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。
• The Tragical Meaning in PENG Jia-huang's Local Colour Fiction
  彭家煌乡土小说的悲剧意蕴
• 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
• The description of the town lacked local colour.
  该镇的描写缺少乡土特色。
• The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster, which seemed to be black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting.
  当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡迎说，最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边十米的地方，怪物的颜色似乎是黑色的。
• This article states the local colour of Sanming folk songs with the flowing three aspects: characteristics of the district, Specialties of this colour, and "yuehui" the composing sources, and "runqiang" the decorated vocalism of this colour.
  文章从三明山歌的色彩区域、色彩特征、色彩***和润腔特点三个方面阐述了三明山歌所特有的地方色彩。
• 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 Local Colour of Wu Dialect and Wu Songs
  吴语方言与吴歌的地方色彩
• 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。
• 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