关于颜色的英文短语

1、-. z.与颜色有关的英语单词、短语1) black and white黑白清楚,是非清楚2) feeling blue感觉难过,心情忧郁3) green with envy十分嫉妒4) golden opportunity绝好的时机5) tickled pink非常开心,快乐的要命选自OMG美语颜色black系列一。black list黑；black bo*飞机上记录飞行数据的黑盒子；blackberry黑莓(手机)；black belt黑带级选手；black-eyed peas黑眼豆豆演唱团；Black Friday黑色星期五(感恩节过后大减价的购物日); Black Monday倒霉的星

2、期一，复活节后的星期一；black hole黑洞；black ice黑冰(指柏油马路上薄薄一层几乎看不见的冰)。blackmail敲诈，讹诈；blackout断电，中断；blackball反对票；black sheep害群之马；black tea红茶；black eye发青的眼圈,不好的名声；blackboard黑板颜色black系列二。in the black赚钱，相对in the red亏损。black out失去知觉。My legs gave way and I blacked out.我两腿一软，昏了过去。black out也可以说pass out. I felt like I was

3、 gonna pass out and had to sit down for a while.我感觉要昏，只好坐下歇会。blackout连在一起是停电颜色black系列三。a black mark污点。The incident left a black mark on his record.这件事在他的记录上留下了污点。the black sheep of the family败家子，不孝子。还有(something) is the new black.意思是*件事是时下最流行的。如：Microblogging is the new black.时下流行微博。颜色white系列一。awhit

4、e lie善意的谎话；white-collar白领；White House白宫；white pages查询簿；Snow White白雪公主；white noise白噪音；white water rafting激流漂流；white chocolate白巧克力；white Christmas白色圣诞节；raise the white flag举白旗；whitelist将列入优秀者；white-knuckle神经紧*的，引起神经紧*的颜色white系列二。white elephant累赘，负担。Jack won a boat on the game show. It turned out to be

5、 such a white elephant. He had to pay through his nose for its maintenance. Jack在有奖竞猜游戏节目中赢了一条船，保养费贵得要命，简直就是个累赘。颜色white系列三。in black and white白纸黑字。Please write it down in black and white.请写下来。Here is the evidence, in black and white.这是证据，白纸黑字。另: black-and-white黑白清楚的。Its very plicated. Its not a black

6、-and-white issue.这事很复杂，不是要么对，要么错。颜色white系列四。white-bread白面包，买*治时别人会问你what kind of bread, white or wheat white就是白面包，wheat是麦面的。white-bread也形容传统的，没有新意的事物，如He left the white-bread life in a small town and went to the big city.他抛弃了无聊的小镇生活，到大城市去。颜色white系列五。aswhite as a sheet面色苍白；She was as white as a sheet

7、 when she heard the news.她听到消息后，脸色苍白。white knuckle something历险。The roller coaster was so scary. I had to white knuckle the entire ride.这个云霄飞车吓死人了，从头到尾我一直胆战心惊。颜色green系列一。green card绿卡，Green Bay Packers绿湾包装工队美国著名橄榄球队；the Green Berets绿色贝雷帽，专指美国陆军特种部队; the Masters green jacket指的是美国大师高尔夫球赛冠军得主穿的绿色西装上衣；还有推

8、动环保的国际性非政府组织Greenpeace绿色和平。颜色green系列二。the green-eyed monster嫉妒。She is suffering from a major case of the green-eyed monster.她嫉妒得要命。或：someone is green with envy.如：She was green with envy when she saw her e*-boyfriend with another girl.她看到前男友跟另外一个女孩在一起，嫉妒得要命。颜色green系列三。green light是绿灯，give someone the

9、green light意思是批准。My boss gave me the green light to implement the plan.老板批准我开场落实方案。have a green thumb特别擅长种花种草。I didnt know you had such a green thumb.我以前还真不知道你这么擅长种东西。颜色blue系列一。blue-blooded带有皇室血统的；blue-eyed蓝眼睛的，白人的，受宠爱的blue-eyed boy宠儿blue-collar蓝领，体力劳动者；blue book value (一般指美国人在买卖旧车时参考的价格标准)；blue chi

