off-color
英 ['ɔ:f'kʌlə]
美
- adj. 脸色不好的;颜色不佳的;下流的
英英释义
- 1. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;
- "an indelicate remark"
- "an off-color joke"
- 2. humorously vulgar;
- "bawdy songs"
- "off-color jokes"
- "ribald language"
考试真题
- Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarming than a diary or off-color 低俗的 book or CD.
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实用场景例句
- He denies making off-color remarks about women.
- 他否认曾口出对女性不敬的污言秽语。
柯林斯例句
- The drawings may be animal figures, caricatures of fellow workmen, or off - color pictures.
- 其中所描绘的,大多是动物的形象 、 工友的漫画, 或粗俗下流的图片等.
英汉非文学 - 民俗
- You're looking a bit off color yourself, Mr. Young.
- 杨先生, 你看上去气色有点不好.
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- She felt a bit off color, but she is much better now.
- 她觉得有点不舒服, 但是现在好多了,谢谢.
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- Mary: Poor old dog . No wonder he off color. Is It'serious?
- 玛丽: 可怜的家伙,怪不得它一脸病容. 病情严重 吗 ?
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- You look a bit off color yourself.
- 你看上去气色有点不好.
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- Be careful to tell off - color joke at work.
- 工作时讲出格的笑话要小心.
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- You look a little off color today.
- 你今天的气色不太好.
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- The old man like to tell off - color joke.
- 这老头爱开低级庸俗的玩笑.
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- She's been a bit off - color recently.
- 她最近气色不怎么好.
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- I'm a bit off color today.
- 今天我感觉有点不舒服.
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- You are looking off color today.
- 你今天看上去气色不的好.
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- The jokes he told were quite off color.
- 他讲的笑话很低级.
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- You look off color yourself.
- 你看上去气色不好.
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- I was caught in the rain yesterday. I'm a bit off color today.
- 昨天我遇到雨了, 今天我感觉有点不舒服.
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双语例句
- 1. I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.
- 我感觉吐吐苦水对我有好处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.
- 他们的第一辆车于12月16日下线。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
- 在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开架势,准备迎战一名持枪者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
- 灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上,反射回苍白的冷光。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Telmex" was bought off the government by a group of investors.
- 一批投资商从政府手中买下墨西哥电信公司。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- off-color (adj.)
- 1858, from off (adv.) + color (n.); originally used of gems; figurative extension to "of questionable taste, risqué" is American English, 1867.