美国人这样说英语 第84期:英文中表示颜色的单词

 　　He is in the pink.

　　脸色粉嫩

　　In the pink

　　表示很健康。

　　When she makes errors, she becomes red in the face.

　　她只要做错事，脸马上就会变红。

　　See red

　　非常生气，暴跳如雷

　　People who spit on the street really make me see red.

　　看见随地吐痰的人真的让我很生气……

　　yellow

　　象征胆小鬼。

　　Yellow bellies¹

　　胆小鬼。

　　英文中表示颜色的单词

　　Be feeling blue =have the blues²

　　感到忧郁。

　　I'm just feeling a little blue

　　我就是感到有点忧郁。

　　Talk until one is blue in the face.

　　为了说服对方，说得脸色发青。

　　He talked until he was blue in the face, but he couldn't convince his wife.

　　他好说歹说，还是没能说服他的妻子。

　　He was green with envy when he saw my new car.

　　他看见我新车，嫉妒得脸都绿了。

　　Black and blue

　　青一块紫一块

　　His face was black and blue.

　　他的脸青一块紫一块。

1 bellies   

n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童

2 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。