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yellow
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Derivatives :
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yellowness
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- yellow
['jεləu]
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1.
adjective
黄色的
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2.
noun
[c/u]
黄色
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3.
vi.
变黄
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- yellow
[ˈjeləʊ]
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1.
adjective
黄色的
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2.
adjective
[American English]
[Spoken]
胆小的,胆怯的
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3.
adjective
变黄的,泛黄的
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4.
adjective
[American English]
夸张失实的,追求轰动效果的,小报式的
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5.
adjective
懦弱的,靠不住的
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6.
adjective
患黄疸的
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7.
n.[u]
黄色
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vi.
变黄
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The pages of the book began to yellow.
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书页开始发黄了。
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9.
vt.
使发黄,使变黄
Collins English-English Dictionary
- yellow
['jεləυ]
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n
any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585--575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours
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2.
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a pigment or dye of or producing these colours
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3.
n
yellow cloth or clothing
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dressed in yellow
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4.
n
the yolk of an egg
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5.
n
a yellow ball in snooker, etc
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6.
n
any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone
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7.
adj
of the colour yellow
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8.
adj
yellowish in colour or having parts or marks that are yellowish
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yellow jasmine
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9.
adj
having a yellowish skin; Mongoloid
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10.
adj
[Spoken]
cowardly or afraid
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11.
adj
offensively sensational, as a cheap newspaper (esp in the phrase yellow press)
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12.
vb
to make or become yellow
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13.
vb
See also yellows
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14.
vb
[Etymology]
Old English geolu; related to Old Saxon, Old High German gelo, Old Norse gulr, Latin helvus
Examples
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the yellow-bellied sapsucker
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黄肚皮的美洲啄木鸟
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yellow fever
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黄热病
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yellow ultramarine
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黄色颜料
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The leaves were turning yellow.
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那时叶子正在变黄。
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My T-shirt was beginning to turn yellow.
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我的T恤衫开始变黄了。
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