【英语时差8,16】Smirting 以借火和某人搭讪

 Smirting 以借火和某人搭讪

 

Diarmuid: Hello I’m Diarmuid. 

Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid? 

Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter¹. I think she might have been trying to smirt with me. 

Feifei:Smirt? 

Diarmuid: Yes, smirt. Now smirt is a slang² word to describe flirting³ with another person when you are smoking⁴. 

Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting. 

Diarmuid: Exactly, that is how the word smirting is created. But I didn’t have a lighter, because I don’t smoke, so that was the end of the conversation. 

Feifei: Was she pretty? 

Diarmuid: She was very pretty. 

Feifei: Oh well. She’ll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again. What do people usually say when they are smirting? 

Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting: 

 

A: Hi, could I borrow your lighter? 

B: Sure. 

A: Thanks. Are you new here? 

B: Yeah, I just started in the IT department⁵. 

A: Oh great, I work in the office right next to you. 

B: I guess we’ll be seeing a lot of each other. 

 

Feifei: All this talk of smirting is making me feel a little lonely. 

Diarmuid: You do know that smoking is bad for you and that there are healthier ways to meet a nice guy than to smirt. 

Feifei: I know. 

Diarmuid: Ok, well that’s all for today. 

Feifei: See you soon. 

Diarmuid: Bye.

 

1 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

2 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。

3 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

4 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

5 department   

n.（行政、企业等的）部；局；处；科；部门；系

参考例句：

• What department do you study in?你在哪个系学习？
• Welcome to the sports department!欢迎来到运动品部！