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 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。
• 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 would rather be honest with people than tell them that there is going to be some pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
  我宁肯实话实说也不愿意给予他们不切实际的期望。
• Oh look, a rainbow!
  看哪，彩虹！
• The second rainbow will be bigger than the first, and directly above it
  第二道彩虹将比第一道还要大，而且正好位于其上。
• 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。
• It's possible to see bands of several colours in a rainbow.
  彩虹里面可以看到一道道不同颜色的带子。
• 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 phoenix? And you?
  还有那只彩虹、天使小凤凰？和你们？
• You are the center of my universe and the rainbow of my heart.
  你是我的宇宙中心和彩虹我的心。