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与水果蔬菜相关的英文短语 千万别理解错了

2014-05-15

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九把刀的影片—那些年我们一起追过的女孩又名You are the apple of my eye,在这部电影开播之前,很多人都把“apple”当苹果来理解,来看看,还有哪些与水果蔬菜相关的英文短语被我们误解了?

水果蔬菜英文短语理解

在致青春的热潮里,我们忘不了这样一部电影,由中国台湾导演九把刀出品的影片——那些年我们一起追过的女孩又名You are the apple of my eye,在这部电影开播之前,很多人都把“apple”当苹果来理解,这就是大错特错啦~其实在实际生活中还有很多类似的水果蔬菜的英文短语,来看看你是不是理解对了? 

1.Apple 苹果

1)apple of one's eye:to be one's favorite掌上明珠;心爱物

eg. She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。

2)Big Apple:New York 大苹果城(即纽约)

eg. I live in the Big Apple.我住在大苹果城。

3)comepare apples and oranges (to):to compare two things that simply cannot be compare. 比较两个无法相比的事物

eg. That's ridiculous. Now you're comparing apples and orange. 真可笑。你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较,就好像苹果和桔子。

“How do you like the apples?”:“What do you think of that?”

*注:这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话。

2.Banana(香蕉)

1)bananas:to be crazy 发疯的,神经错乱的

eg. That guy's bananas! 那家伙真是疯了!

*注意:to go bananas:

1.to become crazy发疯,神经错乱

eg. I'm so bored and I'm going bananas.我厌烦的要死,都快发疯了。

2.to become wild with anger狂怒,气得发疯

eg. She went bananas when she found him cheating。她发现他欺骗时气得要命。

2) play second banana (to):to be second choice第二选择,次要人物

eg. I always play second banana to her。我总是做她的后补。

3)top banana: main boss领袖,头头,大老板

eg. He's (the) top banana in this company。他是这家公司的大老板。

3.Bean (豆)

1)bean brain: idiot 白痴,笨蛋

eg. He is such a bean brain。他是个大笨蛋。

2)beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.对某事物一无所知,一窍不通

eg. I don't know beans about computers。我对电脑一窍不通。

*注意:此词语只有否定形式,“to know beans about sth。”这种说法不存在。

3)Bean Town: Boston, Massachusetts 豆城【指波士顿市】

*注:波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。

4.Beet(甜菜)

beet red (to be):to be extremely red from blushing, embarrassment, etc.[因窘迫,羞愧等]脸红

eg. She was so embarrassed that she turned beet red。他窘迫得满脸通红。

5.Cabbage(洋白菜,甘蓝菜)

cabbage: money钱,金钱

*注:这个词语尽管已不在常用,但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。

6.carrot(胡萝卜)

dangle a carrot in front of someone : to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer开空头支票[以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人]

eg. The boss told me if I perform. well on the job, we’ll talk about a salary increase next year. But I think he's just dangling a carrot in front of me。老板告诉我,如果我工作表现出色,明年加工资就有商量了。但我想他这不过是开了一张空头支票。

7.Cauliflower(花椰菜,菜花)

cauliflower ears: swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳击运动员因多次受击而肿起的]开花耳朵

eg. That boxer has cauliflower ears。那位拳击运动员的耳朵被打开花了。

8.Cherry(樱桃)

bowl of cherries (to be a ):to be wonderful 精彩的,绝妙的

eg. Life isn't always a bowl of cherries。生活并不总是美好的。

9.Corn (谷物;谷粒)

“For corn sake!”:“Oh, my goodness!” “噢,天哪!”

*注:这个词语虽然已相当过时,但中老年人仍在使用。

1)corn :n .melodrama, overemotional drama情节剧;感情表现夸张的戏剧

eg. What a bunch of corn! 这一连串的情节剧真精彩啊!

adj .melodramatic 情节剧的;夸张的

eg. That movie was so corny! 这部电影表现得太夸张了!

2)cornball: adj. ridiculous 荒唐的,可笑的

eg. Where did you buy that cornball hat? 你从哪儿买来那顶滑稽的帽子?

10.cucumber(黄瓜,胡瓜)

cool as a cucumber (to be):to be calm and composed 十分冷静,镇定自如

eg. Although he's guilty of the crime, he is surely as cool as a cucumber.尽管他犯了罪,却还是那么镇定自如。

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