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

• 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 Tragical Meaning in PENG Jia-huang's Local Colour Fiction
  彭家煌乡土小说的悲剧意蕴
• Local colour lends [ adds] peculiar interest to the novel.
  地方色彩给这部小说增加了兴味。
• 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
• The Local Colour of Wu Dialect and Wu Songs
  吴语方言与吴歌的地方色彩
• 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、色彩性乐汇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 art has stepped into the modern world from a folk art which is imbued with local colour.
  已经从具有浓厚乡土气息的民间艺术逐渐步入到现代化艺术的殿堂。
• "The three types" and "the three stages" made up the basic state of the Chinese local colour novelty in the whole 20th century.
  共时性上的三大类型与历时性上的三大阶段是作为整体的20世纪中国乡土小说的基本形态。
• 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 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。