托福阅读中关于“颜色”的单词含义

 　托福阅读词汇中，有一些RED,GREEN，BLUE等表示颜色的词，其实这些颜色词除了表示具体的颜色之外，在不同国家的不同文化，还有着别样的含义。

　　1. GREEN:

　　(0)He is still green to his job.

　　他对其工作尚无经验。

　　(1)Do you see any green in my eye?

　　你认为我幼稚可欺吗?

　　(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。

　　(3)She is a green hand in teaching English.

　　在英语教学中，他还是个生手。

　　(4)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。

　　(5)He has a green wound in the left breast.

　　他左胸上有一新伤口。

　　2. BLUE:

　　(6)He is proud of his blue blood.

　　他因出身名门贵族而骄傲。

　　(7)Things are looking extremely blue.

　　情况极其不妙。

　　(8)True blue will never stain.

　　真金不怕火炼。

　　(9)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。

　　(10)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。

　　(11)He can read like a blue streak¹.

　　他看书极快。

　　(12)The bad news came like a bolt out of the blue.

　　这消息来得如青天霹雳。

　　(13)John arrived out of the blue.

　　约翰突然来了。

　　(14)A rainy day always gives me the blues².

　　下雨天总是使我心情抑郁。

1 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

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。