colourless

形容词 adj.
/ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having little or no colour. UK
    — The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
  2. Water white. UK
  3. Lacking in interest or variety. UK
  4. Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist UK
    — They cannot, of course, assume a colourless position because they cater to the radical rank and file and would be branded renegades.

词形变化

more colourless comparative most colourless superlative colorless alternative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
English colour
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English colourless
From colour + -less.
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