一些有关black的习语和表达方式

black tie 黑色领结

　　very formal dressing for fancy formal party. 相关词语还有evening gown 晚礼服。

　　black belt 黑带

　　expert especially in martial art.

　　in the black 赢利

　　It means someone is doing well in business/businesses that are financially solvent.

　　例如He moved the company into the black. 他让公司扭亏为盈。它的反义词是in the red，意思是in debt。

　　black-hearted 黑心肠，邪恶

　　black sheep 害群之马

　　bad member of the family.

　　black market 黑市

　　illegal trade.

　　blackmail ，勒索

　　obtain sth. by threat.

　　blacklist 列入黑名单

　　形容黑的表达方式:

　　black as skillet

　　black as coal

　　black as night

　　black as a stack of black cats

　　black as pitch

　　dark 多形容心情和环境

　　The park is dark today because there is no moon and no stars.

　　例如He has dark thoughts. dark thoughts. 这里指evil thoughts。

　　blackout 停电，也可以指lose consciousness。

　　例如He blackout for almost a minute. After the accident, he could remember what happened.

　　blackout也有涂黑遮掩的意思，例如The date on the letter had been blacked out.

　　black mark besides one's name. 指的是sth. negative associated with the person.

　　Oops, I made the same mistake again. I’ve got another black mark beside my name now.

　　black and blue意思是有瘀青，badly bruised。例如I knocked my hands on the other day onto the wooden chair. It turns black and blue. 也可以指精神上受到伤害，例如He is still black and blue from his divorce.

　　swear black and blue 发誓

　　例如He swore black and blue that he had nothing to do with the money that is missing.

　　black eye 意思是bruise near the eye from being struck. 例如He gave someone a black eye when somebody hit him. 也可以指harm done to one’s character or reputation. 例如Mary got a black eye because she was lying.

　　black box, a device for automatic recording of the details inside an airplane or helicopter.

　　“黑匣子”是飞机专用的电子记录设备之一，名为航空飞行记录器。里面装有飞行数据记录器和舱声录音器。例如They found the black box from the wreckage of the crashed plane.

　　Two blacks do not make a white. 两黑不能合成一白;积非不能成是。

　　Pot is calling the kettle black one. 意思是You should not criticize someone for a fault that you have too. 五十步笑百步。

　　put sth. down in black and white 立个字据

　　black day 黑色日子

　　a day when something very unpleasant sad happens.

　　black Friday 美国感恩节的第二天，通常叫做黑色星期五(Black Friday)，它标志着圣诞购物季的开始。

　　black and white 意思是straightforward，事情很简单黑白分明，不会拐弯抹角。

　　类似的说法还有swear up and down (美)，swear blind (英)。

　　black还有一个意思是the trend of the season 现在正流行，例如Brown is the new black.

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