早安英文 第570期:have a green thumb是有绿手指的意思

 

关于hand

give a hand

帮忙，相当于do sb. a favor

give someone a big hand

为某人鼓掌

bite someone's hand off

用来形容“迫不及待地、毫不犹豫地答应一件事情或接受一个条件”，因为这件事情或条件实在是太好了。

I offered Sunny a new lipstick¹ , and she bit my hand off.

我给Sunny送个口红，她一把就接过去了。（微笑）

I offered Jack² 4 hamburgers and he bit my hand off.

我说给强子买四个汉堡，他迫不及待就答应了。

关于thumb

have a green thumb

有园艺天分

My grandfather has a green thumb, he plants a lot of flowers in our garden.

我的爷爷很有园艺天分，他在我们的花园里种了很多花。

all thumbs

笨手笨脚，一窍不通

Jack is all thumbs when it comes to workout.

强子对健身一窍不通。

have sticky fingers

习惯偷东西

cross one's fingers

祈求好运，在西方文化中，食指与中指交叉是一种祈求好运，祝他人成功的意思。

A:I have an interview this Friday. My hands are so sweaty.

B:Take it easy. I have my fingers crossed for you.

A:我星期五要面试，俺好紧张！

B:放轻松！我会为你祈祷的！

have a green thumb是有绿手指的意思

关于leg

break a leg

也表示为某人加油祈祷的意思

leg it

跑路，溜了溜了

shake a leg：

表示要某人加快速度，赶紧做某事，相当于hurry up。

pull one's leg

逗某人，开某人玩笑。

关于stomach

have butterflies in one's stomach

焦躁、坐立难安，紧张

Sunny had butterflies in her stomach the first time she met her boyfriend.

Sunny第一次见他男朋友的时候，很紧张。

turn your stomach

让你很不舒服

The sight of the slaughtered³ cow turned my stomach.

宰牛的画面真的让我受到了冲击。

1 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 slaughtered   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》