【写作词句】英语中的五颜六色
[p=30, 2, left][size=4][font=Trebuchet MS][color=#0000ff]我们生活的世界是色彩斑斓的:赤,橙,黄,绿,青,蓝,紫。。。。。无所不包。英语中也有不少能使表达增色的颜色词汇,并形成了一类独特的用色习语。[/color][/font][/size][b][font=Trebuchet MS][size=4][color=red]一,红色[/color]
to see red 发怒,冒火
to see the red light 意识到危险来临
to catch sb. red-handed 当场将某人逮住
to be in the red 金融赤字
to put out the red carpet(for sb.) 隆重迎接。。。。。
to paint the town red 狂欢,痛饮
a red-letter day 喜庆的日子
[color=mediumturquoise]二,蓝色[/color]
to feel blue 感到悲伤(不快)
to have the blues 忧郁不乐
be blue in the face (因大怒等)弄得脸色难看
to be blue about the gills 垂头丧气
out of the blue 始料不及地,意想不到地
a bolt from the blue 晴天霹雳
once in a blue moon 千载难逢地
a blue-collar worker 蓝领工人(体力劳动者)
till all’s blue 喝得头晕眼花
to blue one’s money 把钱挥霍掉
a blue film 黄色(淫秽)电影
blue vedio tape 黄色录象
[color=seagreen]三,绿色[/color]
in the green tree 处于佳境
a green room 演员休息室
to give sb.the green light 给某人开绿灯
to have green fingers 擅长园艺
a green hand 新手,无经验者
to be green (因年轻)可欺,过于信任。。。
Do you see any green in my eye? 你看我是年幼可欺的吗?
green with envy (green-eyed monster) 因嫉妒的“红眼病”
[color=plum]四,粉色
[/color]to be in the pink 非常高兴(健康)
to tickle sb. pink (俚语)使某人非常高兴
to see pink elephant 酩酊大醉
[color=sienna]五,棕色[/color]
to be in a brown study 沉思默想,全神贯注于。。。。
to be browned off with 对。。。厌倦透顶
to do up brown (美俚)把。。。彻底搞好
to do sb. brown (英俚)使某人上当
a brownstone district 富人区
brown sugar (红糖)
to turn brownish 纸发黄
六,黑色
black-letter day(black day)指倒霉的日子
black words 不吉利的话
black lie 不可饶恕的谎言
black and blue 遍体鳞伤,青一块紫一块
to be black in the face 脸色铁青
to be in the black 赢利
to look black at sb. 对某人怒视
to paint sb. black 把某人描述成坏人
to see/buy goods on the black market 在黑市上买卖商品
a black sheep 败家子,害群之马
black tea 红茶
to be in a black mood /to have a black look/ to be black in the face,/to be in someone’s black book对。。。。。感到愤怒
七,白色
to show the white feather 显示胆怯(懦弱)
to white wash someone /something 为。。。涂脂抹粉
a white-collar worker 白领工人(脑力劳动者)
a white lie 无恶意的谎言,委婉的拒绝
a white elephant 无用而累赘的东西
days marked with white stone 幸福的日子
to stand in a white stone 公开忏悔
white coffee 没加牛奶的咖啡
white smile 纯洁的笑容
white war 不流血的战争,尤其指经济竞争
[color=gray]八,灰色
[/color]to turn grey 头发变得灰白,上年纪
grey matter (俚语)人脑,智力
[color=wheat]九,黄色[/color]
yellow pages 电话号码本(黄页)
yellow journalism (press) 专门刊登花边新闻,桃色新闻等的报[/size][/font][/b][/p] Hope everyone has a nice day, not a black day.:P
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