时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  当有人称赞你是一个出色的歌手,可他心里却不是这样认为的,这时tongue in cheek这个词组就派上用场了,它的意思是“不诚恳的、言不由衷的、讽刺的、不能当真的”。


  Tongue in cheek最早出现在19世纪。有一种说法认为它起源于戏院。据说当时演员用舌头顶住腮部,这样就可以不让自己在不该笑的时候笑出声了。还有一种说法认为,在18世纪有人用舌头顶住腮部做鬼脸,这样就使tongue in cheek带有“不能当真”的意思了。


  一些和tongue连用的词如下:


  tongue-lash:责备;辱骂
  tongue-shy:羞怯得说不出话来的
  tongue-tie:短舌头









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boundary layer separation
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caution of juvenile offenders
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collectively shielded cable
confidentiality policy
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curative inoculation
database dump file
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defrange
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diphenyl methane
direction valve
dymocks
enduce
Erkerode
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exponential-decay
eyelashe
forthcomingly
fragmentation bomb
Ganeake
gaslighting
gullibility
horned melon
hotel-styles
HREELS
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hypertensin precursor
inpersuadable
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irreiterable
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long-term departure
lycosa phipsoni
menhirs
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oregon white oaks
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site map
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tangenite
term limit
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