时间:2019-03-05 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   谈到尺寸,你肯定知道big和small。但是你是否也只知道big, small; very big, very small? 今天就跟Jenny, Spencer学学除了这两个词,还有什么词能用?


  关键词:
  Big Words
  #1.Giant/Gigantic
  "Giant" could be a noun or an adjective: "Giant" 可以是名词(巨人), 也可以是形容词
  "Gigantic" is an adjective: “gigantic” 是个形容词,巨大的意思
  怎么用?
  This building is gigantic!这个楼好大呀!
  You've got a gigantic dog! 这只狗好大呀!
  #2.Massive
  "Massive":巨大的,但是用法比gigantic多;可以形容物体、人、钱
  怎么用?
  Shanghai is a massive city: 上海是一座巨型都市
  Spencer is massive. He's got massive muscles: Spencer很壮, 肌肉超大块
  Massive debts:大笔债务
  Massive profits: 丰厚利润
  #3.Huge
  特朗普特别爱用的词:huge!
  怎么用?
  和massive一样,用法也很广泛
  China is a huge country: 中国很大
  Shanghai is a huge city: 上海很大
  Yaoming is huge: 姚明个头很大
  Apple makes huge profits: 苹果利润很丰厚
  He's got a massive bank balance: 他银行账户钱超多
  美国食物超大份!
  The portions are huge in American restaurants: 美国餐厅食物的份量都很大
  Dongbei restaurants too: 东北菜也是
  #4.Enormous
  怎么用?
  Enormous boats
  Enormous buildings
  Enormous profits
  #5.Mega
  美国的广告宣传特别爱用这个词,比如:
  mega savings 1: 超划算!
  mega stores: 超级大卖场
  特朗普教你一个英语词
  Small Words
  #1.Tiny/Teeny-tiny
  Tiny is smaller than "small": tiny比small更小
  怎么用?
  The newborn baby is so tiny: 新生儿好小噢
  The kittens are so tiny: 宝宝小猫好小
  My apartment is tiny: 我房子好小
  Teeny-tiny is even tinier than "tiny": 比"tiny" 更小
  It also sounds cutesy: 而且听起来很可爱
  #2.Micro
  It's a prefix 2: 是个常用前缀,微小的意思
  Not really used on its own: 不太单独使用
  Micro-常用词:
  Microsoft: 微软
  Microwave: 微波炉
  Microscope: 显微镜
  Microeconomics: 微观经济学
  Micro的反义词是macro, 比如macroeconomics: 宏观经济学
  #3.Mini
  Mini/miniature: 迷你
  比如在电影《Austin Powers》有个角色叫:Mini-Me
  和爸妈长得很像的孩子,也可以说mini me.
  It's miniature version of me: 迷你版的“我”
  主题公园里的缩小版景观,也可以说:
  Miniature Eiffle Tower: 缩小版的埃菲尔铁塔
  #4.Petite
  Petite: 娇小的
  It's generally used to describe woman: 通常用来描述体态娇小的女性
  一些品牌的衣服尺寸也会写petite。
  Petite和X Small有什么区别?
  Extra small might mean you are very thin, but tall: x small形容瘦,但是可能挺高的
  Petite means overall small: petite是娇小,除了瘦,身高也不高
  还有一种甜点:
  petit four: 四色小甜点 (正式的法国大餐吃完时,会附上四小样; 注意在法语里是petit, 不是petite)
  #5.Compact
  Compact: 紧凑
  Commonly used for gadgets 3 and cars, even apartments: 通常用来形容科技产品、汽车、房子
  怎么用?
  compact cars: 紧凑型汽车
  compact apartment: 紧凑型公寓
  If something is compact, there's no waste of space: 紧凑就是不浪费空间
  #6.Cozy 4
  Cozy: 除了温馨,形容房子时,它还有一个扩展含义,就是非常小
  When you see apartment listings, if it says "cozy", it mostly means it's very small: 租房广告上如果写房子很cozy, 基本上意思就是非常小
  Spencer最后还说了一个词:
  gangantuan /ɡɑ??ɡantj??n/: 庞大、特别大
  You've got a massive vocabulary: 你的词汇量真大

n.存款,储蓄
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
n.前缀;vt.加…作为前缀;置于前面
  • We prefix "Mr."to a man's name.我们在男士的姓名前加“先生”。
  • In the word "unimportant ","un-" is a prefix.在单词“unimportant”中“un”是前缀。
n.小机械,小器具( gadget的名词复数 )
  • Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
  • This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置,做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
adj.亲如手足的,密切的,暖和舒服的
  • I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯,因为他们是舒适的。
  • We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
学英语单词
additron
Agios Thomas
alumin quotient
Alzheimer's sclerosis
amaznia
ammonium nickel sulfate
angular abrasive
arett
baby flannel
bandstop
bangability
barium acetylacetonate
base form
beardworm
Bid.
binary machine code
boiler scale
Camellia acutiperulata
chappels
chicalotes
chopping-blocks
Clafen
coiling spring
COMPTU
confocal coordinates
cruising order
dc radiometer
decating
Dedo de Deus
disposable microcentrifuge tube
dissolution of company
do-it yourself divorce
door to door
dynamic electrode potential
ectophasia antennata
eddoes
efact
epiphysioid
error-prone repair
erysimosol
exponential transformation
falin
family Hemerobiidae
family Leiopelmatidae
fancy stock
farm management
fixed pitch licence
flummoxing
Gobat
Greeklings
Hamstreet
hazard of pesticide
hydrofoil rudder
hyperimmune state
I novel
Indian meal moth
individual branding
infrared acquisition
instructional cycle
Kharitonovo
labourer ticket
level of support
livestock hygienics
magneto-optic garnet memory
memorandum of satisfaction
musculus spinalis cervicis
nassal clip
Neocinnamomum mekongense
Ngan Pha, Song
nicholas-applegate
non attachment
non fission absorption
nonelastic elongation
odd-even merging algorithm
pano
parallel decomposition of data
phenethanol
Portuguesisms
PRCM
primary yold cell
priority program
Prv.
pulse discrimination circuit
q.t
Qayen
quatres
rhizoglyphus robini
sail wing
sheathcircuit eddies
signed measure
sinuses transversus
size data
snow slide dynamics
sorcerises
sting-out
system algorithm
Take up the torch
transformer-coupled load
tuliplike
union of india
unny
welding streamline