时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:英美文化


英语课

   蓝色调来自天空、大海,所以能给人静止、平缓、安定、忧郁等感觉,还给人一种心胸开阔,文静大方的情操,它又能使人受到诚实,信任与崇高的心理熏陶。 其实蓝色意味着平静、严肃、科学、喜悦、美丽、和谐与满足,在医学上它经常被用来放松肌肉紧张、松弛神经及改善血液循环。


  在中文中,“蓝色”经常是以褒义的形式出现,“蓝天白云”、“蓝色的大海”饱含着对大自然美丽风景的赞美,蓝色在汉语中的引申意义较少。而在英语中blue是一个含义十分丰富的颜色词,blue不仅表示颜色,而且常用来喻指人的“情绪低落”、“心情沮丧”、“忧愁苦闷”。
  例如:
  Mary failed to pass the examination,and she was in a blue mood.这里的“blue mood”当然不是“蓝色的情绪”,上句应译成:“玛丽考试不及格,所以很忧郁。”
  又如:It was a blue Sunday,and he had to go to work.这里的“blue Sunday”如译作“蓝色的星期天”就令人费解,上句的正确译文是:“又是一个讨厌的星期天,他不得不加班。”
  如:They felt rather blue after the failure in the football match. 球赛踢输了,他们感到有些沮丧。
  —— She looks blue today. What's the matter with her?
  她今天显得闷闷不乐,出了什么事情?
  —— She is in holiday blue.
  她得了假期忧郁症。
  holiday blue 相当于winter holiday depression,指冬季假期时,人困在家里,感到无聊寂寞时的心情或情绪。
  另一个同低落的情绪有关的词组是:a blue Monday(倒霉的星期一),指度过快乐的周末后,星期一又要上学或上班,所以情绪不好。
  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
  有时blue又有社会地位高、出身名门的意义,如blue blood(贵族血统)。
  此外,blue在英语中与其它词汇搭配,还有另外的含义,如:
  out of blue 意想不到
  once in a blue 千载难逢
  drink till all's blue 一醉方休

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