adj.黄色的
n.黄色；蛋黄；黄种人
v.（使）变黄
The leaves turn yellow in autumn. 秋天时叶子变黄。
The leaves of the book had yellowed with age. 书页因年久而变黄。
She wore on her head a yellow kerchief. 她头上带着一块黄色的头巾。
Sunflowers are large flowers with yellow petals. 向日葵是长着黄色花瓣的大花。
用作名词 (n.)Yellow is the prevailing color in her room. 黄色是她房间的主色。
The yolk is the yellow part in an egg. 蛋黄是鸡蛋中的黄色部分。
用作动词 (v.)The leaves of the trees begin to yellow in September. 树叶在九月开始变黄。
yellow的基本意思是“黄色的”,指某物体呈现出黄颜色,或指人的皮肤是黄色的,即“黄皮肤的”,此时常含有轻蔑的意味。yellow还可指“胆怯的”。
yellow修饰press, newspaper, journal, journalist, editor等词时,表示“故意制造耸人听闻而常常歪曲事实的”意思,但“黄色电影〔小说、书刊〕”等不可用yellow修饰,而用blue。
yellow有时还可用作名词,作“黄色”解。例如:Yellow is her favourite colour.黄色是她最喜欢的颜色。Red, yellow and orange are called warm colours.红、黄、橙称为暖色。The primary colours are red, blue, and yellow. 三原色是红色、蓝色、黄色。
