英文颜色的含义
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英文颜色的含义
不同的文化对于相同的事物会有不同的描述。我们熟悉的
颜色在西方的文化背景
下却变的“面目全非”了,所以在某些情况下对于英文颜色的词,切忌望文生义,
不信请看:
1 BLACK 本意为黑色
black sheep 害群之马
black list黑名单
black dog沮丧
black tea
红茶
black coffee 不加糖和奶的浓咖啡
2
BLUE 本意为蓝色
blue Monday 不开心的星期一
blue
films 黄色电影
blue blood 贵族血统
3 WHITE
本意为白色
white room 无菌室或绝尘室
white lie
没有恶意的谎言
white elephant 昂贵而无用之物
4
yellow 本意为黄色
yellow boy 金币
yellow dog
卑鄙的人
yellow book 指法国等政府或议会发表的报告书
此外,green hand表示“没有经验的新手”, red-neck表示“乡下佬”等
讲到颜色,
还有white Christmas,白色圣诞,跟我们的瑞雪兆丰年差不多意思吧,表示被保
佑与被祝福,圣诞下雪会更加珍贵开心。
white
night失眠,很久以前有一出西片,讲到它的主题曲就家喻户晓,SAY YOU
SAY
ME。片名没多少人记得吧,这出戏就叫WHITE
NIGHT翻译成“白夜逃亡”。
现在看起来,翻译的人也不甚了解WHITE NIGHT的含义。
a white smith 银匠 a white war不流血的战争 white-
haired boy宠儿 white
feather 懦夫,懦弱
黄色,还有懦弱胆小的意思。
成语to have a yellow
streak等于说「有些懦弱」。yellow flag 检疫旗. yellow
pages
电话号码分类页. Yellow River 黄河. 6. yellow sea 黄海. wear
yellow
stockings嫉妒. yellow streak 懦弱、胆怯的个性.
brown bread 黑面包 brown sugar红糖
He was
caught red-handed. 他当场被抓住了
所以,RED-HANDED是 当场
的意思。
加冰威士忌,WHISKEY ON THE
ROCKS。
到了酒吧,别忘了跟BAR TENDER讲,ON THE
ROCKS,PLS。加冰的!
1. red
e.g.1. A red battle happened in this village.
在这个村庄发生了一场血战.
2. He was caught red-handed.
他当场被抓住了.
3. The factory was in the red last
year. 那家工厂去年亏损了.
4. red ball特别快车: There are
several red balls between Wuhan and Beijing.
5. red cap服务搬运工:
A red cap can help you
with your baggage in a hotel or in a railway
station.
6. red carpet 隆重的接待或欢迎: We will roll
out the red carpet for the
delegation,
7.
red eye 廉价的烈性威士忌: He had the habit of drinking the
red eye every
day.
8. red hot 感情强烈的人: Tom
is a red hot.
9. red ink赤字,亏空: There is some
red ink in his business.
10. red meat牛羊肉:Many
people prefer red meat to white meat.
11.
red-pencil修改,改正:The lawyer red-penciled the law
suit.
12. red tape 官僚习气:We must get rid of
the red tape in the government
offices.
2. brown
e.g. 1. I like brown
sugar.我喜欢红糖.
2. I did him brown! 我让他上当了!
3. Aren’t you brown! 别晒黑了!
4. don’t fire
into the brown! 别向鸟群开枪!
5. brown bread 黑面包
6. brown paper 牛皮纸
e.g. 1.
Those are papers yellowed with age. 那些是年久发黄的报纸.
2. You are yellow. 你是个胆小鬼.
is a yellow
dog. 他是个卑鄙的人.
alert空袭的预备警报
People will be frightened if there’s a yellow
alert.
back通俗廉价小说:There were a lot of yellow
backs in the 19th
century.
-belly 胆小鬼,懦夫:
Everybody knows that he is a yellow-belly, so
nobody
likes him.
7. yellow press
黄色报刊: The yellow press cannot be published in our
country.
8. yellow streak胆怯:He has a
yellow streak in him.
13. green
e.g. 1.
When I heard that, I was green with anger.
闻听此事,我气得脸色发青.
2. He is a green young man.
他是个初出茅庐的年青人.
3. Don’t give the green light to
him. 不要纵容他.
4. I’m still green at the job.
对这项工作来说我仍然是个生手.
9. We had a green party last
night. 昨晚,我们举办了一个温暖快乐的聚会.
10. Though she’s
18, she’s very green. 她已经18岁了,但还很幼稚.
11. Mr.
Li is in a green old age. 李先生仍是老当益壮.
12. a
green room演员休息室
13. a green hand生手
14. a
green house 温室
14. blue
e.g. 1. He is
blue in the face with cold. 他的脸冻得发紫.
2. My
teacher looks blue today. 今天,老师的脸色看起来很忧郁.
