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colored

/kuhl-erd/US // ˈkʌl ərd //

有色的,有色,有颜色的,彩色的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having color.
    • : Older Use: Offensive. belonging wholly or in part to any group of nonwhite people, especially to Black people.
    • : Older Use: Offensive. pertaining to Black people.
    • : influenced or biased: colored opinions.
    • : specious; deceptive: The authorities detected a colored quality in her statement.
    • : Botany. of some hue other than green.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Older Use: Offensive. a Black person.the colored, Black people as a group.
    • : Cape Colored.

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Examples

  • How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?

  • “I had this horrible secret and it colored everything I did,” said Roome.

  • The Arab women wore their colored hejabs, and the non-Muslim women dressed modestly and without a veil.

  • Not surprisingly, many Hongkongers have been taking taxis, which may also have colored some opinions.

  • The massive inflatable structure is filled with multi-colored light and takes a prehistoric yet futuristic shape.

  • He conceived an idea of securing agents among the colored people, and in that way effect a good sale.

  • The clear, straw-colored fluid which is left after separation of the coagulum is called blood-serum.

  • The intricate perforations of the lamp were inset with colored glass, and the result was a subdued and warm illumination.

  • A light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.

  • In the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.