10、p蓝筹股；bluetooth蓝牙；还有Blue Cross Blue Shield (美国最大的医疗保险公司之一，蓝十字蓝盾牌保险公司)；blue movie*电影；blueberry蓝莓；bluebell野风信子，风铃草；blueprint蓝图，设计图；blues布鲁斯音乐，忧郁的情绪R&B =rhythm and blues颜色blue系列二。out of the blue突如其来的。I havent heard a word from him for 10 years, and one day he just showed up out of the blue.他一连十年音信皆无，有一天

11、突然出现。once in a blue moon很少见。他们特抠门。They only go out to eat once in a blue moon.很少出去吃饭。颜色blue系列三。black-and-blue青一块紫一块。until you are blue in the face说破大天别人也不会听。You can try to persuade me until youre blue in the face, but I wont change my mind.你就算说破大天，我也不会改主意。blue-and-white青花The Blue-and-white Porcelain

12、青花瓷baby blues产后忧郁. She is suffering from baby blues.在我国red红色是桔祥喜庆的标志，逢年过节总会用红色来装饰自己的住宅，希望来年能有个好兆头。但在西方国家却是危险的信号。Red flag是我们在节日中悬挂的表示喜庆之物，而在英语中却可以把它理解为“危险讯号a danger signal。Red light红灯已被普遍采用为“夜间危险信号a light of red colour used at night as a danger signal或“制止车辆通行的信号灯a signal to stop vehicles。不同的文化背景和习俗会对

13、同一颜色有着不同的理解。即使在英国和美国，有时也存在着*些差异。例如red cap红帽在英国是指“宪兵a military policeman，而在美国，则指“火车站为旅客搬行李的搬运工a man who carries things for travellers at railway station。颜色red系列一。redhead红头发的人。code red紧急情况。red card红牌警告；The Red Cross红十字会；red meat红肉类牛肉羊肉等生的时候是红颜色的肉，相对red meat的是white meat鸡肉鸭肉等，red wine红酒；red light红灯;还有re

14、d light district自然就是红灯区。颜色red系列二。in the red入不敷出, My bank account was always in the red when I was in college.我上大学的时候银行*经常透支。see red暴怒。I really saw red today when I was wrongly accused of lying to my boss.今天我被无端指责对上司撒谎，把我肺都要气炸了。be in red穿红衣服颜色red系列三。to paint the townred出去喝酒跳舞，玩得开心。We went out last ni

15、ght and painted the townred.我们昨天晚上出去玩，特别尽兴。run aredlight闯红灯。I got a ticket yesterday for running aredlight.我昨天因为闯红灯吃了*罚单。redenvelope红包。RIGHT ON! caught red-handed.被抓了现行。He was caught red-handed while cheating during the e*am.他考试时被当场抓住作弊。go as red as a beet因为不好意思而脸色通红。His face went as red as a beet w

16、hen the girls looked at him.那些女孩看他时，他脸涨得通红。Red tape,意思是官僚羁绊。The relief efforts were stalled by red tape。救灾努力受到了官僚规定的阻碍。The mayor promised to eliminate red tape that hampers business development,市长保证要铲除那些阻碍商业开展的官僚障碍。局部选自新浪微博“英语天天说颜色pink系列:pink slip辞退通知书I got apinkslip.我收到解僱通知书。in the pink非常安康Youre in

17、 the pink!要想说人气色好，You look fine!当然不错，可如果你说Youre in the pink!就妙得多了。实际上，在英语口语中，巧妙使用一些表示颜色的词能使得句子非常形象生动。She was lively and active and in thepinkof condition她活泼好动,身体安康be tickled pink非常开心,快乐的要命I was tickled pink by the pliment。听到他们的称赞，我快乐的要命！pink elephantsn.幻觉,不可能的事情,离奇的事His father saw pink elephants.他的父

