Các từ chỉ màu sắc trong tiếng Anh còn xuất hiện trong rất nhiều cụm từ, thành ngữ. Bài viết sau sẽ giúp bạn tích luỹ vốn từ vựng về chủ đề thú vị này.
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Các sắc độ trắng |
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| White | trắng | He's white-haired now. |
| Silvery | trắng bạc | The grass was silvery with frost. |
| Lily – White | trắng tinh | The heroine was a tall, slim blonde with lily-white skin. |
| Snow – White | trắng xóa | She'd covered the table with a snow-white cloth, and she lit a seven branched olive candelabra. |
| Milk – White | trắng sữa | The prince rode a milk white horse. |
| Off – White | trắng xám | The walls were painted off white. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu trắng |
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| A white lie | lời nói dối vô hại | A little white lie is surely excusable. |
| As white as a ghost | trắng bệch/ xanh như tàu lá | Do you feel all right? Your face is as white as a ghost! |
| A white-collar worker | nhân viên văn phòng, thường là người làm việc ít nặng nhọc và có mức lương cao | A white-collar worker is an employee who is not required to do physical labor such as an office worker. |
| White-livered | nhát gan | I've never met anyone so white-livered. |
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
Các sắc độ đen |
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| Black | đen | I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy. |
| Blackish | đen nhạt | Katy has long blackish hair. |
| Blue – Black | xanh đen | At first you may think they are raspberries, but they will darken to the telltale blue-black color. |
| Sooty | đen huyền | I admired the sooty black coats. |
| Inky | đen sì | It was night and the water looked cold and inky black. |
| Smoky | đen khói | Smoky black is a hair coat color of horses in which the coat is either black or a few shades lighter than true black. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu đen |
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| Black mood | tâm trạng tiêu cực, có thể là bối rối, giận dữ hay thất vọng | She was in one of her black moods today. |
| Black market | chợ đen, nơi những vụ buôn bán, trao đổi trái phép diễn ra | A black market is also called underground economy or shadow economy. |
| Black sheep (of the family) | con cừu đen trong gia đình, biểu thị người khác biệt so với những người còn lại, thường không nhận được sự tôn trọng của các thành viên | He's the black sheep of the family. |
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
Các sắc độ vàng |
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| Yellow | vàng | It was early autumn and the leaves were turning yellow. |
| Yellowish | hơi vàng | The leaves vary from yellowish-green to dark green. |
| Orange | vàng cam | Yellow orange is a mixture of yellow and orange, two colors that have existed for centuries. |
| Waxen | vàng sáp ong | Her eyes were fixed on the waxen face of her son, willing him to live. |
| Pale Yellow | vàng nhạt | There were rays of yellow and pale yellow, red, green, gray-- a crown of fireworks of all colors. |
| Apricot | vàng mơ | Apricot is a light yellowish-orangish color that is similar to the color of apricots. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu vàng |
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| Have yellow streak | có tính nhát sợ | He knew what they were doing was wrong, but his yellow streak kept him from intervening. |
| Yellow-bellied | kẻ nhát gan | To be yellow-bellied is to be cowardly or easily scared. |
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
Các sắc độ xanh dương |
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| Blue | xanh dương | She's got fair hair and blue eyes. |
| Dark blue | xanh dương đậm | On the outer bands of the color wheel, dark blue is often used to represent elegance, authority, and intelligence. |
| Pale blue | xanh dương nhạt | He was wearing a pale blue T-shirt with a “KC” logo, knit pants, and loafers. |
| Sky-blue | xanh da trời | The fourth painting was of a girl with golden hair and a sky-blue dress. |
| Peacock-blue | xanh lam tươi | Peacock Blue is defined as “a brilliant shade of blue tinged with green. |
| Indigo | lam chàm | Cotton and indigo plantations flourished in the early nineteenth century. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu xanh dương |
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| Blue blood | người có xuất thân từ gia đình quý tộc hoặc gia đình giàu có. | This is where the city's blue bloods like to gather. |
| Blue ribbon | chất lượng cao, ưu tú | The blue ribbon is a symbol of high quality. |
| Out of the blue | bất ngờ | One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving. |
| Once in a blue moon | hiếm khi xảy ra | My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon. |
| True blue | người đáng tin cậy | You don't need to worry about Kimberley - she's true-blue. |
| Blue-collar worker | những người thường làm các công việc tay chân và nhận lương theo giờ, thường có mức lương thấp hơn | Blue-collar workers do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work. |
