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

• Local colour lends [ adds] peculiar interest to the novel.
  地方色彩给这部小说增加了兴味。
• 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。
• 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。
• The description of the town lacked local colour.
  该镇的描写缺少乡土特色。
• The art has stepped into the modern world from a folk art which is imbued with local colour.
  已经从具有浓厚乡土气息的民间艺术逐渐步入到现代化艺术的殿堂。
• 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。
• It has rich local colour because of the description of beautiful natural scenery and natural folk customs.
  它因秀美的自然风光、淳朴的民风民俗的描绘而具有浓郁的地方色彩。
• 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 Great Topic of Local Colour Literature
  乡土文学的大题目&略论20年代乡土文学对鲁迅的继承
• "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。