分類: 流行語 – 八畫

No comments

刮刮樂

  By

英文：scratch-off (lottery ticket) (n.)

說明：請注意第一個例句中介系詞 on 的用法。on 放在彩券或刮刮樂的前面，表示該張彩券或刮刮樂 (上面的號碼或金額組合) 中了或刮中了多少金額。

例句：

  • Tom won $50,000 on a $3 scratch-off. (湯姆買了一張三美元的刮刮樂，刮中了五萬美元)
  • A scratch-off lottery ticket recovered from trash won a Taitung couple NT$ 10 million. (一張從垃圾中找回來的刮刮樂，讓台東一對夫妻刮中了台幣一千萬)
No comments

拉皮

  By

英文：facelift (n.)

說明：這個字亦意為建築物的「翻修；整修」。

例句：

  • I had a facelift three months ago and I haven’t regretted it for a moment. (我三個月前做了拉皮且不曾為此後悔過)
  • There seems to be no such thing as a facelift without surgery. (目前似乎還沒有不動手術的拉皮)
No comments

放心

  By

英文：rest assured (v.)

說明：常用於祈使句，其句型為 Rest assured that/You can rest assured that + 名詞子句，其中 assured 為形容詞，意為「有把握的；自信的；肯定的」。

例句：

  • You can rest assured (= Rest assured) that your daughter will be happy here. (你可以放心，你女兒在這裡會快樂的)
  • You can rest assured (= Rest assured) that we will do our best. (請放心，我們會盡最大努力)
  • You can rest assured (= Rest assured) that those guys won’t bother you again. (你放心好了，那些傢伙不會再打擾你)
No comments

門兒都沒有；想都別想；說什麼也不行；休想；免談

  By

英文：over my dead body (phr.)

說明：這片語亦可用 over his dead body，但通常僅用於間接引句。

例句：

  • A: I heard that Jeff wants to go out with your sister. (A：我聽說傑夫想要跟你妹妹交往)
    B: Over my dead body! (B：門兒都沒有！)
  • John: I’m going to take the car tonight. (約翰：今晚我要用一下車)
    His father: Over my dead body! (他父親：想都別想！)
No comments

姊弟戀

  By

英文：tadpoling (n.)

說明：tadpoling 的動詞為 tadpole，意為「搞姊弟戀」。tadpole 亦可當名詞用，意為「蝌蚪」。事實上，tadpoling 真正的含義是，三十如狼、四十如虎的中年婦女與非常年輕的男生 (兩人相差至少 10 歲) 的交往。姊弟戀中的半老徐娘就叫做 tadpoler。英文中還有一個字可以稱呼這種想要跟年紀比自己小很多的男子發生關係的中年婦女，那就是 cougar (原義為「美洲獅」)。

例句：

  • Tadpoling is not accepted by most people. (姊弟戀不為大多數人所接受)
  • Anna is tadpoling by dating such a young man. (安娜跟這麼年輕的男生約會，是在搞姊弟戀)
No comments

放 (某人) 鴿子

  By

英文：stand someone up (v.)

說明：放人家鴿子的人就是爽約的人，英文叫做 no-show。

例句：

  • I got stood up! (我被人放了鴿子！)
  • Did Mary stand you up yesterday? (瑪麗昨天放你鴿子嗎？)
  • I arranged to meet Joe at the library at 8:00, but he stood me up. He was a no-show. (我安排 8 點和喬在圖書館見面，但他放我鴿子。他爽約了)
No comments

放我一馬

  By

英文：let me off the hook (v.)

說明：get/let someone off the hook 意為「放某人一馬」；be/get off the hook 意為「脫身」，即擺脫責任、麻煩或困境。

例句：

  • I don’t believe his boss get him off the hook again. (我不信他老闆又放他一馬了)
  • Thanks for letting me off the hook. I didn’t want to attend that meeting. (感謝放我一馬。我不想參加那個會議)
  • Larry’s just happy to be off the hook on that harassment charge. (賴瑞很高興能從那項騷擾指控脫身)
  • Amy tried to get off the hook by blaming Wendy. (艾美想藉由責備溫蒂來擺脫責任)
No comments

來電

  By

英文：chemistry (n.)

說明：除 chemistry 外，我們亦可用 sparks (火花) 來表達相同的意思。

例句：

  • We have chemistry. (我們很來電)
  • There’s no chemistry between Mary and Bill. (瑪麗和比爾不來電)
  • The chemistry between Amy and John was obvious. (艾美和約翰顯然很來電)