hue

hue
noun
  1. a colour or shade
    颜色,色彩
    her face lost its golden hue.
    她的脸失去了亮色。
    [mass noun]verdigris is greenish-yellow in hue.
    乙酸铜的颜色是绿黄色的。
    ■the attribute of a colour by virtue of which it is discernible as red, green, etc., and which is dependent on its dominant wavelength, and independent of intensity or lightness
    色度,色调,色泽
    ■(figurative)character; aspect
    (喻)性质;样子
    men of all political hues submerged their feuds.
    各个政治派别的人消除了夙怨。
派生
hued
adjective
  1. [in combination]rainbow-hued.
    彩虹色的。
hueless
adjective
语源
  1. Old English hīw, hēow (also 'form, appearance', obsolete except in Scots), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish hy 'skin, complexion'. The sense 'colour, shade' dates from the mid 19th cent
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