生活中的颜色词(一)
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<>颜色词除表示其具体实际的色彩外，还会由于不同国家的不同文化而具有不 同的涵义。例如a white day可 译为"白色的日子"，但在英国，白色往往表 示"纯真"、"崇高"、"吉祥"、"幸福"之意。a white da y意为"吉日" 或"喜庆的日字"。此外，英语中与颜色词在一起组成的复合词或带有颜色词的 词组往往有其特 殊意义或习惯用法，这些都是在翻译颜色词时不可忽略之处。 下面就各种颜色词分别举例略作说明。
<>1. RED:
<>(1)The president was treated to the redcarpet in Rome. 总统在罗马 受到了隆重的接待。
<>(2)It was a red-letter day in the history of Chinese revolution. 这 是中国历史上值得纪念的日 子。
<>(3)A thief was caught red-handed in the act of breaking open alock. 一个窃贼在砸开锁时被当 场抓获。
<>(4)You said that l am very good. ls my face red? 你说我很好，真使 我难为情了。
<>(5)When he started criticizing my work,l really saw red. 当他批评 我的工作时，我就冒火、发脾 气。
<>(6)There is too much red-tape in obtaining an identity card. 领身 份证的手续实在太繁琐了。
<>(7)They had to sell the firm because for years they had operated it in the red. 因为经营这 家公司几年来一直亏损，所以他们只好把它卖掉。
<>(8)We'll soon be out of the red. 我们很快就会扭亏为盈。
<>(9)Every time he es to New York,he wants to paint the town red. 每次来纽约，他都要痛饮一 番。
<>2. GREEN:
<>(10)He is still green to his job. 他对其工作尚无经验。
<>(11)Do you see any green in my eye? 你认为我幼稚可欺吗？
<>(12)lf you want to be a suessful gardener,of course you've gotto have green fingers. 假如 你想当个称职的园工，那你就得有园艺技能。
<>(13)She is a green hand in teaching English. 在英语教学中，他还是 个生手。
<>(14)Mother gave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer. 妈妈准许我们今年 夏天去野营一次。
<>(15)He has a green wound in the left breast. 他左胸上有一新伤口。
<>3. BLUE:
<>(16)He is proud of his blue blood. 他因出身名门贵族而骄傲。
<>(17)Things are looking extremely blue. 情况极其不妙。
<>(18)True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火炼。
<>(19)She ran and ran until she was blue in the face. 她跑啊跑啊，累 得脸色发青精疲力竭。
<>(20)lt's once in a blue moon that you get a chance like that. 你得 到的是个千载难逢的机会。
<>(21)He can read like a blue streak. 他看书极快。
<>(22)The bad news came like a bolt out of the blue. 这消息来得如青 天霹雳。
<>(23)John arrived out of the blue. 约翰突然来了。
<>(24)A rainy day always gives me the blues. 下雨天总是使我心情抑郁。
<>4. BROWN:
<>(25)The leaves browned slowly. 树叶渐渐枯了。
<>(26)We are all of us done brown. 我们都上当了。
<>(27)When she gives a dinner party,she always does it up brown.她举 行宴会，总是办得很出色。
<>(28)l'm browned off,sitting here all day with nothing to do. 我整 天坐在这儿没事干，感到抑郁 无聊。
<>(29)Aim at one bird, don't blaze into the brown. 瞄准一只打，不要 射击鸟群。
<>(30)l tried to attract his attention,but he was in a brown study. 我 企图吸引他的注意力，可是 他仍在沉思默想。
<>5. BLACK:
<>(31)The black dog is over him. 他意气消沉。
<>(32)Tom is the black sheep of his family. 汤姆是个败家子。
<>(33)Next time l see him, l'll give him a black eye. 下次我见到他一 定打他一顿。