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你以為英國人都是這么說英語的 'Hello, how are you?' 'I'm fine, and you?' 'I'm fine too.' 但現(xiàn)實(shí)中英國人是這么說英語的 'Hiya, mate, fancy a cuppa and a chin-wag?' 'I can't. Sorry, pal. I'm skint – so gutted!'  今天輕松君要和你萌聊聊 在英國可能會(huì)遇到的 需要解碼破譯的 cockney rhyming slang 倫敦押韻俚語  Adam & Eve 亞當(dāng)和夏娃? Would you Adam & Eve it? Apples and Pears 蘋果和梨?  I'm just going up the apples and pears. Boat Race 劃船比賽? Take a look at that beautiful boat race! Bread & Cheese 面包和奶酪? She gave a violent bread & cheese. Bread & Honey 面包和蜂蜜? How much bread & honey is there in your account?  怎么樣？！！ 下面來揭曉答案 Adam & Eve = believe 相信 Apples and Pears= stairs 樓梯 Boat Race = face 臉 Bread & Cheese = sneeze 打噴嚏 Bread & Honey = money  你猜對(duì)了幾個(gè)？ 英國人說話講究押韻， 但含義卻和字面的意思不同 快快get起來 讓你的口語棒棒噠~ ● plain Jane 相貌平平的女孩 ☆ She is indeed a plain Jane. 她的確長(zhǎng)得一般。 ● mumbo-jumbo 胡說八道，莫名其妙的話 ☆ You don't believe in this mumbo-jumbo, do you? 你不相信這鬼話的，是吧？ ● willy-nilly 隨意地，不經(jīng)思考地 ☆ You can't just do that willy-nilly. 你不能就這么隨隨便便隨心所欲地做那件事。  ● thin-skinned 臉皮薄的，(對(duì)批評(píng)或侮辱)易生氣的 ☆ Be careful what you say. She's rather thin-skinned. 你說話小心點(diǎn)，她很敏感，臉皮很薄的。 ● nitty-gritty 本質(zhì)，基礎(chǔ)，具體細(xì)節(jié) ☆ get down to the nitty-gritty of the problem 深入到問題的本質(zhì)和細(xì)節(jié) ● stiff upper lip (在遇到問題時(shí))堅(jiān)定沉著，不露感情 ☆ Keep a stiff upper lip! 堅(jiān)定點(diǎn)，堅(jiān)持?。?/p> ● humdrum 乏味的，平凡的 ☆ She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum. 她喜歡那部電影，但是我覺得很無聊。 ● doom and gloom 悲觀失望，無望，前景暗淡 ☆ The situation isn't all doom and gloom. 情況也沒有那么悲觀啦！  ● easy-peasy (Or easy peasy lemon squeezy) 簡(jiǎn)單得很，容易極了 ☆ When I found the tools, fixing the bike was easy peasy lemon squeezy. 當(dāng)我找到了工具之后，修單車就是小菜一碟啦。 ● handy-dandy 有用的，有幫助的 ☆ She always comes up with great ideas for handy-dandy new tools. 她總是能想出一些實(shí)用新工具的好點(diǎn)子。 ● out and about 出去走走，出去轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn) ☆ I'm just out and about with Mary if you want to come join us. 我和Mary在外面走走轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)，你要不要來？  ● chick-flick 言情片 ☆ Oh no, not another boring formulaic chick flick! 又是一部俗套的言情片！ ● romcom (romantic + comedy) 浪漫喜劇片 -How was the movie? -電影怎么樣？ -Yeah, great. I loved it. It was a romcom. -很好，我很喜歡，是一部浪漫喜劇片。 ● boogie-woogie 恐怖電影 小朋友們總是想象有一個(gè)怪物躲在床底下或者柜子里，這個(gè)想象中的怪物在英文中被叫做 the boogieman ● razzle-dazzle (在某人面前)炫耀，亮瞎人眼 ☆ He is dressing all razzle-dazzle with the diamonds and gold. 他穿的閃閃的鉆石金片的衣服，亮瞎人眼。 ● jelly belly 軟軟的大肚腩 ☆ The old man has a jelly belly. 那個(gè)年紀(jì)大的男人有一個(gè)大肚腩。 ● cuddly-wobbly 抱起來舒服的 ● Holy moly (同Holy crap!) 天哪！ ☆ Holy moly! Did you see the speed of that car? 天吶！你看到那輛車開得有多快了嗎？ ● blame game 相互指責(zé) ☆ The blame game will not do anyone any good. 相互指責(zé)對(duì)誰都沒有好處。 英語高能高分，就上New Channel~ |
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