rainbow

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n. 彩虹 a. 五彩缤纷的

发音

US /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
US /ˈɹeɪmboʊ/
UK /ˈɹeɪnbəʊ/

词形变化

rainbows 复数 rainbows rainbowed rainbowing rainbows 三单 rainbowing 现在分词 rainbowed 过去式 rainbowed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

彩虹；五彩缤纷的排列；幻想

a large curve of different colours that can appear in the sky when there is both sun and rain

动词

使呈彩虹状；如彩虹般装饰

动词

呈彩虹状

形容词

五彩缤纷的；彩虹状的

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

    彩虹

    虹

    𬯀

    虹霓

    天虹

    天弓

  2. 2.

    Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.

  3. 3.

    A wide assortment; a varied multitude.

    a rainbow of possibilities

  4. 4.

    An illusion; a mirage.

    比喻

    Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.

  5. 5.

    A curveball, particularly a slow one.

    体育 游戏
  6. 6.

    A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick

    体育 游戏
  7. 7.

    In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.

    俚语 游戏
  8. 8.

    Rainbow trout.

  9. 9.

    A person within the LGBT community.

    贬义 比喻

    Oh look, the rainbow came back.

v.
  1. 1.

    To take the appearance of a rainbow.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.

    体育
  3. 3.

    To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.

  2. 2.

    Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.

    美国 定语

    That Asian-American actor Thomas Ikeda contributes a pleasingly frantic Panthino would not be considered rainbow enough.

    […] it seemed to me to be naive indeed for the Liberal Democrats to believe that they could simply enter into a rainbow alliance against the Labour Government.

  3. 3.

    LGBT.

    定语 贬义
  4. 4.

    Composed entirely of different suits.

    游戏
  5. 5.

    Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.

    计算机 工程 数学

    rainbow attack

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

hope promise bow arc

整体词 1

sky

相关短语

rainbow coalition （由不同政党组成, 尤指包括小党派的）彩虹联盟 rainbow trout n. 虹鳟鱼 rainbow table rainbow bridge rainbow trouts rainbow glass rainbow tables rainbow runner [网络] 纺缍𫚕；纺缍；双帯鲹 rainbow party rainbow runners rainbow parties Rainbow Nation rainbow roll rainbow rolls rainbow ceiling

词源

From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).

来源：wiktionary