local colour

英 [ˌləʊkl ˈkʌlə(r)]

美 [ˌloʊkl ˈkʌlər]

n.  (文艺作品的)地方特色，乡土色彩

牛津词典

noun

• （文艺作品的）地方特色，乡土色彩
  the typical things, customs, etc. in a place that make it interesting, and that are used in a picture, story or film/movie to make it seem real

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 local color


• N-UNCOUNT 地方色彩；乡土特色；时代特色
  Local colouris used to refer to customs, traditions, dress, and other things which give a place or period of history its own particular character.
  1. The fishing boat harbour was usually bustling with lots of local colour.
     该渔港通常都是一派热闹繁忙的景象，很有地方色彩。

双语例句

• The Local Colour of Wu Dialect and Wu Songs
  吴语方言与吴歌的地方色彩
• Retention of the local colour of the community and the historical characteristics of different districts.
  保留有关社区的原有地方色彩和不同地区的历史特色。
• National characteristics, local colour, epoch and post-modernism of building
  建筑的民族性、地方性、时代性与后现代主义
• "The three types" and "the three stages" made up the basic state of the Chinese local colour novelty in the whole 20th century.
  共时性上的三大类型与历时性上的三大阶段是作为整体的20世纪中国乡土小说的基本形态。
• The petrified wood fossils are collected by local indigenous people and farmers, selected for size and colour and then hand crafted and polished to produce stunning tables, chairs and sculptures.
  这些木化石全都由当地居民和农夫所采集，根据其尺寸和颜色再进行不同选材，之后再经过手工加工，打光，制作出了让人叹为观止的桌椅以及各种雕塑。
• The description of the town lacked any local colour that would have let you know what it's like to live there.
  对那个城市的描写缺乏地方色彩，因此你无法知道生活在那里是怎样一番景象。
• Local colour lends [ adds] peculiar interest to the novel.
  地方色彩给这部小说增加了兴味。
• The fishing boat harbour was usually bustling with lots of local colour.
  该渔港通常都是一派热闹繁忙的景象，很有地方色彩。
• These pit stops take place nearly every hour, usually away from the dusty roads in the shade of bougainvilleas and lotus trees, at glorious red-and-gold local temples that provide a feast of colour ( and a toilet).
  这种小憩几乎每个小时都有，通常是在远离布满灰尘的公路的叶子花和忘忧树的荫凉下，在当地提供色彩盛宴（和厕所）的壮观的金黄色寺庙中。
• The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster, which seemed to be black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting.
  当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡迎说，最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边十米的地方，怪物的颜色似乎是黑色的。