时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:Modern English 洋话连篇


英语课

  Small beer

  Small beer是“小啤酒”的意思吗?难道啤酒还分大小?其实,在英国small beer指的是口味比较淡啤酒,但是在美语中则是“少量啤酒”的意思。比如说夏天有客人来访,问他要喝些什么:Anything to drink?客人就可能回答说:“I'll have a small beer(给我一点儿啤酒。)”

  比喻用法中说的small beer,指规模或者格局不大的事物。自以为了不起,不是小人物的人:He thinks no small beer of himself. Be small beer常用作与人比较的表现。

  口语中常用small beer作形容词,因此开快餐店的朋友可以说:Ours is a small-beer fast-food joint 1 beside McDonald.






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joint
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adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合


参考例句:





I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。













1 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
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