时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  今天给大家介绍一个有趣的词语rodeo。不少人欣赏美国的西部牛仔风格,而rodeo恰恰表示“牛仔竞技表演,骑术表演”,怎么样,别有一番美国风味吧?


  Rodeo来自西班牙语rodear,表示“四处转悠,走来走去”(go around)。它的本义是形容圈牛的圆形场地或者畜栏,牛群被“圈”(rounded up)在一个地方接受清点或检查。


  大约1834年,rodeo出现在美语里,表示“围场,把已拢的牛群围在一起的圈地”。直到1914年,才有了现代意义“牧人马术表演”,即一种展示骑马或套牛等技巧的公开表演赛(a contest or exhibition of riding and roping skills)。有时候,rodeo也被用来表示“摩托车花式表演”。


  Rodeo作动词用时,表示“参加竞技”或“(为打烙印而)赶拢牛马”,例如:美国音乐公司Mineral River出版了一本书,书名为“If I Were A Word, Then I'd Be A Song”里收录了比尔·斯坦斯(Bill Staines)的作品“A Cowboy's Hard Times”,里面有这样一段歌词:


  I once was a cowboy, and I used to run wild.


  And I rodeoed, wrangled 1, and rambled 2 in style.


  But I'm too old for horses, too old for the show,


  And I'm too young for Heaven; now where shall I go?



v.争吵,争论,口角( wrangle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • They wrangled over what to do next. 他们就接下来该干什么而争吵。 来自辞典例句
  • They wrangled and rowed with other passengers. 他们与其他旅客争辨吵闹。 来自辞典例句
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论
  • We rambled through the woods. 我们漫步走过树林。
  • She rambled on at great length but she didn't get to the heart of the matter. 她夹七夹八地说了许多话也没说到点子上。
学英语单词
131IMAA
a guy thing
a'cockbill
a-spin
AFPD
Akune
alar spine
allele trend
aminoguanidiae valerianic acid
ariosoma fasciatum
asiaticss
asini corii gelatinum
assembly-drawing
auto-dispenser
banker's blanket bond
bioanthropologist
Bolboschoenus planiculmis
Bow thrust half to starboard!
bullhead shark
C-shaped frame
car space indicator
Chiloschista segawae
chloropentaammineplatinum(iv) chloride
chronographic chart
clinoscopic
collapsible pot
colsh
cook house
corners and fillets
cosmic radio burst
cuckoldize
cuspidality
cycliccal variable
D phase
deer-mouse
Dutenhofen
entity model
evaporated volume
expansimeter
family roridulaceaes
file integrity
fire covering
gastro-frontal groove
genus gladioluss
gezas
ibizan podencoes
impala lilies
Impatiens xanthina
inheritance hierarchy
inland transit insurance
Intereuropean
interword data exchange
jerkweed
Kaouar
kaputt
keep up with the Jones
key management unit
Kyrkhult
labidocera bataviae
Loddby furnace Loddby
Loughrea
macropolicy
make a good thing of
marfin
median constriction
Merovech
metal coverage
metapterygoid bone
minimal true vector
moose limbs
motleyed
octaroons
orange-crowned
outane
patriarchate
polyester polyol
quadrant reflector
ramus membran? tympani
remote heterodyne detection
saddle pads
self-actualization need
separation sensor
stem absorption
stockbrokerage belt
structuration synthesis
t-units
tax undercharged
teewursts
testing room
threshold limit value occupational
tuna oils
twin tubes
undecynedicarboxylic acid
unget-at-able
Volsk
weight-control
Weinmannia
whole coal
yeie
yellow jacket
zero phase-sequence impedance
zimdollar