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having the colour of lemons or butter 黄的;黄色的 pale yellow flowers 淡黄色的花朵 a bright yellow waterproof jacket 明黄色的防水夹克 Her teeth were rather yellow. 她的牙齿相当黄。 She wore a pale yellow dress. 她穿了件淡黄色连衣裙。 The leaves turn yellow in November. 树叶在十一月变黄。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- creamy
- dirty
- sickly
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an offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some East Asian countries (轻蔑语)黄皮肤的,黄色人种的 - (informal, disapproving)
easily frightened synonym cowardly胆怯的
Word OriginOld English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.