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《科学》 第392卷 第6796期 · 2026年4月23日 · 中文解读

书写彩虹:词典编纂者如何定义颜色

Writing the rainbow · Kai Kupferschmidt
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本文评论了Kory Stamper的新书《True Color》,该书讲述了词典编纂者定义颜色的艰难历程。
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Color resists simple description—that has not stopped dictionary lexicographers from trying Kai Kupferschmidt TRUE COLOR | Few things are as pedestrian and yet as alien as colors. They seem to be all around us, a property of the objects we see, yet they are only in our heads. Try to understand or even define them, and terms and concepts quickly blur and smear like the colors in a child’s paint box. Take the 11 basic color terms used in English: black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, brown, purple, pink, orange, and gray. They are hardly all in the same category. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第392卷 第6796期 · 2026年4月23日,Kai Kupferschmidt。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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