中式英语之鉴:蔬菜变黄了

276. 如果你早将这些蔬菜放进冰箱里的话，它们就不会变黄了。

[误] If you had put these vegetables in the refrigerator earlier, they wouldn't have turned yellow.

[正] If you had put these vegetables in the refrigerator earlier, they wouldn't have rusted.

注：英语中用 rust（生锈）来描述蔬菜因失去水分和营养而变黄的状态。