Толковый словарь английского языка - rainbow
Rainbow
rainbow
I. noun Date: before 12th century an arc or circle that exhibits in concentric bands the colors of the spectrum and that is formed opposite the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in raindrops, spray, or mist, 2. a multicolored array, a wide assortment or range , an illusory goal or hope, ~ trout , ~like adjective II. adjective Date: 1652 having many colors, of, relating to, or being people of different races or cultural backgrounds
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n. & adj. --n. 1 an arch of colours (conventionally red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) formed in the sky (or across a cataract etc.) opposite the sun by reflection, twofold refraction, and dispersion of the sun's rays in falling rain or in spray or mist. 2 a similar effect formed by the moon's rays. --adj. many-coloured. Phrases and idioms rainbow lorikeet a small brightly coloured Polynesian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus. rainbow trout a large trout, Salmo gairdneri, orig. of the Pacific coast of N. America. secondary rainbow an additional arch with the colours in reverse order formed inside or outside a rainbow by twofold reflection and twofold refraction. Etymology: OE regnboga (as RAIN, BOW(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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