blue pencil不表示「藍色的鉛筆」，那它是啥意思？

原標題：blue pencil不表示「藍色的鉛筆」，那它是啥意思？

藍色在英語文化中也是非常重要的存在，比如之前講過的為什麼很多迪士尼公主的衣服都是藍色；此外，它還與「悲傷難過」的情緒相關。

前面我們講了與和相關的表達，今天就來看看藍色。

1

Out of the blue

出乎意料：沒有任何徵兆的出現，突然發生

Greg has decided to quit his job out of the blue, and go travelling for a year!

格雷格突然辭了工作，外出旅行了！

2

Blue pencil

用藍鉛筆校訂：對分享的內容審查或刪節；在美式俚語中還可以表示「否決，不批准」

The reports about how soldiers were being treated abroad had been blue-penciled by the authorities.

當局對士兵在國外所受待遇的報告進行了審查。

3

A blue-eyed boy

寵兒，紅人：（貶義）出於一些原因，特別受上級中意的孩子或年輕男子

He is such a blue-eyed boy! I don』t like that the manager always treats him as if he is special, it is not fair on the rest of us!

他可真是個寵兒！經理總對他搞特殊，一點也不公平，真讓人討厭！

4

A bolt from the blue

晴天霹靂：壞消息不期而至

It was a complete bolt from the blue for us, we had no idea that they were having problems, let alone getting divorced!

我們完全沒想到他倆有問題，更不用說離婚了，這真是個晴天霹靂！

5

Blue blood

貴族血統：描述某人出身高貴，家庭富裕

對時尚圈有所了解的人一定知道「四大雜誌，六大藍血，八大紅血」，所謂藍血就是指奢侈品中的精英，頂級品牌中的NO.1。

這六個品牌分別來自三個國家：法國的Dior（迪奧）、Chanel（香奈兒）、Louis Vuitton（路易斯威登）、義大利的Gucci（古馳）、Prada（普拉達）、美國的Calvin Klein（CK）。

Many of the blue bloods in our town were invited to the royal wedding.

鎮上的貴族都收到了皇室婚禮的邀請。

6

Blue ribbon

藍綬帶：品質最佳或最高榮譽，最優秀的群體

在料理界，也有藍帶廚藝學校，不知是否系出同門呀~

Blue ribbon panels of experts were invited to investigate the extraordinary remains.

權威專家小組受邀調查這些不尋常的遺體。

7

Talk a blue streak

滔滔不絕地講話，語速還快

The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a blue streak all day.

鄰床那位女士整日滔滔不絕連珠炮似地跟我講話。

8

Feel blue

情緒低落：描述某人情緒不佳或不滿意

What』s that the matter with you today? You seem really blue. Is there something you』d like to talk about?

你看起來不太開心呀，怎麼了？願意跟我聊聊嗎？

9

Blue in the face

努力勸說某人，但往往無勞而返

I kept trying to convince him that it was a good idea until I was blue in the face, but he』s so stubborn, he just kept disagreeing with me!

我不停告訴他這是個好主意，可是直到我說的面紅耳赤，他還是固執己見，不聽我的！

10

once in a blue moon

千載難逢：極少發生或一輩子才能遇見一次的事

My sister is working in Africa, she hardly ever has the time to call us. My parents only hear from her once in a blue moon.

姐姐在非洲工作，幾乎沒時間聯繫我們。父母也很少接到她的電話。

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