紅彤彤：red的用法和辨析
My job is to stop Britain going red.
——Margaret Hilda Thatcher
我的工作就是阻止英國被赤化。
——瑪格利特·希爾達·撒切爾
一、你知道red有幾種含義嗎？
adj.
1.紅色的；褐紅色的；深紅的；深紫色的 having the colour of blood or fire
She wrapped round her a long red woolen cravat, and open the door.
她圍好一條紅色的長呢圍脖，然後打開房門。
2.佈滿血絲的；眼眶發紅的；充血的；漲紅的 bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin
His eyes were red and sleepless.
他的眼睛因爲沒有睡好覺佈滿血絲。
3.（臉）漲紅的；通紅的 bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed
Her red face betrayed her nervousness.
她漲紅的臉顯示她很緊張。
4.紅頭髮的；紅褐色毛髮的 reddish-brown in colour
Baker loathe go to this red-hair young pup for supplies.
麪包師傅不喜歡去這個紅頭髮的自負的傻小子那裏拿原料。
6.(Red) 激進的；革命的；共產黨的；蘇維埃的 very left-wing political opinions
The Red Army came in being after the defeat of the first great revolution.
紅軍是第一次大革命失敗後誕生的。
n.
1.紅色 [U] the colour of blood or fire
Red grades into pink.
紅色逐漸變成粉紅色。
2.【經濟學】赤字；虧空 [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．
上個月我們有赤字。我們得開始控制支出了。
3.紅葡萄酒 [U] red wine
Two glasses of red, please.
請給我兩杯紅酒。
4.擁護社會主義和共產主義的人；革命分子，激進分子 [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.
這就是共產黨和紅軍在民族統一戰線中的領導作用。
5.紅衣服 [U] red clothing
The girl in red is his younger sister.
那個穿紅衣服的女孩是他妹妹。
二、你知道red和哪些詞更搭嗎？
red alert
n.緊急警報 紅色警戒,一個著名遊戲的名稱
red carpet
n.(迎接貴賓用的)紅地毯,隆重的接待
red cent
n.一分錢,一便士
red cross
n.紅十字會
red flag
n.紅旗,危險信號,[喻]惹人生氣的事物
三、最後，來做個填詞遊戲吧
The idea of redness is abstracted from the colour of all _____ objects.
紅的概念是從所有紅色物體中提取出來的。
