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词汇 discolour
释义 discolour
verb[ I or T ]
UK(USdiscolor)uk /dɪˈskʌl.ər/ us /dɪˈskʌl.ɚ/
to (cause something to) change from the original colour and therefore to look unpleasant: (使)褪色,(使)变色
The fire had discoloured the paintwork.炉火的烘烤使油漆变了颜色。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Colour - general words
basophilic
chalkiness
chalky
chromatic
colour gamut
colour wheel
coloured
dye
ombré
palette
pigmentation
pigmented
primary colour
recolour
secondary colour
shade
spectrum
tie-dye
tinge
undertone

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Colourless or causing colour to fade

Related word


discoloration

Examples of discolour


discolour
The developed approach has the advantages of both adaptive and robust control laws, without their discolour tags.
The sealed glass tubes are filled with a solid carrier material containing reagents that discolour on contact with specific contaminants.
The moss was burnt off the willow stocks and in some cases the heat discoloured and even damaged the bark of the stocks.
The lint hairs produced from this seed are discoloured, but there are no signs of the fungus beyond the actual point of inoculation.
Either it had darkened as he grew older in life, or it was discoloured by some chemical process that occurred in the grave.
On no account must an excess of creosote be used or it will discolour the insects.
Embryos that remained white and firm were scored as viable while those that were soft, discoloured or contaminated with fungal growth were scored as nonviable.
Every spot of spray makes a lasting blot on the sails and discolours them for ever.
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The water again became foul, offensive and discoloured, with sediment, bacteria and larvae in it.
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They discolour and disfigure their eyes, and assure the charitable passer-by that they were born blind.
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The doctor informed me that the man's body became much more discoloured on the day following his admission.
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There were two babies with rickets clothed in cotton frocks, cotton vests and dilapidated napkins, no more than discoloured cotton rags.
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That would produce an effluent which to all intents and purposes would be completely innocuous and would not harm or discolour the river.
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The polluted mine water contaminates those sources, destroying wildlife and discolouring the water.
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There are mines which have been discharging discolouring water, often for centuries, without causing serious damage.
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