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off-color

/awf-kuhl-er, of-/US // ˈɔfˈkʌl ər, ˈɒf- //

异色,脱色,脱色的,异色系

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
    • : of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off-color joke.
    • : not in one's usual health: to feel off-color.

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Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.

  • Similarly, a recent NPR report covered the challenges many police departments are having recruiting officers of color.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.

  • She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.

  • Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.