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

• The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981
  1981年末之后，彩虹剧院就再没主办过现场音乐会。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow.
  一条又一条，我们的颜色成了一个漂亮的彩虹。
• 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。
• At sight of the rainbow, the children were more glad than the parents.
  看见彩虹，孩子们比大人更高兴。
• 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。
• 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。