off-color

/awf-kuhl-er, of-/US // ˈɔfˈkʌl ər, ˈɒf- //

异色,脱色,脱色的,异色系

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
- : of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off-color joke.
- : not in one's usual health: to feel off-color.

adj.risqué

Synonyms

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.
Similarly, a recent NPR report covered the challenges many police departments are having recruiting officers of color.
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

/awf-kuhl-er, of-/US // ˈɔfˈkʌl ər, ˈɒf- //

异色,脱色,脱色的,异色系

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
- : of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off-color joke.
- : not in one's usual health: to feel off-color.

adj.risqué

Synonyms

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.
Similarly, a recent NPR report covered the challenges many police departments are having recruiting officers of color.
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.