美国文化脱口秀 第540期:美国现在最流行的英语短语
时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀
英语课
语言是流动的,新的词语、短语被不断的创造出来,不知道这些词,可能会让你跟不上节奏,赶快来和我们学习最潮,最IN的英语流行语。
社交网络类
这类流行语常用语Facebook, Twitter上,一般只写不说。
其中很多都是:Acronym 1 缩写
NBD=No big deal 没什么了不起,算是OMG的反义词
idgi = i don't get it 不明白、看不懂
Don't @ me = 我丝毫不关心这件事,别来烦我;还有一个意思是别把我拉下水
LB (like back的缩写): 粉我
FB (follow back的缩写): 给我点赞
例句: “I just started a new Instagram account so lb/fb.”
口语类(能直接用于口语中)
#1.Lit:燃爆!
什么意思:
Used to describe something that is hot and happening. 形容事情,比较“酷”,比较“燃”,
Similar to “cool,” but with an added emphasis on the fact that it's fresh and current. 和“cool”差不多,但是更强调事物是很当下流行,很酷很火
怎么用:
做形容词
Example: Jesse's party last weekend was totally lit. Jesse的派对太燃了。
美国现在最流行的英语短语
#2.Throw shade on someone: 鄙视、黑某人
什么意思:
Insult or a diss 鄙视,侮辱
Means that you're putting down someone else 贬低某人
怎么用:
搭配动词throw
Someone + threw shade/is throwing shade + on/at somebody/something,
Example: Kanye threw some shade on Jay Z. (注解:Kanye 和 Jay Z是美国两位著名的音乐人。)
#3.Get woke: 醒醒吧
什么意思:
Means you're knowledgeable 2, aware, and “with it.” 头脑很清醒,很了解某事
注意:这个词一般指了解国家大事,不会用语比如擅长打游戏,做饭之类的日常事件
怎么用:
Someone is woke. 某人知识很渊博。
To get woke 清醒过来,反思起来
Example:
She explained the North Korean nuclear crisis to me in 5 minutes. She's so woke. 她给我解释了5分钟的朝鲜核危机,她在这方面真是见多识广。
If you think Donald Trump 3 is a good president, you need to get woke. 如果你觉得特朗普是个好总统,你真是要清醒清醒了。
#4.Sus: 不靠谱、很可疑
什么意思:
Short for suspicious or suspect, it's used to describe something that's shady or scandalous. 很可疑,不靠谱
怎么用:
做形容词
Example: I'm not surprised he lied to you, I told you he was sus.他会骗你我一点都不吃惊,我告诉过你他很不靠谱。
#5.Extra:用力过猛
什么意思:
Extra现在的流行用法不是“多余”,而是:
Obnoxious 4: 傲慢自大,让人讨厌的
Being unnecessarily dramatic, trying too hard. 表演过头,戏精!
怎么用:
做形容词
Example: You are so extra. 你太戏剧化了!
#6.Fam:自己人、我们就像一家人
什么意思:
Self-explanatory: 自己人
Homies, people you consider family. 像家人一样,比“family”更酷:伐木累
怎么用:
做形容词
Example: She's fam.
开言也是一个大家庭。We are fam!
n.首字母简略词,简称
- That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说,这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
- TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理,储存和处置设施的一个缩写。
adj.知识渊博的;有见识的
- He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
- He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。