- 1nA2/ˈreɪnboʊ/ · /ˈreɪnbəʊ/彩虹
a big curve of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when the sun is shining and it is raining at the same time.
示範例句 · Example
Look up — there's a rainbow over the hills!
逐字往上看——那裡有一道彩虹在山丘上方!
rainbow 就是天上那道彎彎的彩色弧線。英文特別的地方是它要「兩個條件同時成立」才會出現:一邊在下雨,一邊有太陽——所以英文常說 sun and rain together。這個字可以想成由 rain(雨)加 bow(弓,就是弓箭那個彎彎的形狀)合起來,「雨裡的一把弓」,形狀和來源都藏在字裡面了。它是可數名詞,一道就是 a rainbow。
常見搭配
see a rainbow
看見彩虹
to notice a rainbow in the sky
We saw a rainbow on the way home from the market.
a rainbow appears
出現彩虹
a rainbow becomes visible in the sky
A rainbow appeared just as the last drops of rain fell.
a rainbow in the sky
天上的彩虹
a rainbow up above, in the open air
There was a bright rainbow in the sky over the harbour.
the colours of the rainbow
彩虹的顏色
the band of colours a rainbow is made of
Hana learned the colours of the rainbow in art class.
a double rainbow
雙彩虹
two rainbows that appear at the same time, one above the other
After the storm passed, a double rainbow stretched across the valley.
core核心畫面
You can think of it as the arc of colours that appears in the sky when sunlight and falling rain meet: the light passes through the water drops and opens out into a band of colours, always curved, always in the part of the sky away from the sun.
原始詞典資料21 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。
Rainbownoun詞源 1
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A member of the Rainbow Guides, a Girl Guide movement for younger girls.
Rainbowname詞源 2
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A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
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A town in the Shire of Hindmarsh and the Shire of Yarriambiack, western Victoria, Australia.
Rainbowname詞源 3
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A surname.
rainbownoun/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
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A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- Why are there so many songs about rainbows And what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide.
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Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
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A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- a rainbow of possibilities
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An illusion; a mirage.
- Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
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ball-gamesbaseballgamesA curveball, particularly a slow one.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesA trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
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slangcard-gamespokerIn Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
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Rainbow trout.
- Finally, by actual trial, I have found that I can catch more rainbow by using one fly than with a two or three-fly cast.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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derogatoryA person within the LGBT community.
- Oh look, the rainbow came back.
rainbowadj/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
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Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
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Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- That Asian-American actor Thomas Ikeda contributes a pleasingly frantic Panthino would not be considered rainbow enough.
- He went along with them because the Pack was a rainbow group — two Italian-Americans, a black man, a Jew (Bishop), and a sometime Englishman (Lawford) — and they were making a point.
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derogatoryLGBT.
- Similarly, the question of who belongs in such a rainbow alliance isn't set. It can include gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. It can include people who are 'questioning' which culture they belong to [...]
- Why do they have to add rainbow propaganda into everything?
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card-gamespokerComposed entirely of different suits.
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computingcryptographyengineeringOf or pertaining to rainbow tables.
- rainbow attack
rainbowverb/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/
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To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
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To take the appearance of a rainbow.
- We saw birds and butterflies rainbowing in the sun; lazy lizards crawling in the heat; inguanas blinking on stone wall, with mouth wide open for flies; poisonous snakes, not only carved on walls, but gliding through the grass.
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climbinghobbieslifestyleIn climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
- “She's going to learn to belay while I'm climbing? What if I fall?” “You're not going to fall while rainbowing a 5.8, and besides, she'll catch you.” “I could die.” “That would be tragic,” I said. Kaitlyn crossed her arms.
- called “rainbowing.” Different routes were color coordinated. ... Using hand-me-down equipment and learning as much as she could, Brittany began climbing outdoors. She found like-minded people and joined organizations such as Brown ...
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