關(guān)于顏色的英文短語

1、-. z.與顏色有關(guān)的英語單詞、短語1) black and white黑白清楚,是非清楚2) feeling blue感覺難過,心情憂郁3) green with envy十分嫉妒4) golden opportunity絕好的時機5) tickled pink非常開心,快樂的要命選自O(shè)MG美語顏色black系列一。black list黑；black bo*飛機上記錄飛行數(shù)據(jù)的黑盒子；blackberry黑莓(手機)；black belt黑帶級選手；black-eyed peas黑眼豆豆演唱團；Black Friday黑色星期五(感恩節(jié)過后大減價的購物日); Black Monday倒霉的星

2、期一，復(fù)活節(jié)后的星期一；black hole黑洞；black ice黑冰(指柏油馬路上薄薄一層幾乎看不見的冰)。blackmail敲詐，訛詐；blackout斷電，中斷；blackball反對票；black sheep害群之馬；black tea紅茶；black eye發(fā)青的眼圈,不好的名聲；blackboard黑板顏色black系列二。in the black賺錢，相對in the red虧損。black out失去知覺。My legs gave way and I blacked out.我兩腿一軟，昏了過去。black out也可以說pass out. I felt like I was

3、 gonna pass out and had to sit down for a while.我感覺要昏，只好坐下歇會。blackout連在一起是停電顏色black系列三。a black mark污點。The incident left a black mark on his record.這件事在他的記錄上留下了污點。the black sheep of the family敗家子，不孝子。還有(something) is the new black.意思是*件事是時下最流行的。如：Microblogging is the new black.時下流行微博。顏色white系列一。awhit

4、e lie善意的謊話；white-collar白領(lǐng)；White House白宮；white pages查詢簿；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白色圣誕節(jié)；raise the white flag舉白旗；whitelist將列入優(yōu)秀者；white-knuckle神經(jīng)緊*的，引起神經(jīng)緊*的顏色white系列二。white elephant累贅，負擔(dān)。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在有獎競猜游戲節(jié)目中贏了一條船，保養(yǎng)費貴得要命，簡直就是個累贅。顏色white系列三。in black and white白紙黑字。Please write it down in black and white.請寫下來。Here is the evidence, in black and white.這是證據(jù)，白紙黑字。另: black-and-white黑白清楚的。Its very plicated. Its not a black

6、-and-white issue.這事很復(fù)雜，不是要么對，要么錯。顏色white系列四。white-bread白面包，買*治時別人會問你what kind of bread, white or wheat white就是白面包，wheat是麥面的。white-bread也形容傳統(tǒng)的，沒有新意的事物，如He left the white-bread life in a small town and went to the big city.他拋棄了無聊的小鎮(zhèn)生活，到大城市去。顏色white系列五。aswhite as a sheet面色蒼白；She was as white as a sheet

7、 when she heard the news.她聽到消息后，臉色蒼白。white knuckle something歷險。The roller coaster was so scary. I had to white knuckle the entire ride.這個云霄飛車嚇死人了，從頭到尾我一直膽戰(zhàn)心驚。顏色green系列一。green card綠卡，Green Bay Packers綠灣包裝工隊美國著名橄欖球隊；the Green Berets綠色貝雷帽，專指美國陸軍特種部隊; the Masters green jacket指的是美國大師高爾夫球賽冠軍得主穿的綠色西裝上衣；還有推

8、動環(huán)保的國際性非政府組織Greenpeace綠色和平。顏色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?；颍簊omeone 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個女孩在一起，嫉妒得要命。顏色green系列三。green light是綠燈，give someone the

9、green light意思是批準。My boss gave me the green light to implement the plan.老板批準我開場落實方案。have a green thumb特別擅長種花種草。I didnt know you had such a green thumb.我以前還真不知道你這么擅長種東西。顏色blue系列一。blue-blooded帶有皇室血統(tǒng)的；blue-eyed藍眼睛的，白人的，受寵愛的blue-eyed boy寵兒blue-collar藍領(lǐng)，體力勞動者；blue book value (一般指美國人在買賣舊車時參考的價格標準)；blue chi

