VOA词汇掌故2025 Green的含义（在线收听）

Green的含义

Green Means Spring and Other Things

Today we talk about a color found all throughout nature -- green!

今天我们要谈论一种在自然界中随处可见的颜色——绿色！

Green is also very common in American English.

Green在美式英语中也很常见。

Let's hear Warren Scheer read a story about these colorful expressions!

让我们听听沃伦·希尔讲述关于这些富有色彩的表达的故事！

Green is an important color in nature.

绿色是自然界中一种重要的颜色。

It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees.

它是草和树叶的颜色。

It is also the color of most growing plants.

它也是大多数正在生长的植物的颜色。

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing.

有时，green这个词是指年轻的，新的和正在成长的。

Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished.

有时，它描述的是尚未成熟或完成的东西。

For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation.

例如，greenhorn是指没有经验的人，对某种情况不熟悉的人。

In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.

在15世纪，greenhorn是指角尚未发育的母牛或公牛。

A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.

大约一个世纪之后，greenhorn是指还没有任何战斗经验的士兵。

By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today -- a person who is new in a job.

到了18世纪，greenhorn有了如今的含义——初入职场的人。

About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west.

大约一百年前，greenhorn在美国西部是一个流行的表达。

Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities back east.

老一辈人用这个词来形容刚从东部大城市之一过来的人。

The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.

新手缺乏在艰苦、粗犷的乡村生活所需的技能。

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb.

有能力把植物种得很好的人被认为拥有“green thumb”。

The expression comes from the early 1900s.

这个表达来自20世纪初。

A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well.

一个有园艺才能的人似乎有一双神奇之手，能让植物生长得又快又好。

You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

如果你的植物死了很久，而隔壁女邻居的花园还在继续生长，你可能会说她是个园艺能手。

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains.

绿色革命是几年前对新型水稻和其他谷物开发的称呼。

The new plants produced much larger crops.

新型作物的产量要大得多。

The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

绿色革命是那些农业科学家辛勤努力的成果，他们个个都是园艺能手。

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, jealousy.

Green也是用来描述嫉妒这一强烈情感的颜色。

The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space.

“绿眼怪”并不是来自外太空的可怕生物。

It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello".

这是大约四百年前英国作家威廉·莎士比亚在其戏剧《奥赛罗》中使用的一个表达。

It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.

它描述的是一个人在别人拥有他想要之物时的不愉快感觉。

A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else.

如果一个年轻人的女朋友开始和别人约会，他可能会化身绿眼怪（嫉妒）。

Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay raise and she does not.

或者，如果你加薪了，而你的朋友没有加薪，那她可能会嫉妒。

In most places in the world, a green light is a sign to move ahead.

在世界上大多数地方，绿灯是前行的标志。

A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on.

交通信号灯上的绿灯意味着你的车可以继续行驶。

In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project.

在日常生活中，绿灯意味着一个项目被批准继续进行。

We want you to know we have a green light to continue this series next week.

我们想让你知道，下周我们还可以继续这个系列的节目。

And that's all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories.

以上就是本期《词汇掌故》的全部内容。

Don't forget to tune in again for another story about American English expressions.

别忘了继续收听另一个关于美式英语表达的故事。

Until next time!

下期节目再见！

I'm Anna Matteo.

安娜·马特奥为您播报。