Blue:
表示忧郁,情绪低落
Tom has felt blue ever since hsi friend left for Beijing.
自从他的朋友到北京去以后,汤姆就一直闷闷不乐。
Things are looking bluer than ever for him.
对他来说,情况越来越糟。
Green:
(1)表示没有经验,幼稚
Do you see any green in my eye?
你以为我幼稚可欺吗?
He is rather green. But a few years training will turn him wiser.
他现在还相当缺乏经验,但经过几年培养,他会变得聪明些。
(2)表示嫉妒
He was green with envy at his colleagues' promotion.
当他看到同事被提升时,非常嫉妒。
(3)表示病色
He was looking rather green the other day.
那天他脸色不好。
Red:
(1)表示赤字,负债,亏损
The company has got out of the red.
公司已不再亏损。
(2)表示愤怒
The news of the cruelty to the maid makes him see red.
如此残忍地对待仆人的消息使他气得怒不可遏。
Pink:
完美,典型
He is the pink of politeness.
他真是客气极了。
Purple:
王位,王帝
He was born in the pruple.
他出生于王室。
White:
(1)表示吉利,幸福
We can't forget those days marked with a white stone.
我们难以忘怀那些幸福的日子。
(2)忠实可靠
Mr. Brown is a very white man.
布朗先生是一位忠实可靠的人。
Yellow:
废物,卑鄙
He was called a yellow-belly.
别人骂他是可鄙的胆小鬼。
I can't even takl about it, except to you, because anyone else would
think I was yellow.
除你之外,这种事不能对别人说,因为他们会觉得我窝囊。
有关色彩词汇的中英对照
Blue
blue collar worker 蓝领工人
blue (或green) mountains 青山
blue veins 青筋
blue film 色情电影
blue stocking 女学者,书呆子
blue-blood 高贵血统
blue-law 清教徒法规
blue ribbon 名著佳作
blue-marder 恐怖的喊声
blue-devils 忧郁
blue-bottle 绿头苍蝇
blue sky 青天
Black
black sheep 败家子
a black letter day 倒霉的日子,凶日
black cloth 青布
black hair 青丝
black-tea 红茶
black list 黑名单
black magic 妖术
black coffe 不加牛奶或糖的浓咖啡
black Maria 囚车
Green
green-back 美钞
green fingers (英)园艺技工
green hand 新手,没经验的人
green house 温室
green power (美)金钱的力量
green-eyed 妒忌的
Red
red cap (美)车站搬运工
red blooded 勇敢
red-handed 正在犯罪的,现行的
red-tape 官样文章
red-rag 激怒人的事物
White
white alert (空袭)解出警报
white elephant 昂贵又无用的东西
white hope 足以为某一团体(或城镇)带来荣誉的人
white magic 戏法,魔法
white lie 善意的谎言
white light 白光, 公正无私的判断
white list "白名单"(指守法人士,合法机构,可上演节目等的名单,系black list之对)
white night 不眠之夜