某些颜色形容词的特殊含义.docVIP

某些颜色形容词的特殊含义 1. Black 1) black coffee (未加奶的咖啡) Which one do you like, black coffee or white coffee? 2) black tea (红茶) Black tea is my favorite. 3) black screen (暗色滤光镜) In that case, you can use black screen. 4) a black letter day (倒霉的日子) Everybody may have a black letter day, I think. 5) black mark (污点) His lie might have left a black mark on his character. 6) black box (黑匣子) They failed to find the black box after the air-crash. 7) black list (黑名单) These two thieves are on the black list of the police. 8) black market (黑市) We seldom by goods on black market. 9) black sheep (败家子，害群之马) Nobody wants the fame of being a black sheep of his family. 10) black ingratitude (忘恩负义) His response showed no black ingratitude. 11) blacksmith (铁匠) Mary’s father is a blacksmith. 12) blackout (突然停电) The storm caused a sudden blackout and brought down telephone lines. 13) black oil (润滑重油) The price of black oil decreased by 30%. 14) black bolt (粗制螺栓) Black bolts are not suitable here. 15) black money (黑钱，指来源不正当而且没有向政府报税的钱) Black money are stashed in foreign banks. 16) black figure / in the black (盈利，顺差) This company is well in the black. black figure nation (国际收支顺差国) interest in the black (应收利息) 2. Red 1) in the red (负债); out of the red (不亏空) A careless boss may run his business in the red, whereas a responsible person can keep it out of the red. red figure / red ink (赤字，亏损) 2) red-cap (服务搬运工) A red-cap will help you with your luggage in a hotel. 3) red meat (牛羊肉等红色肉类) Many of us prefer red meat to white meat. 4) red-handed (当场) The murderer was caught red-handed. 5) a red letter day (喜庆节日) Children like to go outing on a red letter day. 6) red light district (红灯区) Mr. Huang was accused of his conduct in the red light district. 7) red-pencil (修改) The procurator red-penciled the law suit. 8) red ball (快运车) There will be red balls between Shanghai and Guangzhou. 9) red cent (一分钱) I won’t g