表示颜色的英语单词的特殊用法

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1. The color black often carries connotations of "bad," "evil," or "unfavorable" in English. For instance, "black money" refers to funds obtained through不正当 means and not declared to the government for taxation. "Black market" pertains to clandestine transactions of goods or currencies banned by the government, or to the illegal speculative markets themselves. From this, we derive terms like "black market price" for the prices in these illicit markets.
2. Brown can express dissatisfaction or anger in English, as in the phrase "to be browned off," which means to be unhappy or vexed. For example: "He was browned off at his boss because he didn't get a raise." "In a brown study" means deeply engrossed in thought or in a daze. For instance: "I left him in a brown study thinking over the question."
3. Blue typically signifies a sense of melancholy or depression in English. Expressions like "in a blue mood" or "feel blue" convey a low spirits. Additionally, blue can denote high social status, nobility, or royal lineage. For example: "He is a real blue blood" implies true aristocratic heritage. In economic terms, blue can carry various meanings, such as "blue book" for a government publication or "blue-sky market" for an open-air market.
4. Gray, being a neutral color between black and white, often implies中立ity or impartiality. For example: "Whenever they made mischief, he tried to stand in the gray." This means that he attempted to remain neutral amidst the troublemakers.
5. Pink is frequently associated with women and can indicate good health when used in phrases like "in the pink," which means to be in good health. "The pink of politeness" refers to extreme politeness, while "in the pink" can be used to encourage someone to perk up.
6. White, in English, can have meanings unrelated to the color white. For example, "white war" denotes a conflict without direct violence, often referring to economic competition. "White goods" refer to large, expensive home appliances, typically white in color, hence the name. White is also associated with purity, as in "a white lie" for a fib told with good intentions, or "white soul" for a pure heart.
In Chinese, some phrases that include the character "白" do not relate to the color white but carry different meanings, as with "白开水" for plain boiled water and "白菜" for Chinese cabbage.