除了粉紅，你知道pink還有別的意思嗎？
Some days the sunsets would be purple and pink. And some days they were a blazing orange setting fire to the clouds on the horizon. It was during one of those sunsets that my father's idea of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts moved from my head to my heart.
——Flipped
有時落日泛起紫紅的餘暉，有時散發出橘紅色的火光燃起天邊的晚霞。在這絢爛的日落景象中，我慢慢領悟了父親所說的整體勝於局部總和的道理。
——《怦然心動》
一、關於pink，你應該知道的用法有
adj.
1.粉紅色的 pale red in colour
She carried a spray of pink roses.
她拿着一簇粉紅色的玫瑰花。
2.略帶左翼政治觀點的，略呈左傾的 having or showing slightly left-wing political views
Their political points are all pink.
他們的政治觀點都偏左翼。
3.(only before noun) 與同性戀有關的 connected with homosexual people
Businesses are now more aware of the importance of the 'pink pound'.
現在商家更加意識到同性戀族羣消費力、即所謂“粉紅英鎊”的重要性。
n.
1.粉紅色（的衣物） [U,C] the colour that is produced when you mix red and white together
It was a freak of mine to wear pink.
穿上粉紅色衣服是我一時的奇想。
2.香石竹，石竹 [C] a garden plant with pink, red or white flowers that have a sweet smell
European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers.
歐洲的一種培植石竹，玫瑰紅色花非常芬芳。
v.
1.（輕輕地）刺，扎，戳（某物） [T] pierce, stab
The swordsman pinked his enemy in the leg.
劍士刺中了敵人的腿。
2.將（布等的）邊剪成鋸齒形或扇邊 [T] to cut a saw-toothed edge on
She pinked a piece of cloth for decoration.
她將布剪成鋸齒形做裝飾。
3.（指汽車發動機）（運轉不正常時）發爆聲，爆震，敲缸 [I] to make knocking sounds because the fuel is not burning correctly
The engine of Jack's car was pinking.
傑克車子的引擎在爆響。
二、你知道pink和哪些詞更搭嗎？
pink elephants
n.幻覺,不可能的事情,離奇的事
pink lady
n.一種雞尾酒
pink slip
n.解僱通知書
fringed pink
巨麥草，巨麥草
garden pink
常夏石竹
三、最後，來做個填詞遊戲吧
Do not tell him or her to change it to _____.
不要告訴他或她將它更改爲粉紅色！
