英语俚语天天说 第46期:航班噩梦 flightmare

 　　释义：

　　Flightmare: F L I G H T M A R E

　　Flightmare refers to an unpleasant experience during air travel. A blend of the words 'flight' and 'nightmare¹'.

　　flightmare（航班噩梦）指不愉快的飞行旅途，这个词是flight（航班）和nightmare（噩梦）的合成词。

　　Flightmares go well beyond the usual perils² of airline travel such as crowded seats, lost luggage and food not fit for a dog. A flightmare usually involves lost money, lost opportunities (such as missing a graduation or a funeral) and lost dignity.

　　“航班噩梦”所指的并不是飞行途中所遇到的座位拥挤、行李丢失及食物不佳等平常的问题，而是诸如钱财丢失、机会错失（错过毕业典礼或亲人葬礼）以及尊严丧失等严重的意外事件。

　　I hope everybody would be lucky enough to avoid the flightmares. And I’m gonna use some examples to show you guys how to use this slang³.

　　举例：

　　当飞机晚点5个小时，而你因此失去了观看你家idol演唱会的机会

　　你会说

　　The flight was delayed and I arrived at the concert 5 hours late, what a flightmare!

　　Actually, this slang is pretty easy to use, just think of it as a regular noun to describe a horrible, unpleasant flight.

　　实际上呢，这个俚语还是挺容易运用的，只要把它单纯地当做一个名词来描述一次糟糕的飞行旅途就好了。

　　I hope you guys can all remember the meaning of ‘flightmare’ and master it just like eating a piece of cake. And FYI, wish everyone would be lucky enough to avoid the accidents and flightmares.

　　希望大家都能够轻轻松松地牢牢记住这个组合单词的意义和用法，另外呢， 我希望大家都是幸运的， 不会再有这样糟糕的经历。

1 nightmare   

n.恶梦，可怕的事物，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
• I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。

2 perils   

极大危险( peril的名词复数 )； 危险的事（或环境）

参考例句：

• The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
• With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？

3 slang   

n.俚语，行话；vt.使用俚语，辱骂；vi.辱骂

参考例句：

• The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
• Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。