03汉英颜色词比较解说.ppt

英汉颜色词比较 I-1. Basic Color Words in English Chinese IV. Comparison Contrast between English Chinese color words Similarities Similar Word class Both English and Chinese color words can be noun, verb, adjective and adverb. Certain object color words and words of “depth” or “brightness” can go together with basic color words. 深/暗: deep/dark；浅/淡: light/pale；明暗: bright/ rich/ vivid; dull/ pale/dirty/murky /darkling snow-white, blood-red, purple-and-gold, vermilion-and-gold; 玫瑰红，金黄，铁青，银白。 IV. Comparison Contrast between English Chinese color words Differences English basic color word + ish: 色浅或微带.....色 Examples: basic color word 1+ basic color word2 = mixed color 混合色 Examples: yellow green, basic color word 1+ and + basic color word2 = patterns of colors (花色) Examples: green-and-white English color words tend to have more synonyms Examples: RED– crimson(深红), cardinal(深红), scarlet(腥红), vermilion(朱红), rubious(深红), pink(粉红), bloody(血红 ), ruddy(微红色) etc (more than 200) Chinese”红色”has only over 40 synonyms V. Exercise: translate the following color words V. Exercise: translate the following color words Home work Home work Home work---Key Home work--Key  * * Lecture 03 Contrastive Studies of Color Words in English Chinese 绿,青 green 棕,褐 brown 白 white 蓝 blue 黑,青 black 紫 purple 黄 yellow 红,赤 red Chinese English Chinese English I-2. Difference in referential meaning of color words in English Chinese English Chinese white coffee black in face grey hair brown bread to be brown black tea brown sugar green hills 牛奶咖啡 脸色铁青 白头发 黑面包 晒黑了 红茶 红糖 青山 a white Christmas white meat to be blue in the face with cold to be looking green English Chinese I-2. Difference in referential meaning of color words in English Chinese 大雪纷飞的圣诞节 色浅的嫩牛肉、猪肉或煮熟的鸡鸭肉 冻得发紫 苍白，脸上有病色 I-3. Difference in metaphorical meaning a white lie to be in the red green-eyed a black look a very white man to be in the blues English 善意的谎言 汉语有赤字之说 亏损；负债 汉语说红眼病 忌妒的 汉语中说白眼 恶狠狠地瞪一眼 京剧脸谱中“白脸”代表奸诈 非常忠实可靠的人 兰色在汉语