Blue 蓝色
在英语中通常表示不快乐、忧郁的情绪。如:
in a blue mood:情绪低沉
feel blue:感觉不高兴
a blue outlook:悲观的人生观
blue Monday:忧郁的星期一(尤指与欢乐的周末对比)
还常用来表示社会地位高、有权势或出身贵族或王族。如:
blue blood:名门望族
He is a real blue blood.(他是真正的贵族。)
blue-eyed boys:受到管理当局宠爱和特别照顾的职工
经济词汇中blue表示许多不同意思。如:
blue book:蓝皮书
blue-sky market:露天市场
blue-collar workers:从事体力劳动的工人,蓝领工人
blue chip:热门证券,蓝筹股
blue button:喻指有权进入股票交易的经纪人
blue return:蓝色所得税申报表(专供诚实的纳税人申报用)
blue-chip rate:英国的优惠信贷利率
blue laws:蓝法(指禁止在星期日从事商业交易的美国法律)
blue-sky law:蓝法(指美国各州为管理股票所制定的股票发行控制法)
blue sky bargaining:漫天讨价(指谈判或其它交易中提出根本不切实际的或不合理的要求,使协议无法达成)
blue in the face:筋疲力尽
once in a blue moon:千载难逢,几乎不,很少
blue-sky:无价值的,不切实际的
blue fear:极度的惊恐
drink till all's blue:一醉方休
out of the blue:完全出于意料
a bolt from the blue:晴天霹雳
blue stocking:女学者
blue ribbon:蓝绶带;最高的荣誉;一流的
blue-pencil:编辑;修订;删除
blue在英语中有时用来指“黄色的”、“下流的”意思,如:
blue talk:下流的言论
blue video:黄色录象
blue film:成人电影
a blue joke:下流的笑话 (记住,不是yellow哦!)
Gray 灰色
grey market:半黑市
grey area:灰色地区(指失业严重地区)
与灰色有关的社会内涵
1.gray hairs或gray heads特指老年人,源于人老之后,须发变成灰白之故。
2.因为gray是在黑色和白色之间。常常有“中立”的意思。比如:
Whenever they made mischief,he tried to stand in the gray.每当他们搬弄是非时,他总是恪守中立。
3.英语短语the gray of the dawn或the gray of the morning意为“黎明时分”,这跟天膝膝亮时的灰蒙蒙一片不无关系。
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