有时候回家洗漱完坐着休息时，我会突然发现自己身上莫名多出来“青一块，紫一块”，它用英语来说就是「Black and blue」。
嗯？“紫一块”不应该是 Purple 吗？
其实很多表达色彩的单词不只是用来描述颜色，还有很多别的意思。今天我们就一起跟着 Colin 老师和 Norah 老师来学习一下相关的表达吧⬇️
一定一定要点开音频
对照笔记一起学习，效果最好。
01.
非常嫉妒的
Green with envy
Katie was green with envy when she saw you got a new car for your birthday.
当卡蒂看到你收到了一辆车作为生日礼物，她非常的羡慕和嫉妒。
你周末要去三亚吗？天哪，我羡慕死了。
02.
园艺高手
Green thumb
My mother has a green thumb- she can make anything grow!
我妈妈是园艺高手，她能让所有植物都长得很好。
03.
园艺小白(园艺才能不好的人)
Black thumb
I have a black thumb- everything I try to grow dies.
我是一个园艺才能不好的人，我养的所有植物都会枯萎了。
04.
害群之马；独树一帜（群体中与众不同的个体）
Black sheep
Rachel is the black sheep in the family because she is an artist whereas everyone else is an economist.
Rachel在家族里独树一帜，因为除了她是艺术家，而家里其他人都是经济学家。
05.
善意的谎言
White lie
I didn’t like her dress, but I told a white lie because I didn’t want to offend her.
我不喜欢她的裙子，但为了不冒犯她，我对她说了个善意的谎言。
I told him I was busy. I figured a white lie is better than hurting his feelings.
我告诉她我很忙, 因为我觉得善意的谎言总比伤害她的感情要好得多。
06.
受伤, 青一块紫一块
Black and blue
John’s face was black and blue after the boxing match.
在拳击比赛之后，John的脸上青一块紫一块的。
I felt like I was black and blue all over.
我感觉浑身都受伤了。
07.
昏厥；停电
Black out
We had a huge black out here last night. The whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!
昨晚这里全黑了，整个镇停电了将近7个小时。
I don’t know what happened to him. He just blacked out! Maybe he banged his head.
我不知道发生了什么，他突然昏过去了。可能是撞到了头。
08.
黑市
Black market
Jerry used to sell cigarettes from South America on the black market!
Jerry过去在黑市上卖南美的香烟。
不要在这条街上买手机，这应该是黑市，所以可能会买到假货。
09.
（在群体中）孤立某人
Blackball someone
Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.
自从报纸上遍布丑闻之后，他们的公司就一直被孤立。没有人想跟他们做生意。
10.
在某人的黑名单里
In someone’s black books
After that argument yesterday, I assure you he will be in a lot of people’s black books for quite some time!
经过昨天的争论，我保证他将在相当长的一段时间之内被列为许多人的黑名单。
虽然花了几年的时间，但是我终于从我妻子娘家的黑名单里除名了。
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