美国俚语集锦

 1. apple-polisher 马屁精.

 

例如She is a real apple-polisher for the way she's crawling around the boss and making eyes at him.

 

(她是一个马屁精整天围着老板眉来眼去的)

 

2. as busy as a bee 象蜜蜂忙忙碌碌的

 

3. as graceful¹ as a swan 象天鹅姿态优雅的

 

4. as gentle as a lamb 象羊羔性情温顺的

 

5. as cunning as a fox 象狐狸一样狡猾的

 

6. as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗

 

7. I'm beat. 我非常疲乏

 

8. beat gums 空洞无物用处不大!连篇的讲话

 

9. bell the cat 为众人的利益承担风险

 

10. black sheep 害群之马

 

11. Buddy², where is john 要上厕所?

 

12. Bungee jumping 蹦极跳

 

13. Stop bugging³ me, man! 喂别烦我了

 

14. blue collar 蓝领

 

15. white collar 白领

 

16. pink collar 粉领族指和蓝领体力工人相当的女性工人

 

17. gold-collar workers 金领族

 

18. dog-eared books 读得卷了边的书

 

19. dog sleep 不时惊醒的睡眠

 

20. dog-tired 像狗一样的累

 

21. dog watch 夜班

 

22. old dog 上了岁数的人老手

 

23. a sly dog 偷鸡摸狗者

 

24. a yellow dog 杂种狗卑鄙可耻的小人

 

25. a big dog 看门狗保镖要人

 

26. You're a lucky dog! 你真是个幸运儿

 

27. hot dog 热狗

 

28. dog nose 啤酒与杜松子酒的混合酒

 

29. a dog in a blanket 葡萄卷饼或卷布丁

 

30. as faithful as a dog 像狗一般的忠诚在西方文化中狗是"忠实卖力辛劳"的化身

 

31. He that lies down with dogs must rise up with flea⁴. 近朱者赤近墨者黑

 

32. A good dog deserves a good bone. 西方人论功行赏时常说"好狗应有好骨头"

 

33. a dog in the manger 占着马槽不拉屎

 

34. Honey, I forget to duck. 亲爱的我忘记闪开了

 

35. eat crow 由于夸大其词或过分自信最后不得不承认错误

 

36. eat his words 食言

 

37. out at elbows 捉襟见肘

 

38. elbow one's way 用胳膊肘挤来挤去为自己开道

 

39. get a black eye 被别人打青了眼睛

 

40. mind your eye 叫别人当心

 

41. blink our eyes 眨眼睛

 

42. flash our eyes at sth. 瞟一眼

 

43. make eyes 抛媚眼

 

44. cast sheep's eye 暗送秋波

 

45. You have an eye for something. 有眼光有见解

 

46. finely arched eyebrows⁶ 纤细的弓形眉

 

47. pencil the eyebrows 描眉

 

48. eyebrow⁵ pencil 眉笔

 

49. rough bushy eyebrows 浓密的粗眉

 

50. eyelash grower 睫毛膏

1 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

2 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

3 bugging   

[法] 窃听

参考例句：

• Okay, then let's get the show on the road and I'll stop bugging you. 好，那么让我们开始动起来，我将不再惹你生气。 来自辞典例句
• Go fly a kite and stop bugging me. 走开，别烦我。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

4 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。

5 eyebrow   

n.眉毛，眉

参考例句：

• Her eyebrow is well penciled.她的眉毛画得很好。
• With an eyebrow raised,he seemed divided between surprise and amusement.他一只眉毛扬了扬，似乎既感到吃惊，又觉有趣。

6 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。