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基本颜色词的语义比较 红色 汉语中表示红色的词语有四十多个，如杜鹃红，玫瑰红，绛红，紫红，英语表示红色的词语有一百来个， carmine, [kɑ:main] 深红色；洋红色鲜红色Honour roll 红豆 Love pea 鸿运 Good luck Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight, Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning. 早霞不出门，晚霞行千里。 绿色 英文中表示“嫉妒，眼红” Red-eyed 因眼睛发炎而充血发红 红眼病 Pink eyes In American political elections the candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them. 美国常用green 代称“钱财，钱票，有经济实力的” 在美国政治竞选中获胜的候选人通常都是有财团支持的人物。 You cannot expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only eighteen and as green as grass. 还可以表示没有经验，缺乏训练，知识浅薄等。 你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意，她只有十八岁，还毫无经验。Count on He said Ladies and Gentleman, May we all live to a green old age and be prosperous and happy. A green old age 比喻幸福的晚年或精神矍铄的晚年。 他说—诸位女士、先生祝我们大家都有一个幸福的晚年，富裕而安康。 Connotation meaning Denotation meaning Someone wears a green hat. 某人戴着一顶绿色的帽子。 Did the law know that a man’s name was to him the apple of his eye, that it was far harder to be regarded as cuckold than as seducer? cuckold [k?k?ld] vt. 与…的妻子通奸使其丈夫戴绿帽子n. 有不贞妻子的男人seducer [sidju:s?] n. 诱惑者；骗子；玩弄女性的人 Connotation meaning 黄色 pornographic timid coward as cool as a cucumber Yellow pages 黄页电话簿 He is too yellow to stand up and fight. 胆小，卑怯，卑鄙的。Vice associate professer 蓝色 情绪低落，心情不悦, 沮丧，倒霉 In a blue mood To have the blues By one survey, more than 20 million Americans now watch at least one blue video each week. 据一项调查显示，现在美国二千多万人每周至少观看一部黄色录像片。 白色 Purity , innocent White coffee plain 牛奶咖啡 Plain boiled water 白开水 单纯，不参杂的 黑色 象征死亡，苦难和悲痛。 The black Friday. Everyone has his cross to bear. torture 凶险不吉祥的日子。 I got some black looks from the shopkeeper when I cancelled my order. 象征气氛和愤怒。 当我撤销我的订单时，店老板对我怒目而视。 Mr Brown is a very white man. He was looking rather green the other day. He has been feeling blue lately. When I saw him he was in a brown study. I hope he will soon be in the pink again. 布朗先生是个非常忠实可靠的人。那天，他脸上颇有病容，近来他闷闷不乐，我看到他时他在沉思之中。希望他早日恢复健康。 红白喜事 Weddings and funerals 数字语义的模糊性及其修辞功能 semantic meaning Across the street on the