18、亲因喝酒过量而产生了幻觉。pink elephants常用复数意为喝酒过量后而产生的“幻觉。pink eye流行性感冒,传染性结膜炎，红眼病Thepinkeyeis going around again this summer.这个夏天红眼病再次流行。red eye在英语里是廉价的威士忌酒的意思pink eye是汉语里所称的红眼病，指流行性结膜炎或急性传染性结膜炎的俗称；而to be green-eyed是envy的意思，喻指眼红，忌妒别人的富裕或成功所以原文应根据语境译为pink eye或者to be green-eyed小粉红】In the pink 身体安康；tickled pink 感

19、觉非常荣幸或快乐；seeing pink elephants 喝醉了开场看到幻像；a pink slip 辞退消息；pink-collar 粉领、女性雇员；pink of perfection 完美无缺；the pink of the evening 黄昏，黄昏。颜色brown系列brown rice糙米brown bread黑面包brown out弄暗brown sugar红糖,黄糖brown-noser【俚】拍马屁的人He is a brown-noser.他是个马屁精。He brown noses his supervisor.他拍老板的马屁。in a brown studyadv.沉思

20、(梦想,心不在焉) I left him in abrown studythinking over the question.我让他对这个问题深思。She stood there in abrown study。她站在那里沉思默想。颜色yellow系列yellow streak adj.害怕(懦弱) He was a pronouncedyellow streak.他那害怕的特质十清楚显。He has a yellow streak in him.他个性有些懦弱。yellow-belly胆小鬼,懦夫Everybody knows that he is a yellow-belly, so no

21、body likes him.He is a yellow dog.他是个卑劣的人.yellowback廉价小说yellow alert空袭的预备警报Yellow Pages黄页yellow press黄色报刊: The yellow press cannot be published in our country.颜色紫色系列purple紫色的,辞藻华美的；紫色,皇室Born in the purpleBorn to the purple出身高贵或生于富贵人家purple passage词藻华美的段落【词汇接力棒99-潮词】山寨:copycat异地恋:long-distance relati

22、onship熟女:cougar炫富:flaunt wealth潮人:trendsetter愤青:young cynic精神出轨:soul infidelity水货:smuggled goods拼车:car-pooling闪婚:flash marriage房奴:mortgage slave菜鸟:rookie娘娘腔:sissy裸奔:streaking英语中与颜色有关的短语green-eyed嫉妒的green hand新手red eye1. (尤指深夜从西海岸起飞清晨到达东海岸的)夜航航班2.廉价威士忌酒blue blood贵族血统;贵族阶级;贵族blue chip1.高值筹码2.优值股票blue

23、film/blue movie淫秽电影,*片blue flu【美】生病请假blue law1.严格的法律2.【美】【史】制止星期日饮酒,娱乐的法规blue moon不可能或稀有的时期或事情blue ribbon头奖blue streak1.【口】一闪而过的东西2.【口】连珠炮似的话yellow-bellied【俚】胆小的pink slip【口】停顿雇用的通知black and blue遍体鳞伤black and white写在纸上;墨画black art魔术;妖术black eye【口】丑事black gold1.煤2.石油black hole军营中的牢房black sheep败类,害群之马b

24、lack ta*i【旅游】黑车,无证出租车black tea红茶white elephant1.累赘之物;精心设计而结果无用的冒险(或努力、建筑等)2.个人无用物品;无价值的东西white feather1.害怕的脸色;怯懦的表现white hope【口】被寄予厚望的人;承当着艰巨任务的人white lie无恶意的谎话white night不眠之夜white out用修正液掩盖错字white room1. (医院的)无菌室;绝尘室2.最清洁的房屋3. (供组装精细零件的)洁白室(=clean room)white sale售卖白布和白布制品white slave受骗被迫卖淫的白种女子white

25、 slavery逼良为娼;逼良为娼的买卖white space【美】【口】空余时间white top【美】【非正式】白发苍苍的体弱老人;老年病弱者gray market水货市场gray matter【俚】头脑;智力,点子brown goods【英】褐色家用电器(指电视、电脑等)brown nosing讨好,奉承brown study沉思;冥想brown out1.(为防空袭或节约用电)把灯火弄暗2.灯火管制;电压缺乏颜色：red letter days纪念日，喜庆日子black letter days倒霉的日子to paint the town red狂饮，痛饮，胡闹roll out the

