时间:2019-01-06 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

eyes pop out


not even bat an eye


人们在碰到突然的、出乎意料之外的事的时候往往会睁大了眼睛表示惊奇。美国人在形容这种情景时经常说: Somebody's eyes pop out.其实,中国人在形容某人感到十分惊奇时也经常说:那个人的眼珠子都快掉出来了。这和英文里的eyes pop out很相似。现在我们来举个例子吧:


例句-1: My wife's eyes popped out when she saw the necklace I bought her for our twentieth wedding anniversary.


这个人说:"在我们庆祝结婚二十周年时,我给我的妻子买了一条项链。当她看到那条项链时,她眼睛睁得可大了。"


大家都可能知道,美国的离婚率是很高的,正因为如此,人们对结婚周年是很重视的,特别是逢十的结婚周年,如二十周年、三十周年等,一般当事人都要举行盛大庆祝活动。


Have your eyes popped out还可以用在其它场合,下面就是一个例子:


例句-2: I hadn't seen my niece since she was a child, so when she visited town the other day my eyes popped out -- she's grown into a very beautiful young woman.


这个人说:"我还是在我侄女是个孩子的时候见过她。自从那时起,我一直就没有机会见到她。因此,那天她突然来这儿访问使我感到十分惊奇。她已经长大,变成一个很漂亮的年轻少女了。"


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有的人不管发生什么大事,似乎从来也不会感到惊奇;他们总能保持镇静,连眼睛都不眨一下。这在英文里就是:Not even bat an eye。我们现在来举个例子来看看not even bat an eye是在句子里是怎么用的:


例句-3: Bill didn't even bat an eye when they told him he had just won the lottery 1. He just shrugged 2 and said, 'Well, I guess I can use the money.'


这句话的意思是:"当比尔听到他中了头奖的时候,他连眼睛都没有眨一下,只是耸耸肩膀说:"行,我想这些钱是会有用的。"


中了头奖不表现激动,这已经很不容易了。要是一个人在赌钱的时候输了钱,还能保持镇静的话那就更不容易了,可是比尔就能做到。请听和他一起赌钱的人是怎么说的:


例句-4: Bill lost five thousand dollars on this one poker 3 hand, but he didn't even bat an eye--he just shrugged and said, 'Easy come, easy go. Come on and deal the next hand!'


这个人说:"比尔在仅仅打一付扑克牌游戏的过程中就输了五千美元。可是他眼睛都没眨一下;他只是耸耸肩说:"来得容易,去得容易。快,发牌吧。"


今天我们讲几个习惯用语都是和眼睛,eyes有关的。首先我们讲了feast your eyes on和hit between the eyes(见61课)。我们还讲了eyes pop out。Eyes pop out是指当一个人在感到很惊奇的时候,眼睛睁的大大的。我们今天讲的另一个和eyes有关的俗语是not even bat an eye。Not even bat an eye是眼睛都不眨一下的意思。



n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事
  • He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.扑克;vt.烙制
  • He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌,把钱都输光了。
  • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了,可以玩些花样。
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