单词详解

1. a.

A. 黄色的（of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum, of something resembling the color of an egg yolk）

The leaves turn yellow in autumn. 秋天时叶子变黄。

She wore a yellow kerchief on her head. 她头上带着一块黄色的头巾。

B. 黄皮肤的，黄色人种的 (the racial with yellow skin)

The Chinese belong to the yellow race. 中国人属于黄种人。

C.【口】胆小的，卑鄙的 （easily frightened）

The bullies picked on him because he was yellow. 因为他怯懦，所以混混找他麻烦。

He was too yellow to stand up for his rights. 他太怯懦，不敢维护自己的权利。

2. n.

A. [U] [C] 黄色，黄色颜料（或染料） (yellow color or pigment, the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)

Yellow is my favorite color. 黄色是我最喜欢的颜色。

B. [C] [U] 蛋黄 （the middle part of an egg）

C. [C] 黄种人

The yellow mainly lives in Asia. 黄种人主要居住在亚洲。

3. vt.

使变黄，使发黄 (turn yellow)

Rape flowers were yellowing the fields. 油菜花使田野变得黄灿灿。

4. vi.

变黄，发黄

The pages of the book began to yellow. 书页已开始发黄。

相关单词

比较级：yellower

最高级：yellowest

过去式：yellowed

过去分词：yellowed

现在分词：yellowing

第三人称单数：yellows