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 Tragical Meaning in PENG Jia-huang's Local Colour Fiction
  彭家煌乡土小说的悲剧意蕴
• 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 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。
• On the Basic State of the Chinese Local Colour Novelty in the 20~( th) Century in View of the Creative Method
  从创作方法看20世纪中国乡土小说的基本形态
• 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。
• 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
• We can write a general description using any of the guide books to the place, but we shall have to send a reporter there if we want to include some local colour.
  我们可根据任何一本导游书写出那地方的大致情况，但如果要加进地方色彩的话，我们还得派一个记者去那里。
• It all gives local colour to the book.
  这一切给本书增添了地方色彩。
• King, whose former constituency was in the east end of London ( where she still lives), supports her local flea markets and believes in bringing an individual splash of colour to her wardrobe.
  金以前的选区在伦敦东区（她现在仍然住在这里），她支持本地跳蚤市场，愿意为衣橱注入个性化色彩。