时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

我们今天要学的习惯用语都表示特定的地点。第一个是:stomping 1 ground。Stomping这个词的意思是用脚使劲地踩踏,ground当然是地,那么习惯用语stomping ground是什么意思呢?


从字面看是被踩来踩去的一片土地。Stomping ground在两百来年前指牛马聚集的场地,人们常常爱把牲口赶去那儿,赶集作买卖或者会朋友谈天等等,于是这片土地被牛马的蹄子践踏得结结实实的了。


当年的美国人有百分之八十过着乡居生活,stomping ground是他们常来常往的好去处。这样就产生了stomping ground这个习惯用语。


我们听个例子来领会它的含义吧。说话的先生碰见的一位女士曾经就读于Ann Arbor 2的密西根大学,而这所大学也正是这位先生的母校,在他心里留下了美好的回忆。


例句-1:So you went to Michigan, did you! Well, so did I; it's my old stomping ground too; I spent four of the best years of my life there. It's a beautiful campus 3 with those lakes, and I really enjoyed the town of Ann Arbor - people are nice there.


他说:原来你上了密西根大学,跟我一样!那也是让我留恋的地方。我在那儿度过了一生最美好的四年岁月。点缀着湖泊的校园美不胜收。我还真是喜欢Ann Arbor这个城市,当地人也友好。


他话里处处流露对密西根大学的眷恋,那四年大学生活给他留下甜蜜的回忆。他喜爱那个校园,周围的城镇和居民。他把那儿称为stomping ground,表示他对那地方的好感。所以stomping ground意思是令人留恋的好地方,或者指人们常来逗留的地方。


人们有时把这个习惯用语中的ground加词尾-s, 成为复数grounds,另外也有人在stomping ground前面加old。然而不论是stomping ground,还是stomping grounds, 或者old stomping ground,意思都一样。


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今天要学的第二个习惯说法是:hangout。 Hang out作为动词短语有“闲逛”的意思,就是闲来没事跟几个朋友一起毫无目的地东游西逛。但是我们今天要学的习惯说法却是复合名词hangout,它的意思和动词短语hang out有关联。我们听个例子来体会它的含义吧。


例句-2:When I was in college, our most popular hangout was the tavern 4 in the Student Union 5. The food was cheap and not too bad, drinks were cheap and it was a great place to hang out with women students without spending much money.


他说:我上大学时,我们最爱去的地方是学生会里的小酒店。那儿的食品便宜,而且质量也不差,饮料价钱也便宜。那可真是个跟女生一起消磨时光而花费不大的好去处。


显然这段话里的名词hangout是和朋友相聚、消磨时光的地点,而且往往指象学生俱乐部之类非正式的场所。


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今天要学的第三个习惯用语是: neck of the woods。 Neck of the woods是个相当古老的习惯用语,约莫出现在两百来年前。当时的美国人正往美洲大陆的西部迁移,开辟更美好的新生活。他们到了中意的地点就砍伐树木,在森林里开出农场来。


当时他们把在森林里开辟出来的安家落户的小小地带称为neck of the woods。 Neck of the woods沿用至今意义有了转变,如今它指什么呢?我们听个例子来领会吧。说话的人要描绘自己的故乡。


例句-3:My neck of the woods is a little town in Kansas, out in the middle of wheat fields. I was born and grew up there, and didn't know anywhere else until I went away to college. I still go back once a year just to see my mother and dad.


他说:我的老家在堪萨斯州的一个小乡镇外,四周围绕着麦田,我在那儿出生长大,直到上大学才认识别的地方。我现在还是每年回老家一次,看望妈妈、爸爸。


显然这里的习惯用语neck of the woods指某人出生和成长的老家或者故乡。 Neck of the woods也能泛指面积不大的邻近地区或者地段,例如在这句话里: We were down in your neck of the woods last weekend, 这句话的意思是上周末我们到你那一带去了。

 



v.跺脚,践踏,重踏( stomp的现在分词 )
  • He looked funny stomping round the dance floor. 他在舞池里跺着舞步,样子很可笑。 来自辞典例句
  • Chelsea substitution Wright-Phillips for Robben. Wrighty back on his old stomping to a mixed reception. 77分–切尔西换人:赖特.菲利普斯入替罗本。小赖特在主场球迷混杂的欢迎下,重返他的老地方。 来自互联网
n.凉亭;树木
  • They sat in the arbor and chatted over tea.他们坐在凉亭里,边喝茶边聊天。
  • You may have heard of Arbor Day at school.你可能在学校里听过植树节。
n.大学校园,学校校园;大学 
  • They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
  • The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
  • There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
  • Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。
n.联合,合并,结合,联盟,协会
  • The President gave his speech on the state of the Union.总统发表了国情咨文演讲。
  • Even the union leaders hoped that the strike would die quietly. 甚至连工会领袖们都希望罢工会无声无息地结束。
学英语单词
-mito
a crucial factor
adeas
affiliated companies clause
Alertol
alvus
benzphetamine
best-looking
bovine lipomatosis
causeway head
chandlery
Chipping Norton
chloracetiaztion
chlorine poisoning
chronic vertebral suppurative abscess
circumgyre
circumlocution
cjk terminal
complete abortions
conical-tower platform
core eudicot
coupling relay x-end
cyberspatially
cyberspeak
dampsquib
decisors
disallied
dressed rainbow fashion
drug-goods
duty free articles
family Apidae
foquelaine
Francis Bacon
frequency discrinimator
Garrulus
GASF
genus Butea
glass measure
golf shoes
goti glacial age
heartrots
horizontal coil vat
hussenots
in line margin
in plain terms
incrementals
inditron
intelligibly
isoamyl mercaptan
job leavers
knits
lift-out
lithographing
Logipi, L.
lolsies
Mahometanize
maledominated
marine multifunction incinerator
mccollam
melampsporin
Microtoena albescens
Min Buri
model reference control
mosaic-like
motorcycle radio
move out
nominate subspecies
nonaccidents
noteful
oecoloty(ecoloty)
overall transadmittance
paravaccinia virus
phasine
pije
plexogenic
prepuce of clitoris
pulsed resonance spectroscopy
quasi sufficiency
race screw
sankei
security fault
set sb free
side-mounteds
singeing
slavnov taylor identity
slow alveolus
sphygm-
stereo reflector
subsystem check
Sully, Thomas
sym-methyl phenylurea
synthesizability
torilol
transistorized control amplifier
unilateral repudiation of a debt
utilitarianise
vapour-cooled generator
whiz-kid
word sigh
work-shop
write-protecteds
yawing frequency