英文颜色的含义

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

3.yellow

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.

3.He is a yellow dog. 他是个卑鄙的人.

4.yellow alert空袭的预备警报

People will be frightened if there’s a yellow alert.

5.yellow back通俗廉价小说:There were a lot of yellow backs in the 19th century.

6.yellow-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.