1. 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.

可以想成太陽和雨同時出現時,天上掛出來的那道彩色弧線:陽光穿過空中的小水滴被拆開,紅橙黃綠一層層排好,永遠是弧形,也永遠出現在背對太陽的那半邊天。這個詞只有這一個畫面,其他用法(rainbow of colours、rainbow coalition)都是借這道弧線「多種顏色排在一起」的樣子。

複數 rainbows

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

  • 1

    A member of the Rainbow Guides, a Girl Guide movement for younger girls.

Rainbowname詞源 2

  • 1

    A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.

  • 2

    A town in the Shire of Hindmarsh and the Shire of Yarriambiack, western Victoria, Australia.

Rainbowname詞源 3

  • 1

    A surname.

rainbownoun/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/

  • 1

    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.
  • 2

    Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.

  • 3

    A wide assortment; a varied multitude.

    • a rainbow of possibilities
  • 4

    An illusion; a mirage.

    • Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
  • 5

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesA curveball, particularly a slow one.

  • 6

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

  • 7

    slangcard-gamespokerIn Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.

  • 8

    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
  • 9

    derogatoryA person within the LGBT community.

    • Oh look, the rainbow came back.

rainbowadj/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/

  • 1

    Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.

  • 2

    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.
  • 3

    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?
  • 4

    card-gamespokerComposed entirely of different suits.

  • 5

    computingcryptographyengineeringOf or pertaining to rainbow tables.

    • rainbow attack

rainbowverb/ˈɹeɪnboʊ/

  • 1

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

  • 2

    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.
  • 3

    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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