时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

 Ducks and drakes: 打水漂


小时候玩过“打水漂”吗?大家分头找来扁平的石头或瓦片,投出去,比比看谁的水漂在水上点的次数多、飞得远;一连打出的漂儿像蜻蜓点水,甚是好看…… 有没有想过,“打水漂”的游戏国外也有,想不想知道,它的英语怎么说? 英语中,“打水漂”可用“to play ducks and drakes”来形容,大约16世纪进入英语词汇。可惜,duck(母鸭)和drake(公鸭)——这么有趣怪异的表达,竟然从辞源上找不到它确切的出处。不过,据语言学家猜测,由于公鸭求爱时头总是一点一点的,而它的尾巴则以水平方向飞快地左右摇摆,整个动作有点像孩子们的“水漂”游戏。 另外,如果看到duck-stone,千万别闹出什么笑话,它可不是“鸭石头”,而是指“打水漂用的石子”。 在游戏之外,“打水漂”这个词可不是很受欢迎,中文往往用来指“把钱白白扔掉、浪费掉”的行为,英语中的play ducks and drakes也可用于形容这种“挥霍无度的行为”。举个例子:
Having played ducks and drakes with his own 1 money, he wanted to play the same silly 2 game with mine. 他把自己的钱挥霍完以后,又要拿我的钱去干那些傻行当。

v.拥有,持有;adj.(属于)自己的,特有的
  • I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
  • Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。
adj.傻的,愚蠢的
  • It was silly of him to do it.他那么做真是太傻了。
  • How silly of you to do that!你做那事多愚蠢呀!
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