10、p藍籌股；bluetooth藍牙；還有Blue Cross Blue Shield (美國最大的醫(yī)療保險公司之一，藍十字藍盾牌保險公司)；blue movie*電影；blueberry藍莓；bluebell野風(fēng)信子，風(fēng)鈴草；blueprint藍圖，設(shè)計圖；blues布魯斯音樂，憂郁的情緒R&B =rhythm and blues顏色blue系列二。out of the blue突如其來的。I havent heard a word from him for 10 years, and one day he just showed up out of the blue.他一連十年音信皆無，有一天

11、突然出現(xiàn)。once in a blue moon很少見。他們特摳門。They only go out to eat once in a blue moon.很少出去吃飯。顏色blue系列三。black-and-blue青一塊紫一塊。until you are blue in the face說破大天別人也不會聽。You can try to persuade me until youre blue in the face, but I wont change my mind.你就算說破大天，我也不會改主意。blue-and-white青花The Blue-and-white Porcelain

12、青花瓷baby blues產(chǎn)后憂郁. She is suffering from baby blues.在我國red紅色是桔祥喜慶的標志，逢年過節(jié)總會用紅色來裝飾自己的住宅，希望來年能有個好兆頭。但在西方國家卻是危險的信號。Red flag是我們在節(jié)日中懸掛的表示喜慶之物，而在英語中卻可以把它理解為“危險訊號a danger signal。Red light紅燈已被普遍采用為“夜間危險信號a light of red colour used at night as a danger signal或“制止車輛通行的信號燈a signal to stop vehicles。不同的文化背景和習(xí)俗會對

13、同一顏色有著不同的理解。即使在英國和美國，有時也存在著*些差異。例如red cap紅帽在英國是指“憲兵a military policeman，而在美國，則指“火車站為旅客搬行李的搬運工a man who carries things for travellers at railway station。顏色red系列一。redhead紅頭發(fā)的人。code red緊急情況。red card紅牌警告；The Red Cross紅十字會；red meat紅肉類牛肉羊肉等生的時候是紅顏色的肉，相對red meat的是white meat雞肉鴨肉等，red wine紅酒；red light紅燈;還有re

14、d light district自然就是紅燈區(qū)。顏色red系列二。in the red入不敷出, My bank account was always in the red when I was in college.我上大學(xué)的時候銀行*經(jīng)常透支。see red暴怒。I really saw red today when I was wrongly accused of lying to my boss.今天我被無端指責(zé)對上司撒謊，把我肺都要氣炸了。be in red穿紅衣服顏色red系列三。to paint the townred出去喝酒跳舞，玩得開心。We went out last ni

15、ght and painted the townred.我們昨天晚上出去玩，特別盡興。run aredlight闖紅燈。I got a ticket yesterday for running aredlight.我昨天因為闖紅燈吃了*罰單。redenvelope紅包。RIGHT ON! caught red-handed.被抓了現(xiàn)行。He was caught red-handed while cheating during the e*am.他考試時被當(dāng)場抓住作弊。go as red as a beet因為不好意思而臉色通紅。His face went as red as a beet w

16、hen the girls looked at him.那些女孩看他時，他臉漲得通紅。Red tape,意思是官僚羈絆。The relief efforts were stalled by red tape。救災(zāi)努力受到了官僚規(guī)定的阻礙。The mayor promised to eliminate red tape that hampers business development,市長保證要鏟除那些阻礙商業(yè)開展的官僚障礙。局部選自新浪微博“英語天天說顏色pink系列:pink slip辭退通知書I got apinkslip.我收到解僱通知書。in the pink非常安康Youre in

17、 the pink!要想說人氣色好，You look fine!當(dāng)然不錯，可如果你說Youre in the pink!就妙得多了。實際上，在英語口語中，巧妙使用一些表示顏色的詞能使得句子非常形象生動。She was lively and active and in thepinkof condition她活潑好動,身體安康be tickled pink非常開心,快樂的要命I was tickled pink by the pliment。聽到他們的稱贊，我快樂的要命！pink elephantsn.幻覺,不可能的事情,離奇的事His father saw pink elephants.他的父