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Các sắc độ xanh lá |
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| Green | Xanh lá cây | He's got pink walls and a green carpet, which to my mind looks all wrong. |
| Greenish | Xanh lá nhạt | It was a kind of greenish liquid, and it was basically undrinkable. |
| Grass – Green | Xanh cỏ | Brighter shades of green are best for summer, including emerald and grass green. |
| Dark – Green | Xanh lá đậm | My favorite color is dark green, like the green of the forest. |
| Apple Green | Lục nhạt (Xanh táo) | The Dresden Green, one of the Saxon crown jewels, 40 carats, has a fine apple-green colour. |
| Olivaceous | Lục vàng (Xanh ô-liu) | This species have an olivaceous body, highly blotched with darker pigment. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu xanh lá |
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| Give someone get the green light | cho phép ai đó làm điều gì, “bật đèn xanh” | We're just waiting our manager to give us the green light before we release the latest software update. |
| Put more green into something | đầu từ nhiều tiền hoặc thời gian hơn vào việc gì đó | To put more green into something is to spend more or to increase investment in it. Ragged blue line |
| Green with envy | ghen tỵ với ai đó | Chad is heading off to Spain for the week, and I'm green with envy. |
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
Các sắc độ đỏ |
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| Red | đỏ | The dress was bright red. |
| Deep Red | đỏ sẫm | They all sat down in the little pavilion to watch an autumn sunset of deep red fire and pallid gold. |
| Pink-Red | đỏ phớt hồng | Scarlet fever causes a pink-red rash, which feels like sandpaper and looks like sunburn. |
| Murrey | hồng tím | The saddlecloth was of murrey, worked with silver thread. |
| Reddish | đỏ nhạt | The leaves turn reddish brown. |
| Scarlet | phấn hồng | He went scarlet with shame. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu đỏ |
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| Be in the red | trong tình cảnh nợ nần | If you or your bank account are in the red, you owe money to the bank. |
| The red carpet | thảm đỏ, được chào đón nồng hậu | The minister was given the red-carpet treatment. |
| Like a red rag to a bull | có khả năng làm ai đó tức giận | Don't tell him you're a vegetarian - it's like a red rag to a bull. |
| Catch somebody red-handed | bắt quả tang ai đó | He was caught red-handed taking money from the till. |
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Các sắc độ nâu |
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| Brown | nâu | The parcel was wrapped in plain brown paper. |
| Nut – brown | nâu sậm | Aunt Liti had a nut-brown face, hard black eyes and a hook of a nose. |
| Bronzy | nâu đồng | She loves anything bronzy, peachy or golden, and they do a lot of that. |
| Coffee – coloured | nâu cà phê | We've just bought a new coffee-coloured rug for the living room. |
| Tawny | nâu vàng | A lion has a beautiful tawny coat. |
| Umber | nâu đen | Ever since humans started creating art, they've been using umber. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu nâu |
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| To be browned off | tức giận, chán ngấy | I think she gets a bit browned off with him borrowing the car all the time. |
| Brown as a berry | màu da sạm nắng | She was as brown as a berry when she returned from her tropical vacation. |
| In a brown study | Trầm ngâm suy nghĩ | I could see she was in a brown study. |
| To do up brown | làm gì đó thành công mỹ mãn | Of course she decorated the room beautifully for the birthday party—she does everything up brown. |
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
Các sắc độ hồng |
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| Pink | hồng | Have you been in the sun? Your nose is a bit pink. |
| Fuchsia | màu hồng của hoa vân anh | Fuchsia is a vivid color that is a mixture of red and purple. |
| Carnation | hồng nhạt cẩm chướng | The pink carnation became the symbol of a mother's undying love. |
| Hot pink | hồng nóng bỏng | Hot pink is normally a color associated with girls and femininity. |
| Magenta | hồng sậm, hồng cánh sen | Magenta is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red, reddish-purple or mauvish-crimson. |
| Salmon | hồng da cam | Salmon is a range of pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh. |
Một số cụm từ, thành ngữ liên quan đến màu hồng |
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| Pink slip | giấy thông báo bị sa thải (cách nói ẩn dụ vì tờ giấy thông báo sa thải thường có màu hồng) | Mike was devastated to lose his job after his boss gave him a pink slip. |
| In the pink | có sức khỏe tốt | Jon recovered from his surgery in less than 10 days, and is now in the pink of condition. |
| Pink-collar | chỉ những người lao động là phụ nữ, có lương và phúc lợi xã hội thấp: ý tá, chăm sóc người già và trẻ nhỏ, đánh máy,… | Until recently secretarial work and nursing were very much pink-collar professions. |