时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


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 趣解“赊账”


昨天晚上吃吉野家的时候,遇到了一个十分可爱的小男孩。点完餐之后,他天真地看着招待员问道:“阿姨,能赊账吗?” 周围的人全都笑了,他的外婆站在一旁苦笑不得。
小孩子就是这样,刚学到一点东西就迫不及待地要和大家分享。那么,我也和大家分享一下“on the cuff 1(赊账、赊欠、赊购)” 吧。是不是很奇怪,“赊账”和“cuff(袖口)”有什么关系呢?“On the cuff”来源于酒吧。二十世纪早期的酒吧间里,男招待穿的衬衣很特殊,袖口与袖子是分开的,袖口很硬。如果有客人要赊账的话,酒吧招待就会把他们赊欠的费用写在袖口上。 大家可能会想起鲁迅先生的小说《孔乙己》中孔乙己“赊账”的情景——酒馆老板把他的名字以及赊欠的费用都写在一块黑板上,直到他还清才擦掉…… 此外,“on the cuff”有时也可表示“免费的(地)”,如:He has spent a few nights on the cuff at one of the snappiest hotels(他在一家最漂亮的旅馆白住了几个晚上。)
再下面的例句:Mark couldn't pay his bill, so he asked the owner to put it on the cuff. (马克付不起帐了,就向店主赊账。)

n.袖口;手铐;护腕;vt.用手铐铐;上袖口
  • She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
  • Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗?
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