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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absolute cell reference
additive category
anthocyanins
antineuritic factor
backward-feed
balanced-line selling
baltistan
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bat's dung
briqetting hot
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cam shaft timing indicator
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CD RW
center spar
Chaikovsky
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complex crystalline glaze
conline
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crack detection method
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cushion collar
ebb-and-flow structure
ekzematous
encrinites
enslavements
ettin
euesthesla
evodia fargesii dode
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factor score
fluid line
four-wire three-phase system
frame slot default
Friedmann, Alexander
frottoirist
gas measuring apparatus
general health
global resource sharing
gouging cut
hadro-
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isogenic stock
jago art centre (jac)
jurimetrics
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linderina pennispora
LMTC (low-speed magnetic tape controller)
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super floppy
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useless work
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