词汇 | local-colour |
释义 | local colour noun[ U ] UK(USlocal color)uk /ˌləʊ.kəl ˈkʌl.ər/ us /ˌloʊ.kəl ˈkʌl.ɚ/ the special or unusual features of a place, especially as described or shown in a story, picture, or film to make it seem more real(尤指故事、图片、电影中的)地方特色 Conditions and characteristics -ance -ibility ability adverse conditions age ambience appearance aspect good/bad karmaidiom have it in youidiom hood humanity presentation respect shape trappings unaffiliated undercurrent vibe vibe check Examples of local colourlocal colour Jucker (1996) discusses how loan words can provide both positive and negative localcolour. Harp figuration over the dark bass lines again suggests localcolour, as do the cantillating violins as they pick up the melody, while the energy slowly builds up beneath them. Grant, however, does not seem to have exceeded the license justly allowed a novelist of appropriating localcolour for his fictions from graver writers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Furthermore, it retains the localcolour of speech and its typical expressions. At the same time it demonstrates pentecostalism's remarkable capacity to take on localcolour in different contexts. This is the context most appropriate for the display of exotic touches or localcolour, whether geographical or social. The poet's images are primal and not technologised at all, evoking localcolour through such words as baboon and monkey. As described later, the visualization is accomplished by an electrochemical reaction which results in localcolour changes of the fluid. Attention to details of localcolour is rarely - if ever - motivated solely by entertainment values. The third level, which might have functioned as 'background' elsewhere but which predominates here, consists of depicting ambience or localcolour, defined either in historical or ethnic terms. The handicraft, of course, is given a localcolour wherever possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He passed the building while looking for localcolour for one of his books. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there a further advantage in trying to give the assembly a bit of localcolour by encouraging the use of the word senedd? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that objective dryness sometimes needed localcolour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we shall get all the localcolour and advice and nationalism we can possibly want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of local colour These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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