1、英文颜色的含义 不同的文化对于相同的事物会有不同的描述。我们熟悉的颜色在西方的文化背景下却变的“面目全非” 了,所以在某些情况下对于英文颜色的词,切忌望文生义,不信请看: 1 BLACK 本意为黑色 black sheep 害群之马 black list 黑名单 black dog 沮丧 black tea 红茶 black coffee 不加糖和奶的浓咖啡 2 BLUE 本意为蓝色 blue Monday 不开心的星期一 blue films 黄色电影 blue blood 贵族血统 3 WHITE 本意为白色 white room 无菌室或绝尘室 white lie 没有恶意的谎言 whi
2、te elephant 昂贵而无用之物 4 yellow 本意为黄色 yellow boy 金币 yellow dog 卑鄙的人 yellow book 指法国等政府或议会发表的报告书 此外,green hand 表示“没有经验的新手”, red-neck 表示“乡下佬”等 讲到颜色, 还有 white Christmas,白色圣诞,跟我们的瑞雪兆丰年差不多意思吧,表示被保佑与被祝福,圣诞下雪会更加珍贵开心。 white night 失眠,很久以前有一出西片,讲到它的主题曲就家喻户晓,SAY YOU SAY ME。片名没多少人记得吧,这出戏就叫 WHITE NIGHT 翻译成“白夜逃亡”。现在
3、看起来,翻译的人也不甚了解 WHITE NIGHT 的含义。 a white smith 银匠 a white war 不流血的战争 white-haired boy 宠儿 white feather 懦夫,懦弱 黄色,还有懦弱胆小的意思。 成语 to have a yellow streak 等于说有些懦弱。yellow flag 检疫旗. yellow pages 电话号码分类页. Yellow River 黄河. 6. yellow sea 黄海. wear yellow stockings 嫉妒 . yellow streak 懦弱、胆怯的个性. brown bread 黑面包 bro
4、wn sugar 红糖 He was caught red-handed. 他当场被抓住了 所以,RED-HANDED 是 当场 的意思。 加冰威士忌,WHISKEY ON THE ROCKS。 到了酒吧,别忘了跟 BAR TENDER 讲,ON THE ROCKS,PLS。加冰的! 1. red e.g.1. A red battle happened in this village. 在这个村庄发生了一场血战. 2. He was caught red-handed. 他当场被抓住了. 3. The factory was in the red last year. 那家工厂去年亏损了 .
5、 4. red ball 特别快车: There are several red balls between Wuhan and Beijing. 5. red cap 服务搬运工: A red cap can help you with your baggage in a hotel or in a railway station. 6. red carpet 隆重的接待或欢迎 : We will roll out the red carpet for the delegation, 7. red eye 廉价的烈性威士忌: He had the habit of drinking the
6、red eye every day. 8. red hot 感情强烈的人: Tom is a red hot. 9. red ink 赤字,亏空: There is some red ink in his business. 10. red meat 牛羊肉:Many people prefer red meat to white meat. 11. red-pencil 修改,改正:The lawyer red-penciled the law suit. 12. red tape 官僚习气:We must get rid of the red tape in the government
7、offices. 2. brown e.g. 1. I like brown sugar.我喜欢红糖. 2. I did him brown! 我让他上当了 ! 3. Arent you brown! 别晒黑了! 4. dont fire into the brown! 别向鸟群开枪! 5. brown bread 黑面包 6. brown paper 牛皮纸 3.yellow e.g. 1. Those are papers yellowed with age. 那些是年久发黄的报纸. 2. You are yellow. 你是个胆小鬼. 3.He is a yellow dog. 他是个卑
8、鄙的人. 4.yellow alert 空袭的预备警报 People will be frightened if theres a yellow alert. 5.yellow back 通俗廉价小说 :There were a lot of yellow backs in the 19th century. 6.yellow-belly 胆小鬼,懦夫: Everybody knows that he is a yellow-belly, so nobody likes him. 7. yellow press 黄色报刊: The yellow press cannot be publishe
9、d in our country. 8. yellow streak 胆怯:He has a yellow streak in him. 13. green e.g. 1. When I heard that, I was green with anger. 闻听此事,我气得脸色发青. 2. He is a green young man. 他是个初出茅庐的年青人 . 3. Dont give the green light to him. 不要纵容他. 4. Im still green at the job. 对这项工作来说我仍然是个生手. 9. We had a green party
10、last night. 昨晚,我们举办了一个温暖快乐的聚会. 10. Though shes 18, shes very green. 她已经 18 岁了, 但还很幼稚. 11. Mr. Li is in a green old age. 李先生仍是老当益壮. 12. a green room 演员休息室 13. a green hand 生手 14. a green house 温室 14. blue e.g. 1. He is blue in the face with cold. 他的脸冻得发紫. 2. My teacher looks blue today. 今天,老师的脸色看起来很忧