18、親因喝酒過量而產(chǎn)生了幻覺。pink elephants常用復(fù)數(shù)意為喝酒過量后而產(chǎn)生的“幻覺。pink eye流行性感冒,傳染性結(jié)膜炎，紅眼病Thepinkeyeis going around again this summer.這個夏天紅眼病再次流行。red eye在英語里是廉價的威士忌酒的意思pink eye是漢語里所稱的紅眼病，指流行性結(jié)膜炎或急性傳染性結(jié)膜炎的俗稱；而to be green-eyed是envy的意思，喻指眼紅，忌妒別人的富?；虺晒λ栽膽?yīng)根據(jù)語境譯為pink eye或者to be green-eyed小粉紅】In the pink 身體安康；tickled pink 感

19、覺非常榮幸或快樂；seeing pink elephants 喝醉了開場看到幻像；a pink slip 辭退消息；pink-collar 粉領(lǐng)、女性雇員；pink of perfection 完美無缺；the pink of the evening 黃昏，黃昏。顏色brown系列brown rice糙米brown bread黑面包brown out弄暗brown sugar紅糖,黃糖brown-noser【俚】拍馬屁的人He is a brown-noser.他是個馬屁精。He brown noses his supervisor.他拍老板的馬屁。in a brown studyadv.沉思

20、(夢想,心不在焉) I left him in abrown studythinking over the question.我讓他對這個問題深思。She stood there in abrown study。她站在那里沉思默想。顏色yellow系列yellow streak adj.害怕(懦弱) He was a pronouncedyellow streak.他那害怕的特質(zhì)十清楚顯。He has a yellow streak in him.他個性有些懦弱。yellow-belly膽小鬼,懦夫Everybody knows that he is a yellow-belly, so no

21、body likes him.He is a yellow dog.他是個卑劣的人.yellowback廉價小說yellow alert空襲的預(yù)備警報Yellow Pages黃頁yellow press黃色報刊: The yellow press cannot be published in our country.顏色紫色系列purple紫色的,辭藻華美的；紫色,皇室Born in the purpleBorn to the purple出身高貴或生于富貴人家purple passage詞藻華美的段落【詞匯接力棒99-潮詞】山寨:copycat異地戀:long-distance relati

22、onship熟女:cougar炫富:flaunt wealth潮人:trendsetter憤青:young cynic精神出軌:soul infidelity水貨:smuggled goods拼車:car-pooling閃婚:flash marriage房奴:mortgage slave菜鳥:rookie娘娘腔:sissy裸奔:streaking英語中與顏色有關(guān)的短語green-eyed嫉妒的green hand新手red eye1. (尤指深夜從西海岸起飛清晨到達東海岸的)夜航航班2.廉價威士忌酒blue blood貴族血統(tǒng);貴族階級;貴族blue chip1.高值籌碼2.優(yōu)值股票blue

23、film/blue movie淫穢電影,*片blue flu【美】生病請假blue law1.嚴格的法律2.【美】【史】制止星期日飲酒,娛樂的法規(guī)blue moon不可能或稀有的時期或事情blue ribbon頭獎blue streak1.【口】一閃而過的東西2.【口】連珠炮似的話yellow-bellied【俚】膽小的pink slip【口】停頓雇用的通知black and blue遍體鱗傷black and white寫在紙上;墨畫black art魔術(shù);妖術(shù)black eye【口】丑事black gold1.煤2.石油black hole軍營中的牢房black sheep敗類,害群之馬b

24、lack ta*i【旅游】黑車,無證出租車black tea紅茶white elephant1.累贅之物;精心設(shè)計而結(jié)果無用的冒險(或努力、建筑等)2.個人無用物品;無價值的東西white feather1.害怕的臉色;怯懦的表現(xiàn)white hope【口】被寄予厚望的人;承當(dāng)著艱巨任務(wù)的人white lie無惡意的謊話white night不眠之夜white out用修正液掩蓋錯字white room1. (醫(yī)院的)無菌室;絕塵室2.最清潔的房屋3. (供組裝精細零件的)潔白室(=clean room)white sale售賣白布和白布制品white slave受騙被迫賣淫的白種女子white