26、red carpet for somebody隆重欢送be in red亏损in the red赤字black构成短语的翻译：call white black/call black white混淆是非black money黑钱in the black盈利、赚钱、顺差Black and white遍体鳞伤Black sheep害群之马Black Friday耶稣受难日，不吉利的星期五Black lie用心险恶的谎话The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑一百步。white构成短语的翻译：white war没有硝烟的战争，常指“经济竞争。White sale大减价Wh

27、ite money银币White elephant无用而累赘的东西White crow罕见的事物The white way白光大街指城里灯光灿烂的商业区A white lie善意的谎话White coffee牛奶咖啡White feather害怕Oh, don，t forget Black and White ,which means .白纸黑字。在汉语翻译成英语时，*些场合的汉语的“白字虽然是颜色，但英语应词中并没有white一词。如：白菜Chinese cabbage、白熊polar、白蚁termite.但在另一些场合，白字与颜色毫无关系，表示徒劳in vain。如：白费事all in v

28、ain , a waste of time and energy,白送give away, free of charge ,for nothing与部位和颜色有关的英文词组at hand,就是近在咫尺。那个笑话中，可以说，帮助就是近在咫尺，Help was at hand.谁料想这吝啬鬼就是不要呢。在中文中，我们会说“落到*人手里了在英文中就是fall into sbs handseg. The town fell into enemys hands.那个小镇落到敌人的手里了。被敌人控制了。We dont want these documents falling into the wrong

29、hands.我们不想让这些文件落入不当的人的手中。而get your hands dirty指的是什么呢？会把手弄脏，这其实指的就是做体力工作，to do phisical work . eg. Hes not fritened of getting his hands dirty.他不怕干体力活。Guess what does “ask sbs hand mean Well, take an e*ample first. He asked the general for his daughters hand.从外表意思看是，他向将军要将军女儿的手。仔细想想，我们会发现，在西方电影中，我们常看

30、到，婚礼上，新娘的父亲总会挽着女儿的手，然后在一段乐曲过后，缓缓走向新郎，将女儿的手交给新郎，这下，你猜到了吗？He asked the general for his daughters hand.就指他请求将军把女儿嫁给他。What about “hand sth. to sb. on a plate？把东西放在盘子上交给别人，不就有点拱手让人的意思？Always remember that nobodys going to hand you success on a plate.要永远记住，没人会把胜利白白送给你。在英国英语中，put your hand in your pocket指出

31、钱，掏腰包。Ive heard he dosent like putting his hand in pocket.我听说他手头很紧，不愿多花钱。而hold sbs hand不但指抓住*人的手，而且还引申为帮助*人一把的意思。Eg. Do youwant me to e along and hold your hand？你需要我过去帮帮你吗？Turn sbs hand to sth ,能够做。Jim can turn his hand to most jobs around the house.吉姆能担当家里大局部的活。人多好办事，众人拾柴火焰高，英文就是Many hands make lig

32、ht work.说完了手，well talk about some phrases about foot.Be rushed off your foot. or be run off your foot. means to be e*tremely busy; to have too many things to do.忙得不可开交；要做太多事。Eg. To repair the sports meeting, weve been rushed off our feet.为了准备运动会，我们忙得不可开交。Fall/land on your feet means to be lucky find

33、ing yourself in a good situation. or in getting out of a difficulty.特别走运。安然脱离困境。Thank Goodness! You finally landed on your feet!感谢上帝，你终于脱险了！Get/have a /your foot in the door, to manage to enter an organization, a filed of business, etc, that could bring you success.设法参加，涉足*组织、行业等。Eg. I always wanted

34、 to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.我一直想从事电视工作，但花了2年时间才进了这个圈子。Get/start off the right/ wrong foot with , to start a relationship well/bedly开场时关系良好或不好。I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.看来我和新老板的关系一开场就不好。在中文中，有脚踏实地这一说法，英文也一样。Keep your feet on the g

