full of bright colors or having a lot of different colors 颜色鲜艳的；五彩缤纷的 The male birds are more colorful than the females, 雄鸟比雌鸟更鲜艳，
interesting or exciting; full of variety, sometimes in a way that shocks people 有趣的；令人激动的；丰富多彩的（有时达到了有些令人震惊的程度） a colorful history/past/career 丰富多彩的历史/过去/职业 one of the book's most colorful characters 这本书最丰富多彩的人物之一