25、 slavery逼良為娼;逼良為娼的買賣white space【美】【口】空余時間white top【美】【非正式】白發(fā)蒼蒼的體弱老人;老年病弱者gray market水貨市場gray matter【俚】頭腦;智力,點子brown goods【英】褐色家用電器(指電視、電腦等)brown nosing討好,奉承brown study沉思;冥想brown out1.(為防空襲或節(jié)約用電)把燈火弄暗2.燈火管制;電壓缺乏顏色：red letter days紀念日，喜慶日子black letter days倒霉的日子to paint the town red狂飲，痛飲，胡鬧roll out the

26、red carpet for somebody隆重歡送be in red虧損in the red赤字black構(gòu)成短語的翻譯：call white black/call black white混淆是非black money黑錢in the black盈利、賺錢、順差Black and white遍體鱗傷Black sheep害群之馬Black Friday耶穌受難日，不吉利的星期五Black lie用心險惡的謊話The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑一百步。white構(gòu)成短語的翻譯：white war沒有硝煙的戰(zhàn)爭，常指“經(jīng)濟競爭。White sale大減價Wh

27、ite money銀幣White elephant無用而累贅的東西White crow罕見的事物The white way白光大街指城里燈光燦爛的商業(yè)區(qū)A white lie善意的謊話White coffee牛奶咖啡White feather害怕Oh, don，t forget Black and White ,which means .白紙黑字。在漢語翻譯成英語時，*些場合的漢語的“白字雖然是顏色，但英語應(yīng)詞中并沒有white一詞。如：白菜Chinese cabbage、白熊polar、白蟻termite.但在另一些場合，白字與顏色毫無關(guān)系，表示徒勞in vain。如：白費事all in v

28、ain , a waste of time and energy,白送give away, free of charge ,for nothing與部位和顏色有關(guān)的英文詞組at hand,就是近在咫尺。那個笑話中，可以說，幫助就是近在咫尺，Help was at hand.誰料想這吝嗇鬼就是不要呢。在中文中，我們會說“落到*人手里了在英文中就是fall into sbs handseg. The town fell into enemys hands.那個小鎮(zhèn)落到敵人的手里了。被敵人控制了。We dont want these documents falling into the wrong

29、hands.我們不想讓這些文件落入不當(dāng)?shù)娜说氖种?。而get your hands dirty指的是什么呢？會把手弄臟，這其實指的就是做體力工作，to do phisical work . eg. Hes not fritened of getting his hands dirty.他不怕干體力活。Guess what does “ask sbs hand mean Well, take an e*ample first. He asked the general for his daughters hand.從外表意思看是，他向?qū)④娨獙④娕畠旱氖?。仔細想想，我們會發(fā)現(xiàn)，在西方電影中，我們常看

30、到，婚禮上，新娘的父親總會挽著女兒的手，然后在一段樂曲過后，緩緩走向新郎，將女兒的手交給新郎，這下，你猜到了嗎？He asked the general for his daughters hand.就指他請求將軍把女兒嫁給他。What about “hand sth. to sb. on a plate？把東西放在盤子上交給別人，不就有點拱手讓人的意思？Always remember that nobodys going to hand you success on a plate.要永遠記住，沒人會把勝利白白送給你。在英國英語中，put your hand in your pocket指出

31、錢，掏腰包。Ive heard he dosent like putting his hand in pocket.我聽說他手頭很緊，不愿多花錢。而hold sbs hand不但指抓住*人的手，而且還引申為幫助*人一把的意思。Eg. Do youwant me to e along and hold your hand？你需要我過去幫幫你嗎？Turn sbs hand to sth ,能夠做。Jim can turn his hand to most jobs around the house.吉姆能擔(dān)當(dāng)家里大局部的活。人多好辦事，眾人拾柴火焰高，英文就是Many hands make lig

32、ht work.說完了手，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.忙得不可開交；要做太多事。Eg. To repair the sports meeting, weve been rushed off our feet.為了準備運動會，我們忙得不可開交。Fall/land on your feet means to be lucky find

