汉语说“彩(色)……”,根据情况可以用 colour, coloured, colourful 来修饰相关的名词,但有区别:
1. colour的用法
colour 用作定语, 通常是指它所修饰名词能够产生 colour 的效果,如:
colour film 彩色电影
Ann hasn’t got a colour TV, has she? 安没有彩色电视机,是吗?
I changed my black and white television for a colour set. 我把黑白电视换了一台彩色的。
They want us to show some of our colour slides. 他们想看看我们的彩色幻灯片。
Did you want a black and white film, or a colour one? 你想要黑白胶卷还是彩色目胶卷?
2. coloured的用法
coloured 用作定语,是指它所修饰的名词具有 colour 的特征,如:
coloured flags 彩旗
coloured chalk 彩色粉笔
cream-coloured 奶油色的
brightly coloured curtains 颜色鲜艳的窗廉
unusual coloured mark on a person’s skin at birth 胎记,胎痣
We decorated the Christmas tree with coloured lights. 我们用彩色灯装饰圣诞树。
3. colourful的用法
colourful 用作定语,则指颜色的多样性或色彩的鲜艳性,意为“丰富多彩的” 、“多彩的”、“艳丽的”,如:
colourful clouds 彩云
colourful wings 五颜六色的翅膀
They like to wear their colourful national dress. 他们喜欢穿鲜艳的民族服装。
The colourful flags added to the gaiety of the occasion. 彩旗给这次盛会增添了欢乐的气氛。