核心畫面

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.

可以從那顆水果本身想起:圓圓的、皮厚厚的,裡面甜甜多汁、一瓣一瓣的柳橙。這個字其他的意思,都是從這顆水果外皮那種溫暖更多收起可以從那顆水果本身想起:圓圓的、皮厚厚的,裡面甜甜多汁、一瓣一瓣的柳橙。這個字其他的意思,都是從這顆水果外皮那種溫暖、明亮的顏色延伸出來的。

Two branches

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

原始詞典資料42 筆記錄

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/

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    A city in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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    historicalA county of Burgundy around the French city.

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    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.

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    historicalA principality in the Netherlands; named for the French title.

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    A surname; chiefly from the French city and title.

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    A city in New South Wales; named for William II of the Netherlands, prince of Orange from 1815–1840.

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    A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.

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    A number of places in the United States:

    • For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.
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Orangeadj/ˈɒ.ɹɪnd͡ʒ/

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    Of or relating to the Orange Order.

orangenoun/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/

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    An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).

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    Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.

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    Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.

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    The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.

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    Various drinks

    • “What you drinking?” “Orange and soda will go down nicely, thanks.” “Pint?” “Sure.” Andy headed for the bar, stopping along the way to kiss Shaunna and check she and Kris were OK for a drink. “Everything all right?” Sean asked.
    • I ran out into the street and around the block, searching everywhere, and finally burst into O'Dowd's pub around the corner to see Thomas sitting at the bar drinking orange and eating a bag of crisps with two old men.
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另外 2 個記錄的用法
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    governmentheraldryhobbiesA rarely-used nontraditional tincture found in Catalan, South African, and French municipal heraldry.

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    governmentheraldryhobbiesAn orange-coloured roundel.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.

orangeadj/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/

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    Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

orangeverb/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/

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    To colour orange.

    • It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold
    • Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.
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    To become orange.

    • Cranes in the distance against the background of the slowly oranging sky
    • It will be followed by a disappearance of the cash I had hidden in a sealed envelope behind the oranging Modigliani print over the living room couch.

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 WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。