时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   1. push up daisies


  长眠地下
  词组push up daisies作为“死亡”的委婉表达最早可以追溯到19世纪40年代,想象一下,当尸体被深埋在坟墓里的样子确实就像是在把地面上的雏菊往上推。在其他语言中也有同样类似的表达:法语manger les pissenlits par 1 la racine字面上的意思就是“吃蒲公英埋在土里的根”,而德语sich die Radieschen von unten ansehen的意思则是“从下面看着胡萝卜”。
  2. stiffen 2
  变得僵硬
  Stiffen最广为人知的意思就是变得僵硬,但是这个词同样也能表达“死亡”。在约翰·汉密尔顿·雷诺兹的作品中有这样一句话:“I wish you’d stiffen—that I might enclose Your royal limbs, and measure to the toes.(我希望你能死去——这样我才能把你尊贵的四肢装好,然后从头测量到脚趾。)”
  3. meet one’s Maker 3
  见上帝
  从14世纪中期开始,Maker和God之间就画上了等于号,但是meet one’s Maker这种表达是近代才有的。据Oxford 4 English Dictionary(《牛津英语词典》)记载,该词组最早的使用是在多萝西·赛耶斯的推理小说Murder Must Advertise(《杀人也得打广告》):“The wretched man had gone to meet his Maker(这个可怜人已经死了)”。
  4.inlaik
  死亡
  Inlaik和enlaike都是苏格兰词汇,直到19世纪,它们的意思都是“死亡”。
  5. kick the bucket
  翘辫子
  至少从1785年开始,kick the bucket就是“死亡”的近义词了。这里的bucket并不是大家普遍认为的水桶之类的容器,而是《牛津英语词典》给出的这个解释:‘a beam or yoke 5 on which anything may be hung or carried(可以用来吊着或者挑着东西的横梁或者支架)’。
  6. go bung
  完蛋
  Bung来源于一门已经不存在的语言,意为“被毁坏、破产、死亡”。在澳大利亚和新西兰,go bung是“死亡、失败、破产”的非正式表达。
  7.zonk
  不省人事
  Zonk是个拟声词,表达了殴打或者重击的声音,同时也有着“死亡”的意思。牛津英语词典中引用了这么一句话:“If Johnny zonked, it would be bad for my book.(如果约翰尼死了,那将对我的作品非常不利。)”
  8. take the ferry
  乘渡船
  在take the ferry中的ferry(渡船)暗指 “死亡”,这个典故来自于希腊神话中的冥府渡神卡戎,他负责将死者的灵魂用渡船运往地狱。

n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
v.(使)硬,(使)变挺,(使)变僵硬
  • The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.当肌肉变得僵硬时,皮肤的供血量就减少了。
  • I was breathing hard,and my legs were beginning to stiffen.这时我却气吁喘喘地开始感到脚有点僵硬。
n.制造者,制造商
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
n.牛津(英国城市)
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
n.轭;支配;v.给...上轭,连接,使成配偶
  • An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
  • The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。
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