nuance

n. 细微差别

中文词源

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.

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。

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.