rainbow

英 [ˈreɪnbəʊ]

美 [ˈreɪnboʊ]

n.  虹; 彩虹

复数：rainbows　

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牛津词典

noun

• 虹；彩虹
  a curved band of different colours that appears in the sky when the sun shines through rain
  1. all the colours of the rainbow
     彩虹的各种颜色

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 虹；彩虹
  Arainbowis an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when it is raining.
  1. Oh look, a rainbow!
     看哪，彩虹！
  2. ...silk brocade of every colour of the rainbow.
     彩虹般五颜六色的绸缎
• N-COUNT 五颜六色；色彩缤纷
  Arainbowof colours is a wide range of bright colours.
  1. ...a rainbow of coloured cushions.
     五颜六色的彩垫
• PHRASE 可望而不可即
  If you say that something is atthe end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.
  1. The promise of a cure — the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — often makes sensible people do irrational things.
     找到一种治愈方法的希望——就如同永远够不到的一桶黄金——往往让理智的人们做出不理智的事情。

英英释义

noun

• an illusory hope
  1. chasing rainbows
• an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain

双语例句

• In the rainbow one colour melts into another.
  在彩虹中，各种颜色互相交融。
• In a prism, you can see all the colours of the rainbow.
  在棱镜里，你能看见彩虹的所有颜色。
• Cried the Rainbow Fish.
  彩虹鱼叫了起来。
• I love you, exceeds the rainbow the beauty.
  我爱你，胜过彩虹的美丽。
• Butterfly, rainbow and this is a palace.
  这是蝴蝶，这是彩虹，这是宫殿。
• A rainbow hung high in the sky.
  一道彩虹高挂天空。
• And the rainbow in the sky disappeared gradually.
  天空中的彩虹开始消失了。
• For your freedom of the sky, painted a brilliant, beautiful, colorful rainbow.
  为你自由的天空，画下了灿烂，美丽，七彩的彩虹。
• I am a rainbow girl.
  我是一个彩虹女孩儿。
• The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall
  月亮在瀑布溅起的水雾上照出了一道彩虹。