My job is to stop Britain going red.

——Margaret Hilda Thatcher

我的工作就是阻止英国被赤化。

——玛格利特·希尔达·撒切尔

一、你知道red有几种含义吗？

adj.

1.红色的；褐红色的；深红的；深紫色的 having the colour of blood or fire

She wrapped round her a long red woolen cravat, and open the door.

她围好一条红色的长呢围脖，然后打开房门。

 

2.布满血丝的；眼眶发红的；充血的；涨红的 bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin

His eyes were red and sleepless.

他的眼睛因为没有睡好觉布满血丝。

 

3.（脸）涨红的；通红的 bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed

Her red face betrayed her nervousness.

她涨红的脸显示她很紧张。

 

4.红头发的；红褐色毛发的 reddish-brown in colour

Baker loathe go to this red-hair young pup for supplies.

面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。

 

6.(Red) 激进的；革命的；共产党的；苏维埃的 very left-wing political opinions

The Red Army came in being after the defeat of the first great revolution.

红军是第一次大革命失败后诞生的。

 

n.

1.红色 [U] the colour of blood or fire

Red grades into pink.

红色逐渐变成粉红色。

 

2.【经济学】赤字；亏空 [U] to owe money to your bank because you have spent more than you have in your account

We're in the red this past month. We've got to start budgeting our money．

上个月我们有赤字。我们得开始控制支出了。

 

3.红葡萄酒 [U] red wine

Two glasses of red, please.

请给我两杯红酒。

 

4.拥护社会主义和共产主义的人；革命分子，激进分子 [C] a person with very left-wing political opinions

Such is the leading role of the Communist Party and the Red Army in the national united front.

这就是共产党和红军在民族统一战线中的领导作用。

 

5.红衣服 [U] red clothing

The girl in red is his younger sister.

那个穿红衣服的女孩是他妹妹。

 

二、你知道red和哪些词更搭吗？

red alert

n.紧急警报 红色警戒,一个著名游戏的名称

 

red carpet

n.(迎接贵宾用的)红地毯,隆重的接待

 

red cent

n.一分钱,一便士

 

red cross

n.红十字会

 

red flag

n.红旗,危险信号,[喻]惹人生气的事物

 

三、最后，来做个填词游戏吧

The idea of redness is abstracted from the colour of all _____ objects.

红的概念是从所有红色物体中提取出来的。