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 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。
• 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。
• The Tragical Meaning in PENG Jia-huang's Local Colour Fiction
  彭家煌乡土小说的悲剧意蕴
• 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。
• The description of the town lacked local colour.
  该镇的描写缺少乡土特色。
• Local colour lends [ adds] peculiar interest to the novel.
  地方色彩给这部小说增加了兴味。
• The campus culture in teachers universities and colleges now bears such characteristics as deep humanistic thought, pronounced local colour, strict institutional culture and so on.
  世纪之交的高等师范院校校园文化呈现出人文思想深厚、地方色彩浓重、制度文化森严的特点。
• 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。
• Many states in America hold some festive activities with strong local colour around New Year's Day.
  在美国，许多州在元旦期间都会举行极富地方色彩的庆祝活动。
• 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