yellow [ 'jeləuz ]

• n. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

  同义词： yellowness

• v. turn yellow

  "The pages of the book began to yellow"

• adj.
  • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

    同义词： yellowish xanthous

  • easily frightened

    同义词： chicken chickenhearted lily-livered white-livered yellow-bellied

  • changed to a yellowish color by age

    "yellowed parchment"

    同义词： yellowed

  • typical of tabloids

    "yellow press"

    同义词： scandalmongering sensationalistic

  • cowardly or treacherous

    "the little yellow stain of treason"; "too yellow to stand and fight"

  • affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

    同义词： jaundiced icteric

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