表示颜色的英语单词的特殊用法

英语中有许多形容词都有各自的特殊的含义,有时不能按字面去理解

green (绿色)

green hand 新手

例:We are green hands, so we must learn from the old workers.

作为新人,我们一定要向老工人学习。

green 面带病容

例:What’s wrong with you? You are looking green.

你怎么了?脸色看起来很苍白。

green 嫉妒

例:I was absolutely green (with envy) when I saw his splendid new car.

我看到他那辆漂亮的新汽车就非常眼红。

green fingers 有园艺技能

例:I know that his father was green fingers.

我知道他爸爸很有园艺技能。

white (白色)

white coffee 加牛奶或奶油的咖啡

例:I want two white coffees.我要两杯加牛奶的咖啡。

white lie 无恶意的谎言

例:Tom sometimes tells a white lie.

汤姆有时会撒一些无伤大雅的谎。

white elephant 无用而又累赘的东西(尤指大而昂贵之物)

例:That would be a white elephant to me.

那东西对我来说又贵又没用。

black (黑色)

a black look 恶狠狠的瞪

例:He gave me a black look.

他恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。

in black and white 以书面的形式

例:I want this agreement in black and white.

我要求以书面的形式把这项协议写出来。

black sheep 败家子,害群之马

例:Tom is the black sheep of the family.

汤姆是个败家子。

blue (蓝色)

once in a blue moon 难得

例:She visits us once in a blue moon.

她难得来看我们一次。

blue 黄色的,有伤风化的

例:The blue film was banned by the censor.

那部黄色电影被当局禁了。

blue 忧郁、沮丧

例:He looks blue today.

他今天看起来很忧郁。

blue blood 贵族血统,名门出身

例:He is proud of his blue blood.

他为自己的贵族血统骄傲。

red (红色)

in/into/out of the red 有/没有亏损

例:The company has been in the red until he took over.

在他接手之前,公司一直都亏损。

see red 大怒,生气

例:Her criticisms were enough to make anyone see red.

她那些批评任谁都得火冒三丈。

catch somebody red-handed 当场发现某人正在做坏事或犯罪

例:The policeman caught the thief red-handed.

警察当场抓住了小偷。

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