35、round.就是了。Do keep your feet on the ground ;its the only way to success.脚踏实地，这才是唯一通向成功之路。Set foot in/on sth., to enter or visit a place.进入，访问，参观*地。Eg. Do you still remember the name of the man who is the first to set foot on the moon你还记得第一个登上月球的人的名字吗？Set sb./sth. on their/its feet to make sb./sth. in

36、dependent or successful.使独立，使成功。Eg. His business sense helped set the club on its feet again.他的经营意识使俱乐部重振雄风。Stand on your own feet, means to be independent and able to take care of yourself.自立。When his parents died , he had to learn to stand on his own feet.他父母过世后，他不得不学会自立。试想一下，如果有什么东西在你脚下，你一定会觉得不自在

37、吧。Under your feet就是碍手碍脚。Eg. I dont want you kids under my feet while Im cooking.我做饭时，不希望你们这些孩子在这碍手碍脚。如果，有一天，世界上只有黑与白两种颜色，会不会太单调了呢，我们应该快乐，我们生活在一个多彩斑斓的世界里。所以，有人问我，最喜欢哪种颜色时，我总觉得为难，因为每种颜色都很美丽。好了，我们今天就来介绍一下有关颜色的英语短语。首先，我们说说红色，red。第一个词组：be in the red, which means that to owe money to your bank because you

38、 have spent more than you in your account.其实，就指负债，亏空，财政赤字。赤不就指红色吗？eg. The pany has plunged 37million dollars into the red; its in the red.公司负债达3700万元。一定要有定冠词，不然be in red指穿着红色的衣服，She is in red.电视中，我们常看到有重要来宾，莅临指导，总是要铺红地毯，以示尊重。所以，the red carpet treatment就指隆重接待。Eg. I didnt e*pect to be given the carpet

39、 treatment.我可没想到会受到隆重接待。Cent是美分，则，red cent是什么呢？eg. I didnt have a red cent for all my work.我做了则多工作，可一分钱也没拿到。可见，red cent就指很少的钱。值得注意的是，这个词组要用在否认句中。下面这个词非常有意思，red-eye。很自然地想到是红眼的意思，但它还有另一个意思就是夜间航班。不知，你们夜晚是否看见过飞机飞过，机头处总是红色的，一闪一闪，大概就是由此而来的吧。Eg. We took the red-eye to Boston.我们乘坐夜间航班抵达波士顿。则，接着我们说说绿色，Green。

40、green hand就指新手，新人。Green thumb绿色的大拇指，其实指花匠。Tom is an e*cellent green thumb; he always takes good care of his flowers in the garden.汤姆是个优秀的花匠，他总能把花园里的花料理的很好。然后再看看白色吧，白色代表纯洁。所谓无伤害的谎话就是white lie。Though youve told a white lie, but lie is a lie.尽管你说的谎没有恶意，但谎话就是谎话。与白相对就是黑了，还记得有一首歌，其中一句：Im the black sheep o

41、f the family. Black sheep就指坏孩子，败家子。Colors: Im Feeling Very Blue TodayNow, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories.(MUSIC)Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special e*pressions. Many everyday American e*pressions are based on colors.Red is a hot color. Americans o

42、ften use it to e*press heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Me*ican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many peop

43、le. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Di*ieland jazz.Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The e*pression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century.It probably es from the fact that

44、 many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful.Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song Mood Indigo about the d

45、eep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song: “You aint been blue till youve had that Mood Indigo.Someone who is blue is very sad.The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green.A pa

46、ssenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars

47、 or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the paper money.The color black is used often in e*pressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.A blacklist is illeg

48、al now.But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.In some cases, colors describe a situation. A brown out is an e*pression for a reduction in electric power.Brown outs happen when there is too much demand for electricity

49、.The electric system is unable to offer all the power needed in an area. Black outs were mon during World War Two. Officials would order all lights in a city turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes to find a target in the dark of night.每个人都有自己描述事情的方式，自己独特的表达方式。许多美国日常短语都是基于颜色的。红色red是一种热情的颜色。

