colourless
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Having little or no colour.
— 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.
- Water white.
- Lacking in interest or variety.
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Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist
— They cannot, of course, assume a colourless position because they cater to the radical rank and file and would be branded renegades.
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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.
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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