Color Words.ppt

Color Words 颜色词除表示具体实际的色彩外，还会忧郁不通国家的不通文化具有不同的内涵，比如，a white day可译为“白色的日子”，但是，在英国，白色往往表示“幸福”“吉祥”“纯真”“崇高”。A white day 译为“吉日”或“喜庆的日子”。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具有特定的意义或者是习惯用法，翻译的时候一定要引起重视。 颜色词可分为基本颜色词和食物颜色词。基本颜色词可以搭配其他词来表达不同的颜色概念。如在其前加light, dark, pale, bright, rich, vivid 等，也可在词尾加ish; 食物颜色词指那些用实物名称来表示色彩的词语。比如orange(橙色)，milk(乳白色)，cherry（鲜红色）。 red 1.The president was treated to the red carpet in Rome. 总统在罗马收到了隆重接待。 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 alock. 一个窃贼在砸开锁时被当场抓获。 4.You said that I am very good. Is my face red? 你说我很好，真使我难为情了！ 5.When he started criticizing my work ,I really saw red. 当他批评我的工作时，我真的冒火发脾气了。 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.Every time he comes to New York, he wants to paint the town red. 每次来纽约他都要痛饮一番。 8.We’ll soon be out of the red. 我们很快就会扭亏为盈。 Green He is green to his job. 他对工作尚无经验。 2.Do you see any green in my eye? 你认为我幼稚可欺吗？ 3.She is a green hand in teaching English. 在英语教学方面她还是个生手。 4.I you want to be a successful gardener, of course you’ve got to have green fingers. 如果你想当个称职的园丁，你就得有园艺技能。 5.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。 6. He has a green wound in the left hand. 他左手上有一新伤口。 Blue 1.He is proud of his blue blood. 他因出身名门贵族而骄傲。 2.Things are looking extremely blue. 情况看起来极为不妙。 3.John arrived out of the blue. 约翰突然来了。 4.He can read like a blue streak. 他读书极快。 5.True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火炼。 6.A rainy day always gives me the blues. 雨天总使我心情郁闷。 7.It’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。 Brown The leaves browned slowly. 树叶渐渐枯了。 2.Aim at one bird ,don’t blaze into the brown. 瞄准一只打，不要射击鸟群。 3.When she gives a dinner party ,she always does it up brown. 她举办宴会总是办的很出色。 4. I am browned off ,sitting here with nothing to do. 我整天坐在这里无事可做无聊至极。 5.I tried to attract his attention ,but he was in a brown study. 我极力吸引他的注意力，可是他仍在沉思默想。 6.