green (绿色)
green hand 新手
例:We are green hands, so we must learn from the old workers.
作为新人,我们一定要向老工人学习。
green 面带病容
例:What's wrong with you? You are looking green.
你怎么了?脸色看起来很苍白。
green 嫉妒
例:I was absolutely green (with envy) when I saw his splendid new car.
我看到他那辆漂亮的新汽车就非常眼红。
green fingers 有园艺技能
例:I know that his father was green fingers.
我知道他爸爸很有园艺技能。
white (白色)
white coffee 加牛奶或奶油的咖啡
例:I want two white coffees.我要两杯加牛奶的咖啡。
white lie 无恶意的谎言
例:Tom sometimes tells a white lie.
汤姆有时会撒一些无伤大雅的谎。
white elephant 无用而又累赘的东西(尤指大而昂贵之物)
例:That would be a white elephant to me.
那东西对我来说又贵又没用。
black (黑色)
a black look 恶狠狠的瞪
例:He gave me a black look.
他恶狠狠地瞪了我一眼。
in black and white 以书面的形式
例:I want this agreement in black and white.
我要求以书面的形式把这项协议写出来。
black sheep 败家子,害群之马
例:Tom is the black sheep of the family.
汤姆是个败家子。
blue (蓝色)
once in a blue moon 难得
例:She visits us once in a blue moon.
她难得来看我们一次。
blue 黄色的,有伤风化的
例:The blue film was banned by the censor.
那部黄色电影被当局禁了。
blue 忧郁、沮丧
例:He looks blue today.
他今天看起来很忧郁。
blue blood 贵族血统,名门出身
例:He is proud of his blue blood.
他为自己的贵族血统骄傲。
red (红色)
in/into/out of the red 有/没有亏损
例:The company has been in the red until he took over.
在他接手之前,公司一直都亏损。
see red 大怒,生气
例:Her criticisms were enough to make anyone see red.
她那些批评任谁都得火冒三丈。
catch somebody red-handed 当场发现某人正在做坏事或犯罪
例:The policeman caught the thief red-handed.
警察当场抓住了小偷。
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