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

• 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。
• In the rainbow one colour melts into another.
  在彩虹中，各种颜色互相交融。
• A rainbow arced gracefully over the town.
  彩虹在小城上空画出了一道优美的弧线。
• And the rainbow in the sky disappeared gradually.
  天空中的彩虹开始消失了。
• 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。
• But, I have a dream with blue sky and rainbow in it.
  可是，我有梦，梦中有蓝天，有彩虹。
• A bright rainbow arched above.
  一弯明亮的彩虹悬挂在天空。
• Soon the rain stopped, the sun came out, and a rainbow appeared spanning the sky.
  少时雨过天晴，彩虹高悬。
• Eventually, the thunderstorm stopped and we saw a beautiful rainbow in the clouds.
  最终，雷暴停了，我们看到了云层中美丽的彩虹。