- 1變色；褪色；使變成難看的顏色
To discolour is to change colour in an way, or to make something else do that. Metal discolours in the rain. A discolours the skin. Tea can discolour a cup.
To discolour is to change colour in an unattractive way變色變得難看就是discolour or或 to make something else do that讓別的東西變成那樣. Metal discolours in the rain金屬在雨中會變色. A bruise discolours the skin瘀青會讓皮膚變色. Tea can discolour a cup茶會讓杯子變色
It is not simply “change colour.” A tree turning red in autumn is not discoloring; the word carries the idea that the new colour is a spoiling.
It is not simply它不只是單純的 “change colour.”「變色」. A tree turning red in autumn樹在秋天變紅 is not discoloring不算discolour the word這個字 carries the idea帶有一種概念 that the new colour is a spoiling新的顏色是一種變糟
British spelling keeps the ou; American spelling drops the u (discolor). In Taiwan school English you will usually see this British form.
British spelling英式拼法 keeps the ou保留ou American spelling美式拼法 drops the u則去掉u (discolordiscolor). In Taiwan school English在台灣學校教的英文裡 you will usually see你通常會看到 this British form這個英式拼法
Though actually, the verb can be used two ways: the cloth discoloured (it happened by itself), or the bleach discoloured the cloth (something did it).
Though actually不過其實 the verb can be used two ways這個動詞有兩種用法: the cloth discoloured布自己discoloured (it happened by itself自己發生的) or or the bleach discoloured the cloth漂白水discoloured了那塊布 (something did it是某樣東西造成的)
core核心畫面
組成dis- (undo, take away) + colour. From Old French discolorer / descolorer.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
discolourverb
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British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
- Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them.
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