘船爆炸后燃起了红黄色的熊熊大火。
count noun painted in vivid blues and yellows.漆成各种鲜艳的蓝色和黄色。
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- yellow clothes or material黄色衣服; 黄色衣料：
everyone dresses in yellow.
人人身着黄衣裳。
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- a yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker（运动或比赛中的）黄色球; 黄色物（尤指斯诺克的黄球）。
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- with modifier a moth or butterfly that is predominantly yellow in colour, in particular黄蛾（或黄蝴蝶）, 尤指：
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- a butterfly related to the brimstones and sulphurs (Eurema, Colias, and other genera, family Pieridae)与粉蝶科相关的蝴蝶（黄粉蝶属、豆粉蝶属和其他属, 粉蝶科）。参见CLOUDED YELLOW.
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- a small European moth (several species in the family Geometridae)欧洲小黄蛾（尺蛾科多种）。
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yellows
any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects（植物的）黄化病。
no obj.
- become a yellow colour, especially with age（尤指由于年久）发黄, 变黄：
the cream paint was beginning to yellow
乳白色油漆开始发黄
as adj. yellowing yellowing lace curtains发黄的网眼窗帘
as adj. yellowed a yellowed newspaper cutting.发黄的剪报。
短语
the yellow peril
- offensive the political or military threat regarded as being posed by the Chinese or by the peoples of SE Asia〈冒犯〉黄祸（被认为由中国人或东南亚民族造成的政治、军事威胁）。
派生词
yellowish
adjectiveyellowly
adverbyellowness
nounyellowy
adjective词源
Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to GOLD.