每天三分钟学英语 第557期:吃大闸蟹拯救你的词汇量(三):撬开蟹壳

 

介绍:今天吃螃蟹的进度很大，已经把壳撬开了。

B: Next, you're gonna pry¹ its head off like this. Just grab it by the point on its side and pull. The shell should come right off.

之后，你需要像这样把他的头撬开。手拿在螃蟹的两边，然后掰开。蟹壳应该就被掰下来了。

A: Oh, that was easy.

那还挺简单的。

大闸蟹

Pry something off

把……撬开

I can't pry the arm off the crab². Can you help me?

我撬不开这个螃蟹的蟹钳。你能帮下我吗？

I'm trying to pry my shoe off, but it's really tight.

我想把这个鞋撬下来，但真的很紧。

I pried³ the lid off.

我把盖子撬开了。

Grab something by...

抓住……的……

Grab the dog by the collar and bring him back inside the house.

抓住狗的狗圈，把它带回屋子里。

Grab the bag by the handle so it doesn't rip.

拿着袋子的提手，这样就不会裂开了。

1 pry   

vi.窥(刺)探，打听；vt.撬动(开，起)

参考例句：

• He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
• We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。

2 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

3 pried   

v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的过去式和过去分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• We pried open the locked door with an iron bar. 我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer. 因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险