Old English renboga; see rain (n.) + bow (n.). Common Germanic compound (Old Frisian reinboga, Old Norse regnbogi, Swedish regenb?ge, Dutch regenboog, German Regenbogen). Rainbow trout (1876, American English) so called for its resplendent colors. Old English also had scurboga "shower-bow."
雙語例句
1. The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall.
月亮在瀑布濺起的水霧上照出了一道彩虹。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Rainbow has not hosted live music since the end of 1981.