3.
She is proud of her blue blood. 她因出身贵族而骄傲.
4.
The sad news came, like a bolt from the blue.
这消息传来,犹如晴天霹雳.
15. The thing made him feel
blue. 那件事弄得他无精打采.
6. white
e.g. 1. The
doctor told him to take the whites of three eggs a
day.
医生告诉他一天吃三个鸡蛋的蛋白.
2. Lily sometimes
tells a white lie. 莉莉有时说谎,但是毫无恶意.
3. We must
make our names white again. 我们一定要洗清耻辱.
4. A
motor car would be a white elephant to me.
对我来说,摩托车是无用而累
赘的东西。
5. I had a white night
yesterday. 昨夜我失眠了.
6.a white day吉日
16. a white smith 银匠
17. a white
room (医院的)无菌室
18. a white war 不流血的战争
19.
white-haired boy宠儿
20. white feather 懦夫,懦弱
21. black
e.g. I want a black coffee.
我要一杯清咖啡.
2. Things look black. 形势不妙.
3.
He was a black sheep. 他是个害群之马.
4. He gave me
a black look. 他恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼.
5. They went into
black for their friend. 他们为朋友深感痛惜.
tea红茶
7.a black coat 职员
8.a blacksmith铁匠
dog 沮丧,情绪低落 Cheer up! Don’t be under the black
dog.
uard 无赖,滥骂 He is a blackguard and always
blackguards others.
letter day 倒霉的一天
e.g. Yesterday was his black letter day. First
he lost some money, then he
broke his leg.
ist列入黑名单 The thieves were blacklisted.
money没向政府报税的非法收入
e.g. Ms Liu was prosecuted
for getting a lot of black money.
ail 敲诈 This
old man was blackmailed by the blackguards.
22. purple
e.g. 1. He became purple with
rage. 他气得脸色发青.
2. This is a purple passage.
这是一个绚丽的章节.
pink(粉色)略带左翼政治观点的
purple(紫色)(古罗马)要职,高位
yellow(黄色)胆怯的
red(红色)支持左翼政治观点的; 社会党的
green(绿色) 面色苍白的,
带病容的
black(黑色)(喻)(形势,时期)
暗无天日的,灾难深重的;毫无希望的,悲
观的
white(白色)
(喻)纯洁的;纯真无邪的,清白的
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回答采纳率:14.3%
2009-01-02 20:40
黄: 东方代表尊贵、优雅,西方基督教以黄色为耻辱象征。
红: 热情、兴奋、刺激,容易鼓舞勇气,西方以此作为战关象征牺牲之
意,东
方则代表吉祥、乐观 喜庆之意。
蓝:
沉静、幽远,欧洲为对国家之忠诚象征。
黑:
无情色,神秘之感,庄严、沉虑,如和其他颜色相配合含有集中和重心感。
白:
无情色,表纯洁之感,及轻松、愉悦,浓厚之白色会有壮大之感觉。
绿:
代表安全、平静、舒适之感,在四季分明之地方,如见到春天之树木、有
绿色的嫩叶,看了
使人有新生之感。
橙: 炽烈之生命,太阳光为橙色。
灰:
代表寂寞、冷淡、拜金主义,灰色使人有现实感。
粉红:娇嫩、青春、明快。
紫: 一般人喜欢淡紫色,有愉快之感,青紫一般人都不喜欢,不易产生美感。
咖啡:代表健壮,与其它色不发生冲突。有耐劳、暗淡之感情
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回答采纳率:22.7% 2009-01-02 20:42
1) red
:积极的含义:可表示喜庆、热烈、幸运
a red-letter day 值得庆贺的日子
the red carpet 热烈欢迎
painting the town red
狂欢痛饮
2) red:消极含义:可表示流血;
暴力、危险; 赤字、亏损、负债等
have red hands red ruin
犯杀人罪 火灾
red
battle red scare
血战 红色恐惧
red alert red light
(空袭) 紧急警报 危险信号
see
the red light
觉察危险逼近
red figure, red ink
赤字
in the red
亏损、负债
better red
than dead
用于表示美国人民宁可受共产党的统治,也不要死于核战争。
3) 汉语的红色还可表示:革命、成功、受到宠信、喜庆等
green house
green room
温室 演员休息室
green thumb green light
园艺技能
绿灯,许可
green table in the green
赌桌 青春期
the
green years a green old age
青春年华
老当益壮
white wedding 吉祥的婚礼
a
white war 不流血的战争
white night
不眠之夜
white room 清洁的房屋
white
hope 为某团体(或) 城镇带来荣誉的人
white light
公正无私的裁判
black mail black flag
敲诈 海盗旗
black smith
a black mood
铁匠 情绪低落
the black art black sheep
妖术
害群之马败家子
black leg black man
骗子 恶魔