rainbow

n.虹; 彩虹

复数：rainbows

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

all the colours of the rainbow彩虹的各种颜色

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 虹；彩虹A rainbow is an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when it is raining.Oh look, a rainbow!看哪，彩虹！

...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A rainbow of colours is a wide range of bright colours....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 at the end of the rainbow, you mean that people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve.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。

双语例句

A rainbow arced gracefully over the town. 彩虹在小城上空画出了一道优美的弧线。

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。

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。

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。

Oh look, a rainbow! 看哪，彩虹！

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。

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。

A rainbow arched across the sky. 一道彩虹横跨天际。

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。

In the rainbow one colour melts into another. 在彩虹中，各种颜色互相交融。

A rainbow hung high in the sky. 一道彩虹高挂天空。

A bright rainbow arched above. 一弯明亮的彩虹悬挂在天空。

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。

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。

Cried the Rainbow Fish. 彩虹鱼叫了起来。

You are the rainbow in my life, and I love you so much. 你是我生命中的彩虹，而我如此的爱你。

Butterfly, rainbow and this is a palace. 这是蝴蝶，这是彩虹，这是宫殿。

I am a rainbow girl. 我是一个彩虹女孩儿。

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。

And the rainbow phoenix? And you? 还有那只彩虹、天使小凤凰？和你们？

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。

Yes, I can sing a rainbow! 是的，我能唱出彩虹。

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。

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。

We saw a beautiful rainbow across the sky. 我们看到了一条五彩缤纷的虹横贯天空。

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。

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。

I can sing rainbow. 我能唱的彩虹。

I love you, exceeds the rainbow the beauty. 我爱你，胜过彩虹的美丽。

英英释义

noun

an illusory hope

chasing rainbows

an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain