nuance
英 [ˈnjuː.ɑːns]
美 [ˈnuː.ɑːns]
nuance(细微差别)有一盎司
谐音“留一盎司”----留下一盎司的差别。
2. 谐音“六盎司”-------只有六盎司的差别。
nuance 细微差别来自法语nuance,细微差别,云影,来自拉丁语nubes,云朵,水气,词源同nebula,nimbus.
引申词义云彩的阴影,云影的细微差别。
- nuance (n.)
- 1781, from French nuance "slight difference, shade of color" (17c.), from nuer "to shade," from nue "cloud," from Gallo-Roman *nuba, from Latin nubes "a cloud, mist, vapor," from PIE *sneudh- "fog" (cognates: Avestan snaoda "clouds," Latin obnubere "to veil," Welsh nudd "fog," Greek nython, in Hesychius "dark, dusky"). According to Klein, a reference to "the different colors of the clouds."
- nuance (v.)
- 1886, from nuance (n.). Related: Nuanced.
- 1. He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.
- 他认真地注视着她的脸,捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。
- 2. We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.
- 我们用眼睛和面部表情几乎就能传达出情感上的每一丝微妙变化。
- 3. These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.
- 这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别.
- 4. I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.
- 我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事.
- 5. With the slightest perceptible nuance he opened the way for bribery.
- 他以最不易察觉的手段试图进行贿赂.