33、ing yourself in a good situation. or in getting out of a difficulty.特別走運。安然脫離困境。Thank Goodness! You finally landed on your feet!感謝上帝，你終于脫險了！Get/have a /your foot in the door, to manage to enter an organization, a filed of business, etc, that could bring you success.設(shè)法參加，涉足*組織、行業(yè)等。Eg. I always wanted

34、 to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.我一直想從事電視工作，但花了2年時間才進了這個圈子。Get/start off the right/ wrong foot with , to start a relationship well/bedly開場時關(guān)系良好或不好。I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.看來我和新老板的關(guān)系一開場就不好。在中文中，有腳踏實地這一說法，英文也一樣。Keep your feet on the g

35、round.就是了。Do keep your feet on the ground ;its the only way to success.腳踏實地，這才是唯一通向成功之路。Set foot in/on sth., to enter or visit a place.進入，訪問，參觀*地。Eg. Do you still remember the name of the man who is the first to set foot on the moon你還記得第一個登上月球的人的名字嗎？Set sb./sth. on their/its feet to make sb./sth. in

36、dependent or successful.使獨立，使成功。Eg. His business sense helped set the club on its feet again.他的經(jīng)營意識使俱樂部重振雄風(fēng)。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.他父母過世后，他不得不學(xué)會自立。試想一下，如果有什么東西在你腳下，你一定會覺得不自在

37、吧。Under your feet就是礙手礙腳。Eg. I dont want you kids under my feet while Im cooking.我做飯時，不希望你們這些孩子在這礙手礙腳。如果，有一天，世界上只有黑與白兩種顏色，會不會太單調(diào)了呢，我們應(yīng)該快樂，我們生活在一個多彩斑斕的世界里。所以，有人問我，最喜歡哪種顏色時，我總覺得為難，因為每種顏色都很美麗。好了，我們今天就來介紹一下有關(guān)顏色的英語短語。首先，我們說說紅色，red。第一個詞組：be in the red, which means that to owe money to your bank because you

38、 have spent more than you in your account.其實，就指負債，虧空，財政赤字。赤不就指紅色嗎？eg. The pany has plunged 37million dollars into the red; its in the red.公司負債達3700萬元。一定要有定冠詞，不然be in red指穿著紅色的衣服，She is in red.電視中，我們?？吹接兄匾獊碣e，蒞臨指導(dǎo)，總是要鋪紅地毯，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.我可沒想到會受到隆重接待。Cent是美分，則，red cent是什么呢？eg. I didnt have a red cent for all my work.我做了則多工作，可一分錢也沒拿到?？梢?，red cent就指很少的錢。值得注意的是，這個詞組要用在否認句中。下面這個詞非常有意思，red-eye。很自然地想到是紅眼的意思，但它還有另一個意思就是夜間航班。不知，你們夜晚是否看見過飛機飛過，機頭處總是紅色的，一閃一閃，大概就是由此而來的吧。Eg. We took the red-eye to Boston.我們乘坐夜間航班抵達波士頓。則，接著我們說說綠色，Green。

40、green hand就指新手，新人。Green thumb綠色的大拇指，其實指花匠。Tom is an e*cellent green thumb; he always takes good care of his flowers in the garden.湯姆是個優(yōu)秀的花匠，他總能把花園里的花料理的很好。然后再看看白色吧，白色代表純潔。所謂無傷害的謊話就是white lie。Though youve told a white lie, but lie is a lie.盡管你說的謊沒有惡意，但謊話就是謊話。與白相對就是黑了，還記得有一首歌，其中一句：Im the black sheep o

41、f the family. Black sheep就指壞孩子，敗家子。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.每個人都有自己描述事情的方式，自己獨特的表達方式。許多美國日常短語都是基于顏色的。紅色red是一種熱情的顏色。