50、美国人经常用red来表述热量。他们可能会说，对一些不公平的事情感觉到red hot。如果说red hot，说明他们对*件事情非常生气。许多墨西哥食品中含有的红色的小辣椒因为颜色和味道而被称做red hots。快节奏，声音很大的音乐受许多人的欢送，他们可能会说这些音乐red hot炽热，尤其是迪克西兰爵士乐。粉红色颜色要淡一些。有时，人们会用in the pink来表示身体很安康。这个短语在美国首次使用是在20世纪初期。可能是因为许多婴儿出生时皮肤是粉红色的，说明他们身体很安康。蓝色是比拟凉的颜色。美国传统的布鲁斯音乐正好与爵士乐相反。布鲁斯音乐是比拟舒缓，忧伤和高尚的。Duke Ellingt

51、on和他的乐队录制了一首非常著名的歌曲Mood Indigo是关于深蓝色的。有一句歌词是这样的：“You aint been blue till youve had that Mood Indigo.如果说一个人非常blue，说明他很忧伤。绿色是草木的自然颜色。但是也可以用来描述人。如果有人感觉到胃不舒服，可能会说她感到有点green。船上的乘客如果由于海浪而晕船，他看上去可能也非常green。有时候一个人可能会感到心烦意乱，因为他朋友有的好东西他没有，比方一辆新车。这个人可能会说他green with envy。如果他的朋友比他有更多的美钞或者说greenback，他可能会green wit

52、h envy十分妒忌。美元被称为greenbacks，因为美钞的反面是绿色的。黑色也经常用在短语中。人们经常将老出问题的一天称为a black day。发生重大灾难的一天也被称为a black day。现在blacklist黑是不合法的。但是，曾经有一段时间，一些企业拒绝雇佣黑上的人，因为他们属于*个不受欢送的组织。有时候，颜色也被用来描述一种处境。brown out用来表示电力减少。电量需求过度时就会出现Brown outs。电力系统有时不能供给整个区的用电需求。二战期间经常发生Black outs。官方会下令关闭所有电灯，让敌机在黑夜中无法找到目标。一些容易译错的短语】请到休息室去喝杯咖啡

53、。误译Please go to the restroom to have a cup of coffee.正译Please go to the lobby to have a cup of coffee.评析 “restroom与汉语并不对应，并非表示“休息室，而是“厕所。在美国，restroom, bathroom, washroom都是“厕所的意思，是一种委婉的说法，如果对此文化现象不了解，又不去查字典，就会闹出笑话来。“休息室可根据语境用crush-room, drawing room, foyer, lobby, retiring room等。【例】红眼误译red eye正译pink

54、eye正译to be green-eyed评析汉语里的红眼与red eye没有任何关系.red eye在英语里是廉价的威士忌酒的意思pink eye是汉语里所称的红眼病，指流行性结膜炎或急性传染性结膜炎的俗称；而to be green-eyed是envy的意思，喻指眼红，忌妒别人的富裕或成功所以原文应根据语境译为pink eye或者to be green-eyed【例】日本以温泉著名。误译Japan boasts warm springs.正译Japan boasts hot springs.评析温泉在英语中不说warm spring，而说hot spring或thermal spring这和

55、上几例一样从*个侧面反映了两种语言看事物的不同视角【例】我通常睡得很晚。误译I usually sleep very late.正译I usually go to sleep very late.评析汉语的“迟睡英语须说go to sleep late或go to bed late。而sleep late意为“晚起，即get up late。文化的不同，看问题的视解不同，表达的角度也不同，应多了解异国文化。【例】我们是级的学生。误译We are students of the 1997 grade.正译We are students of the 1997 enrolment.评析表示上几年级的“级须用grade。例如：她是二年级的学生。应译为：She is a student in the second grade.所谓级，级等的“级是指在该年份注册入学的意思，应译为enrolment。如果要表示*年毕业，可用to gra