一些代表颜色的英文单词，如red红色，green绿色，blue蓝色，brown棕色，black黑色，yellow黄色，在特定的语境下，这些原指颜色的单词，却有其他的含义哦，千万不要理解错了。
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- RED（红色）
(1) The president was treated to the red carpet in Rome.
总统在罗马受到了隆重的接待。
red carpet, 红地毯，也表示隆重接待。
(2) When he started criticizing my work,l really saw red.
当他批评我的工作时，我就冒火、发脾气。
red指生气，愤怒，发脾气。
(3) There is too much red-tape in obtaining an identity card.
领身份证的手续实在太繁琐了。
red-tape，红色带子，意指繁文缛节。
(4) They had to sell the firm because for years they had operated it in the red.
因为经营这家公司几年来一直亏损，所以他们只好把它卖掉。
red意为赤字、亏损
(5) Every time he comes to New York,he wants to paint the town red.
每次来纽约，他都要痛饮一番。
paint the town red意指狂欢作乐，开怀畅饮。
- GREEN（绿色）
(1) He is still green to his job.
他对其工作尚无经验。
green表示新手，也可说green hand. 注意不要说成new hand.
(2) lf you want to be a successful gardener,of course you’ve gotto have green fingers.
假如你想当个称职的园工，那你就得有园艺技能。
green fingers表示园艺能手
(3) Mother gave us the green light to go on the camping trip this summer.
妈妈准许我们今年夏天去野营一次。
green light，绿灯，表示某件事情可以做。
(4) He has a green wound in the left breast.
他左胸上有一新伤口。
green wound，不是绿色伤口，而是新伤口。
- BLUE（蓝色）
(1) He is proud of his blue blood.
他因出身名门贵族而骄傲。
blue blood不是蓝色血液，而是指贵族血统。
(2) Things are looking extremely blue.
情况极其不妙。
(3) She ran and ran until she was blue in the face.
她跑啊跑啊，累得脸色发青精疲力竭。
(4) lt’s once in a blue moon that you get a chance like that.
你得到的是个千载难逢的机会。
blue moon,蓝色月亮，代指不可能出现或者稀有的事情。
(5) John arrived out of the blue.
约翰突然来了。
out of the blue出其不意。
(6) A rainy day always gives me the blues.
下雨天总是使我心情抑郁。
blues指忧郁，蓝调。
- BROWN（棕色）
(1) The leaves browned slowly.
树叶渐渐枯了。
(2) We are all of us done brown.
我们都上当了。
(3) l’m browned off,sitting here all day with nothing to do.
我整天坐在这儿没事干，感到抑郁无聊。
(4) l tried to attract his attention,but he was in a brown study.
我企图吸引他的注意力，可是他仍在沉思默想。
brown study沉思
- BLACK（黑色）
(1) The black dog is over him.
他意气消沉。
(2) Tom is the black sheep of his family.
汤姆是个败家子。
black sheep黑色绵羊，代指害群之马，败家子。
(3) Next time l see him, l’ll give him a black eye.
下次我见到他一定打他一顿。
(4) He gave me assurance in black and white.
他给我作出了书面保证。
black and white白纸黑字，指书面。
- WHITE（白色）
(1) They treated us white.
他们公正地对待我们。
(2) He said he didn’t want to have a white-collar job and sit in an office all day.
他说他不愿意做文职工作，整天坐在办公室里。
(3) Sometimes we are forced to tell white lies.
有时，我们被迫要讲些无恶意的谎言。
white lies白色谎言，代指善意的谎言。
- YELLOW（黄色）
(1) He is too yellow to stand up and fight.
他太胆怯，不敢奋起战斗。
(2) He has a yellow streak in him.
他胆小。
(3) l dislike Tom for he is a yellow dog.
我讨厌汤姆，他是个卑鄙小人。
yellow dog卑鄙小人。