误She likes red colour.
正She likes colour red.
析colour的意思是“颜色”, red的意思是“红颜色”,意思重复。正句中的red是colour的同位语。
天空湛蓝如海。误The sky has the colour of the deep sea.
正The sky is the colour of deep sea.
析当描述物体的颜色时,用动词be,不用have。
小蚂蚁被抱出茧外,此时他们的颜色还很苍白。误The baby ants are helped out of the cocoons, still pale at colour.
正The baby ants are helped out of the cocoons, still pale in colour.
析和色彩名词连用要用介词in,意为“是…色的”。
这部车是红色的。误The car is red colour.
正The car is of red colour.
正The car is red.
这部车是红褐色的。误The car is reddish-brown colour.
正The car is a reddish-brown colour.
析colour由表示颜色的词(如red, blue, green, etc.)修饰时,不能直接用在be之后,但可用“be of+red+colour”结构。如不用colour,直接用red等表示颜色的名词作表语,则可以直接用在be 之后,此时是省略了介词of。如果该颜色不常见,特别是复合词,有“一种…色”的描绘意味,则可直接修饰colour,其前还常加不定冠词a,这时也可看作用在be之后且省略of。