discolour

verb
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlə(r)/
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlər/
(US English discolor)
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they discolour
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlə(r)/
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlər/
he / she / it discolours
🔊/dɪsˈkʌləz/
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlərz/
past simple discoloured
🔊/dɪsˈkʌləd/
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlərd/
past participle discoloured
🔊/dɪsˈkʌləd/
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlərd/
-ing form discolouring
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlərɪŋ/
🔊/dɪsˈkʌlərɪŋ/
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  1. to change colour, or to make the colour of something change, in a way that makes it look less attractive(使)变色,退色
    • Plastic tends to discolour with age.塑料久而久之便会退色。🔊🔊
    • discolour something The pipes were beginning to rust, discolouring the water.管子开始生锈,水都变颜色了。🔊🔊
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French descolorer or medieval Latin discolorare, from des-, dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin colorare ‘to colour’.