水果與它的顏色
先有水果,再有以水果外皮命名的顏色,最後才有形容某物是這顏色的形容詞——三個意思像一條短短的因果鏈。
the fruit · noun · A1
A round fruit with a thick orange skin, sweet and juicy inside, split into small parts.
柳橙;橘子
You can start from the fruit itself: a round fruit with a thick skin, sweet and juicy inside. Everything else about this word is named after the warm, glowing colour of that skin.
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水果與它的顏色
先有水果,再有以水果外皮命名的顏色,最後才有形容某物是這顏色的形容詞——三個意思像一條短短的因果鏈。
the fruit · noun · A1
A round fruit with a thick orange skin, sweet and juicy inside, split into small parts.
柳橙;橘子
形容是橙色的
把那個顏色名詞拿來當形容詞用,描述某樣東西帶著這種介於紅黃之間的色調。
orange-coloured (adj) · adjective · A1
Having the colour between red and yellow.
橙色的
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Orangename/ˈɒ.ɹɪnd͡ʒ/
A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
historicalA county of Burgundy around the French city.
historicalA principality in the Holy Roman Empire around the French city, now defunct but still used as a title by various claimants, particularly the heir apparent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
historicalA principality in the Netherlands; named for the French title.
A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.
A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, prince of Orange from 1815–1840.
A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
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Orangeadj/ˈɒ.ɹɪnd͡ʒ/
Of or relating to the Orange Order.
orangenoun/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/
An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
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governmentheraldryhobbiesA rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.
governmentheraldryhobbiesAn orange-coloured roundel.
orangeadj/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
orangeverb/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/
To colour orange.
To become orange.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。