喜樂美語
  1. 1aA2/ˈredɪʃ/偏紅的

    a little bit red, or close to red — not fully red. It is used for a colour that leans towards red, often mixed with brown, orange, or gold.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei's puppy has soft reddish fur that shines in the sunlight.

    逐字美的小狗有柔軟的偏紅色毛，在陽光下閃閃發亮。

    「reddish」不是「紅色」，而是「有點紅、靠近紅色」。所以 reddish hair 是那種帶紅的褐髮，不是消防車那種正紅；reddish brown 是棕色裡透出一點紅。-ish 這個結尾可以想成「有一點、靠近那邊」，就像從「差不多、大概是」長出來的：bluish（偏藍）、greenish（偏綠）、whitish（偏白）都是同一組。所以想說一個顏色「說紅不夠紅、說棕又帶紅」的時候，英文就加 -ish。

    常見搭配

    • reddish brown

      紅褐色

      brown with some red in it

      The old bricks in the wall were a warm reddish brown.

    • reddish hair

      帶紅的頭髮

      hair that is brown or gold with red in it

      She has short reddish hair and green eyes.

    • a reddish colour

      一種偏紅的顏色

      a colour that is slightly red

      The glass in that old window has a reddish colour.

    • a reddish tinge

      一抹紅暈、一點紅色

      a small amount of red showing in something

      There was a faint reddish tinge in his fair hair.

    • turn reddish

      漸漸變得偏紅

      to slowly become slightly red

      The leaves turn reddish in late autumn.

    意思相近

    ruddyrussetrosycopperyauburn

    意思相反

    greenishbluish

core核心畫面

You can picture reddish as red seen through a thin haze: the colour clearly leans towards red, but never arrives at it. There is usually something else mixed in — brown, orange, gold — so you would not call it red outright, and yet red is the direction you would point in. The -ish ending is doing exactly that work, which is why reddish turns up for hair, soil, rust and evening skies rather than for a stop sign.

可以想成 reddish 是隔著一層薄霧看紅色：顏色明顯往紅的方向走，但沒有走到底。裡面通常還混了別的——一點褐、一點橘、一點金——所以你不會直接說它是 red，可是要指方向的話，指的還是紅。-ish 這個結尾做的就是這種「差一點、大致上」的緩和，所以 reddish 常拿來講頭髮、泥土、鐵鏽、傍晚的天空這類不純的顏色，而不會拿來講停止標誌。

同家族的字

意思相近

ruddyrussetrosycopperyauburn

意思相反

greenishbluish

原始詞典資料4 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。

Reddishname

  • 1

    A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8993).

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in Richwood Township, Jersey County, Illinois, United States.

  • 3

    A surname.

reddishadj/ˈɹɛdɪʃ/

  • 1

    Somewhat red.

    • "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
    • Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!

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