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1 coloured
1) (having colour: She prefers white baths to coloured baths.) barvast2) (belonging to a dark-skinned race: There are only two white families living in this street - the rest are coloured.) temnopolt* * *American colored [kʌləd]adjective barvast; figuratively pretiran; American črnski, temnopolt -
2 rose-coloured
[róuzkʌləd]adjectiverožnat; figuratively optimističen, blesteč, svetel; vesel, živahen -
3 self-coloured
(of one colour all over: a self-coloured carpet.) enobarven* * *[selfkʌləd]adjectiveki je enotne, enolične barve, enobarven; ki je naravne barve -
4 ash-coloured
[aeškʌləd]adjectivepepelnat, pepelnato siv -
5 canary-coloured
[kənʌ/ərikʌləd]adjectivesvetlo rumen -
6 cream-coloured
[krí:mkʌləd]adjectivesvetlorumen -
7 dove-coloured
[dʌvkʌləd]adjectiverožnato sive barve -
8 flame-coloured
[fléimkʌləd]adjectiveognjene barve -
9 shot-coloured
[šɔtkʌləd]adjectiveprelivajoč se (o barvi na tkanini) -
10 single-coloured
[síŋglkʌləd]adjectiveenobarven -
11 slate-coloured
[sléitkʌləd]adjectiveskrilaste barve, siv kot skril -
12 snuff-coloured
[snʌfkʌləd]adjectiverumenorjav, barve (njuhalnega) tobaka -
13 solid-coloured
[sɔlidkʌləd]adjectiveenobarven -
14 whole-coloured
[hóulkʌləd]adjectiveenobarven -
15 look at / see through rose-coloured spectacles/glasses
(to take an over-optimistic view of.) gledati skoz rožnata očalaEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > look at / see through rose-coloured spectacles/glasses
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16 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) barva2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) barva3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) barva4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) barvitost2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) barven3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) barvati- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) črnec- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours* * *IAmerican color [kʌlə]noun barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz; figuratively pretveza, maska; plural zastava; ton, prizvokcolour bar — rasna segregacija; diskriminacijato change colour — prebledeti, zardetito give colour to s.th. — poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnostito lend colour to s.th. — poživiti kajcolour line — črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncevto see the colour of s.o.'s money — dobiti od koga denarto stick to one's colours — držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelihto strike ( —ali lower) one's colours — vdati, ukloniti seto take one's colour from s.o. — posnemati kogaunder colour of s.th. — pod krinko česato wear s.o.'s colours — biti privrženec kogato sail under false colours — pretvarjati se, biti licemerecman (woman) of colour — človek, ki ni belecIIAmerican color [kʌlə]1.transitive verbbarvati, slikati; figuratively olepšati, pretiravati;2.intransitive verbbarvo dobiti, zardeti -
17 fair
I [feə] adjective1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) svetel2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) nepristranski3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) lep4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) zadovoljiv5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) precejšen6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) čeden•- fairness- fairly
- fair play II [feə] noun1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) semenj2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) sejem3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) sejem* * *I [fwə]adjectivelep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten; ( with do) pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiva fair amount — precejšnja količina, precej denarjafor fair — dejansko, zaresto give s.o. a fair warning — pravočasno koga posvariticolloquially fair to middling — še kar dobrofair play — poštena igra, nepristranostfair and square — pošten in odkrit; naravnostwhat is fair for one is fair for all — kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugefair view — lep razgled; odkrito mnenjeII [fwə]adverbnaravnost; jasno; pošteno; pravilno; vljudno; nežnoto bespeak s.o. fair — dobro o kom govoritifor fair — zagotovo, nespornoto speak s.o. fair — vljudno s kom govoritifair and softly — počasi, tihoIII [fw ə]nounsejem, velesejem; razstavaIV [fwə]transitive verb & intransitive verb(z)jasniti se; prepisovati; zgladiti -
18 iris
1) (the coloured part of the eye.) šarenica2) (a kind of brightly-coloured flower with sword-shaped leaves.) perunika* * *[áiəris]nounanatomy šarenicabotany perunika; mavrica, mavrične barve; optics iris diaphragm — zaslonka -
19 aluminium
[ælju'miniəm]noun, adjective((of) an element, a light, silver-coloured metal used in making saucepans etc: pans made of aluminium; aluminium foil, rivet, tray.) aluminij* * *[æljumínjəm]nounBritish English aluminij -
20 angel-fish
noun (a brightly-coloured tropical fish with spiny fin.) morski pes (tropska vrsta)* * *[éindžəlfiš]nounzoology vrsta morskega volka, lat. Angelus squatina
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coloured — adj. same as {colored}. [Brit.] Syn: colored, in color(predicate), colorful. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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