11、郁. 3. She is proud of her blue blood. 她因出身贵族而骄傲 . 4. The sad news came, like a bolt from the blue. 这消息传来,犹如晴天霹雳. 15. The thing made him feel blue. 那件事弄得他无精打采. 6. white e.g. 1. The doctor told him to take the whites of three eggs a day. 医生告诉他一天吃三个鸡蛋的蛋白. 2. Lily sometimes tells a white lie. 莉莉有时说谎,但是毫
12、无恶意. 3. We must make our names white again. 我们一定要洗清耻辱. 4. A motor car would be a white elephant to me. 对我来说,摩托车是无用而累赘的东西。 5. I had a white night yesterday. 昨夜我失眠了. 6.a white day 吉日 16. a white smith 银匠 17. a white room (医院的 )无菌室 18. a white war 不流血的战争 19. white-haired boy 宠儿 20. white feather 懦夫,懦弱
13、21. black e.g. I want a black coffee. 我要一杯清咖啡. 2. Things look black. 形势不妙. 3. He was a black sheep. 他是个害群之马. 4. He gave me a black look. 他恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼 . 5. They went into black for their friend. 他们为朋友深感痛惜 . 6.black tea 红茶 7.a black coat 职员 8.a blacksmith 铁匠 9.black dog 沮丧,情绪低落 Cheer up! Dont be under t
14、he black dog. 10.blackguard 无赖,滥骂 He is a blackguard and always blackguards others. 11.black letter day 倒霉的一天 e.g. Yesterday was his black letter day. First he lost some money, then he broke his leg. 12.blacklist 列入黑名单 The thieves were blacklisted. 13.black money 没向政府报税的非法收入 e.g. Ms Liu was prosecut
15、ed for getting a lot of black money. 14.blackmail 敲诈 This old man was blackmailed by the blackguards. 22. purple e.g. 1. He became purple with rage. 他气得脸色发青. 2. This is a purple passage. 这是一个绚丽的章节.pink(粉色)略带左翼政治观点的purple(紫色)(古罗马)要职,高位 yellow(黄色)胆怯的red(红色)支持左翼政治观点的; 社会党的green(绿色) 面色苍白的, 带病容的black(黑色)
16、(喻)(形势,时期) 暗无天日的,灾难深重的;毫无希望的,悲观的 white(白色) (喻)纯洁的;纯真无邪的,清白的 乖乖兔 回答采纳率:14.3% 2009-01-02 20:40 黄: 东方代表尊贵、优雅,西方基督教以黄色为耻辱象征。 红: 热情、兴奋、刺激,容易鼓舞勇气,西方以此作为战关象征牺牲之 意,东方则代表吉祥、乐观 喜庆之意。 蓝: 沉静、幽远,欧洲为对国家之忠诚象征。 黑: 无情色,神秘之感,庄严、沉虑,如和其他颜色相配合含有集中和重心感。白: 无情色,表纯洁之感,及轻松、愉悦,浓厚之白色会有壮大之感觉。 绿: 代表安全、平静、舒适之感,在四季分明之地方,如见到春天之树木、有
17、绿色的嫩叶,看了 使人有新生之感。 橙: 炽烈之生命,太阳光为橙色。 灰: 代表寂寞、冷淡、拜金主义,灰色使人有现实感。 粉红:娇嫩、青春、明快。 紫: 一般人喜欢淡紫色,有愉快之感,青紫一般人都不喜欢,不易产生美感。 咖啡:代表健壮,与其它色不发生冲突。有耐劳、暗淡之感情sue 回答采纳率:22.7% 2009-01-02 20:42 1) red :积极的含义:可表示喜庆、热烈、幸运a red-letter day 值得庆贺的日子the red carpet 热烈欢迎painting the town red 狂欢痛饮2) red:消极含义:可表示流血;暴力、危险; 赤字、亏损、负债等 h
18、ave red hands red ruin犯杀人罪 火灾red battle red scare血战 红色恐惧red alert red light (空袭) 紧急警报 危险信号 see the red light觉察危险逼近red figure, red ink 赤字in the red亏损、负债better red than dead用于表示美国人民宁可受共产党的统治,也不要死于核战争。 3) 汉语的红色还可表示:革命、成功、受到宠信、喜庆等 green house green room温室 演员休息室 green thumb green light园艺技能 绿灯,许可green tab
19、le in the green 赌桌 青春期 the green years a green old age 青春年华 老当益壮 white wedding 吉祥的婚礼a white war 不流血的战争white night 不眠之夜white room 清洁的房屋white hope 为某团体(或) 城镇带来荣誉的人white light 公正无私的裁判 black mail black flag敲诈 海盗旗 black smith a black mood铁匠 情绪低落the black art black sheep妖术 害群之马/败家子black leg black man 骗子 恶魔