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有关“水果蔬菜”词汇的美国俚语
Apple
苹果
of
one's eye
(
to be the
)
: to be one's favorite
掌
上
明
珠
;
心
爱
物
< br> eg. She is the apple of her father's eye.
她是她父亲的掌上明珠。
Apple
(
the
)
:
New York
大苹果城「即纽约」
eg. I
live in the Big
Apple.
我住在大苹
果城。
re apples and oranges
(
to
)
: to compare two
things that simply cannot be compared.
比
较两个无法相比的事物
eg. That's you're comparing apples
and oranges .
真可笑。
你是在那两
种无法
相比的东西作比较,就好像苹果和桔子。
4.
“
How do you
like the apples?
”
:
“
What do you think of that
?
”
*
注:这是对某种冒犯性
行为做出报复后说的话。
Banana
(香蕉)
s
(
to
be
)
: to be crazy
发疯的,神经错乱的
eg. That guuy's
bananas!
那家伙真是疯
了!
*
注意:
to go
bananas: become
crazy.
发疯,神经错乱
eg. I'm so
bored I'm going
bananas.
我厌烦的要死,都快发疯了。
become wild with
anger
狂怒,气得发疯
went bananas when she found him
cheating.
她发现他欺骗时气得要命。
second banana
(
to
)
:t o be second choice
第
二
选
择
,
次
要
人
< br>物
eg. I always play second banana
to her.
我总是做她的后补。
banana:main
boss
领袖,头头,大老板
eg. He's
(
the
)
top banana in this
company.
他是这家公司的大老板。
Bean
(豆)
brain :idiot
白痴,笨蛋
eg. He
is such a bean brain.
他是个大笨蛋。
about sth.
(
not to
know
)
:not to know anything
about
sth.
对某事物一无所知,一窍不
通
eg. I don't know beans about
computers.
我对电脑一窍不通。
*
注意:此词语只有否定形式,
“
to
know beans about
sth.
”这种说法不存在。
Town :Boston,Massachusetts
豆城「指麻萨诸塞州波士顿市」
*
注:波士顿市以其特
产烘豆而闻名。
Beet
(甜菜)
red
(
to
be
)
:to be extremly red from
blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[
因窘迫,
羞愧等
]
脸红
eg. She was so embarrased she turned
beet red.
他窘迫得满脸通红。
e
(洋白菜,甘蓝菜)
e:money
钱,金钱
*
注:这个词语尽管已不在常用,但偶尔也会在老影片或玩
笑中听到。
carrot
(胡萝卜)
carrot in front of someone
(
to
danglea
)
tempt someone with an unobtainable offer
开空头支票
[
以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人
]
boss told me lf I perform
well on the job ,we 'll talk about a salary
increase next
I think he's just
dangling a carrot in front of me.
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