英语颜色趣谈.docVIP

1.red 1) When i see a man ill-treating a child.I see red.(发怒) 2) The policemen caught the thief red-handed.(当场) 3) When I menttioned it to him,he went red.(脸红，羞愧) ? 2.green 1) He is very green.(幼稚) 2) She was green with envy.(十分嫉妒) 3) Whats wrong with you?Youre looking green.(苍白) ? 3.blue 1）Im in the blues today.（闷闷不乐） 2) He was blue in the face with cold.（冻得发紫） 3) A thing like that only happens??once in a blue moon.（难得，很少） 4) The news was a great shock to me;it came absolutely out of the blue.(晴天霹雳) ? 4.White 1) Mary sometimes tells a white lie.（善意的谎言） 2）Henry id white-livered.（胆小，懦弱） 3）He boasted a lot about his courage but when danger came he showed the white feather.（表现胆怯） 4) We want two white coffees.（加牛奶的咖啡） 5) A motor-car would be a white elephant to me .（无用而累赘的东西） ? 5.black 1) He gave me such a black look as I passed him.(恶狠狠的瞪一眼) 2) He is a black-hearted villain.（黑心肠的） 3) Her action towards her husband showed black ingratitude.（忘恩负义） 4)They went into black for their father.（哀悼，举哀） 5)I won t believe it ynless I see it in black and white.（白纸黑字） 6) You can never belive what he says;he will swear black is white.（把黑的说成白的 7) If mary doesnt study harder,she will get in her mothers black books.（记过本，失去好评） 8) George is the black aheep of the family.（败家子） ? 我来总结下英语中一些颜色的含义，还有颜色包含的文化背景。 ? ?原文：Mr.Smith,a very white man, but a veryyellowone. He was veryredwith anger when he found himself cheated by his close friend, but, he said nothing. Last Friday, ablackletter day, he had a car accident. He was looking rathergreenand feelingbluelately. When I saw him, he was in abrownstudy. I hope hell soon be in thepinkagain. ? 译文： ? Smith先生是一个很正直的人，但是他很怯懦。当他发现被自己非常亲密的朋友欺骗了以后，他怒气冲天，却什么也没说。上个星期五是个不幸的日子，他出了场车祸。最近他看起来气色不大好,常常感到忧伤。我看到他的时候他正陷入沉思中，我希望不久他就会康复起来。 ? ? ? 文中几个表示颜色的词的含义： ? white：Slang. decent, honorable, or dependable ? 　　　　白色：正直的，可以依靠的，可以信赖的 ? 　　　　例句：Thats very white of you.?你这样做真是太正直了。 ? redin anger: very angry; become enraged ? ?????????红色：愤怒的，怒火中烧的 ? yellow：Slang Cowardly. ?