hue
/hjuː/noun
1- a colour or shade颜色, 色彩：
her face lost its golden hue
她的脸失去了亮色
mass noun verdigris is greenish-yellow in hue.铜绿的颜色是绿中带黄色。
1.1
- the attribute of a colour by virtue of which it is discernible as red, green, etc., and which is dependent on its dominant wavelength, and independent of intensity or lightness色度, 色调, 色泽。
1.2
- figurative character; aspect〈喻〉特性; 外观：
men of all political hues submerged their feuds.
各种政治色彩的人消除了他们的夙怨。
派生词
hued
adjective五彩缤纷的
hueless
adjective词源
Old English hīw, hēow （also 'form, appearance', obsolete except in Scots）, of Germanic origin; related to Swedish hy 'skin, complexion'. The sense 'colour, shade' dates from the mid 19th cent.