时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 趣侃“刺儿头!”


嗨,先猜个歇后语来解解烦!“蜜蜂的屁股--?” 哦…… 有点不雅噢!“蜜蜂的屁股--刺儿头!” 英语中,“刺儿头”可表达为“nit-picker”。当然,若用“fault-finder”来形容喜欢鸡蛋里挑骨头的“刺儿头”也不为过,不过,前者更常在口语中出现。 谈起“nit-picker”的渊源,不得不引出一种很微小但人人惧怕的生物——“虱子”。“Nit”原指寄居在人身上(尤其是头发上)的“虱子”。到了16世纪,在莎翁的戏剧里,“nit”用来表示“笨蛋、无足轻重的家伙”(源于此,“nitwit”现在用来指“笨蛋”)。 随着岁月的流逝,几个世纪之后,连语言学家也很难说清为什么“nit-picker”(字面意:挑虱子的人)竟演变成了“(鸡蛋里挑骨头的)刺儿头”。 就用法而言,“nit-picker”相应的动词形式为“nit-pick”(He nit-picked a few details. 他就一些细节挑剔了一番);“nit-picker”相应的相应的形容词形式为“nit-picking”(a nit-picking lawyer 喜欢找茬儿的律师)。

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