off colour

US 
UK 
  • adj.身体不舒服；气色不佳；不适；（笑话）粗俗的
  • Web色差；色泽不佳；精神不好

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off colour
adj.
1.
[nbn]
(informal)
身体不舒服；气色不佳；不适not in good health; looking or feeling ill/sick
2.
[ubn]
（笑话）粗俗的，下流的anoff-colour joke is one that people think is rude, usually because it is about sex

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Definition:
AllAll,身体不舒服身体不舒服,气色不佳气色不佳,不适不适,粗俗的粗俗的,色差色差,色泽不佳色泽不佳,精神不好精神不好
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1.
What's the matter with you? You look off colour.
你怎么了？你的脸色看上去很不好。
nǐ zěn me le ? nǐ de liǎn sè kàn shàng qù hěn bù hǎo 。
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2.
I'm sorry not to have contacted you sooner but I've been off colour for the last few days.
我很遗憾没有早点和你取得联系，不过前几天中我一直身体不舒服。
wǒ hěn yí hàn méi yǒu zǎo diǎn hé nǐ qǔ de lián xì , bú guò qián jǐ tiān zhōng wǒ yì zhí shēn tǐ bù shū fu 。
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3.
Doctor: Right. Well, we'll just have a look. Uh, Sir, has he been a bit off colour lately.
医生：好。我们就来看一看。唔，先生，他近来是不是精神有点不好（身体有些不舒服）
yī shēng : hǎo 。 wǒ men jiù lái kàn yī kàn 。 én , xiān sheng , tā jìn lái shì bu shì jīng shén yǒu diǎn bù hǎo ( shēn tǐ yǒu xiē bù shū fu )
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4.
Advertisers would not want their products flagged alongside anything off-colour or embarrassing.
广告商不会希望他们的产品悬在下流的或让人不安的东西旁边。
guǎng gào shāng bú huì xī wàng tā men de chǎn pǐn xuán zài xià liú de huò ràng rén bù ān de dōng xi páng biān 。
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5.
The vat dyes in shade pitching is selected by the method of dyeing rate constant, and the problems of off colour are solved satisfactory.
用上染速率常数方法选择拼用还原染料，可方便快捷地解决色花的产生。
yòng shàng rǎn sù lǜ cháng shù fāng fǎ xuǎn zé pīn yòng huán yuán rǎn liào , kě fāng biàn kuài jié de jiě jué sè huā de chǎn shēng 。
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6.
You look a bit off-colour today. You'd better take some rest.
你今天看来有点不适，还是休息一下吧。
nǐ jīn tiān kàn lái yǒu diǎn bú shì , hái shì xiū xi yí xià ba 。
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7.
You look a bit off colour today.
你今天的脸色不太好。
nǐ jīn tiān de liǎn sè bù tài hǎo 。
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8.
He felt off-colour but did not have any dramatic symptoms.
他觉得不太舒服，但是又没什么明显的症状。
tā jué de bù tài shū fu , dàn shì yòu méi shén me míng xiǎn de zhèng zhuàng 。
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9.
Jo seems a little off colour today.
乔今天好像身体有点不舒服。
qiáo jīn tiān hǎo xiàng shēn tǐ yǒu diǎn bù shū fu 。
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10.
He is feeling rather off colour this morning.
今天早上他觉得身体有点不舒服。
jīn tiān zǎo shang tā jué de shēn tǐ yǒu diǎn bù shū fu 。
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