yellow

adjective

/ˈjeləʊ/

(comparative yellower, superlative yellowest)

having the colour of lemons or butter黄的；黄色的
- pale yellow flowers淡黄色的花朵
- a bright yellow waterproof jacket明黄色的防水夹克
- Her teeth were rather yellow.她的牙齿相当黄。
- She wore a pale yellow dress.她穿了件淡黄色连衣裙。
- The leaves turn yellow in November.树叶在十一月变黄。
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- creamy
- dirty
- sickly
- …
(taboo) an offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some East Asian countries（轻蔑语）黄皮肤的，黄色人种的
(informal, disapproving) easily frightened 胆怯的synonym cowardly

词源Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.

noun

/ˈjeləʊ/

[uncountable, countable]

verb

/ˈjeləʊ/

[intransitive, transitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they yellow	/ˈjeləʊ/ /ˈjeləʊ/
he / she / it yellows	/ˈjeləʊz/ /ˈjeləʊz/
past simple yellowed	/ˈjeləʊd/ /ˈjeləʊd/
past participle yellowed	/ˈjeləʊd/ /ˈjeləʊd/
-ing form yellowing	/ˈjeləʊɪŋ/ /ˈjeləʊɪŋ/

to become yellow; to make something become yellow（使）变黄
- The cream paint was beginning to yellow.乳白色油漆开始发黄
- be yellowed (with something) The paper was yellowed with age.这纸因年久而变黄了。
词源Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.

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