50、美國人經(jīng)常用red來表述熱量。他們可能會說，對一些不公平的事情感覺到red hot。如果說red hot，說明他們對*件事情非常生氣。許多墨西哥食品中含有的紅色的小辣椒因為顏色和味道而被稱做red hots?？旃?jié)奏，聲音很大的音樂受許多人的歡送，他們可能會說這些音樂red hot熾熱，尤其是迪克西蘭爵士樂。粉紅色顏色要淡一些。有時，人們會用in the pink來表示身體很安康。這個短語在美國首次使用是在20世紀初期?？赡苁且驗樵S多嬰兒出生時皮膚是粉紅色的，說明他們身體很安康。藍色是比擬涼的顏色。美國傳統(tǒng)的布魯斯音樂正好與爵士樂相反。布魯斯音樂是比擬舒緩，憂傷和高尚的。Duke Ellingt

51、on和他的樂隊錄制了一首非常著名的歌曲Mood Indigo是關(guān)于深藍色的。有一句歌詞是這樣的：“You aint been blue till youve had that Mood Indigo.如果說一個人非常blue，說明他很憂傷。綠色是草木的自然顏色。但是也可以用來描述人。如果有人感覺到胃不舒服，可能會說她感到有點green。船上的乘客如果由于海浪而暈船，他看上去可能也非常green。有時候一個人可能會感到心煩意亂，因為他朋友有的好東西他沒有，比方一輛新車。這個人可能會說他green with envy。如果他的朋友比他有更多的美鈔或者說greenback，他可能會green wit

52、h envy十分妒忌。美元被稱為greenbacks，因為美鈔的反面是綠色的。黑色也經(jīng)常用在短語中。人們經(jīng)常將老出問題的一天稱為a black day。發(fā)生重大災(zāi)難的一天也被稱為a black day?，F(xiàn)在blacklist黑是不合法的。但是，曾經(jīng)有一段時間，一些企業(yè)拒絕雇傭黑上的人，因為他們屬于*個不受歡送的組織。有時候，顏色也被用來描述一種處境。brown out用來表示電力減少。電量需求過度時就會出現(xiàn)Brown outs。電力系統(tǒng)有時不能供給整個區(qū)的用電需求。二戰(zhàn)期間經(jīng)常發(fā)生Black outs。官方會下令關(guān)閉所有電燈，讓敵機在黑夜中無法找到目標。一些容易譯錯的短語】請到休息室去喝杯咖啡

53、。誤譯Please go to the restroom to have a cup of coffee.正譯Please go to the lobby to have a cup of coffee.評析 “restroom與漢語并不對應(yīng)，并非表示“休息室，而是“廁所。在美國，restroom, bathroom, washroom都是“廁所的意思，是一種委婉的說法，如果對此文化現(xiàn)象不了解，又不去查字典，就會鬧出笑話來。“休息室可根據(jù)語境用crush-room, drawing room, foyer, lobby, retiring room等?！纠考t眼誤譯red eye正譯pink

54、eye正譯to be green-eyed評析漢語里的紅眼與red eye沒有任何關(guān)系.red eye在英語里是廉價的威士忌酒的意思pink eye是漢語里所稱的紅眼病，指流行性結(jié)膜炎或急性傳染性結(jié)膜炎的俗稱；而to be green-eyed是envy的意思，喻指眼紅，忌妒別人的富?；虺晒λ栽膽?yīng)根據(jù)語境譯為pink eye或者to be green-eyed【例】日本以溫泉著名。誤譯Japan boasts warm springs.正譯Japan boasts hot springs.評析溫泉在英語中不說warm spring，而說hot spring或thermal spring這和

55、上幾例一樣從*個側(cè)面反映了兩種語言看事物的不同視角【例】我通常睡得很晚。誤譯I usually sleep very late.正譯I usually go to sleep very late.評析漢語的“遲睡英語須說go to sleep late或go to bed late。而sleep late意為“晚起，即get up late。文化的不同，看問題的視解不同，表達的角度也不同，應(yīng)多了解異國文化?！纠课覀兪羌壍膶W(xué)生。誤譯We are students of the 1997 grade.正譯We are students of the 1997 enrolment.評析表示上幾年級的“級須用grade。例如：她是二年級的學(xué)生。應(yīng)譯為：She is a student in the second grade.所謂級，級等的“級是指在該年份注冊入學(xué)的意思，應(yīng)譯為enrolment。如果要表示*年畢業(yè)，可用to gra