时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:英语口译


英语课

   英语中对女性的称呼可谓丰富,且谐趣十足。这些称呼多用于口语,表现出称呼者对被称呼者的态度、情感以及彼此之间的微妙或显而易见的关系。


  1、old hen老婆子
  俗语,男性用语,专用于中年以上的女性。除开玩笑的场合外,女性不太欢迎这一称谓。因为“old hen”的字面意思是“老母鸡”。这一表达的来源是:从男人们的眼光来看,母鸡来回乱跑,凑在一起唧唧喳喳,或者互相对啄。Three old hens from the neighbored were standing 1 on the corner gossiping.有三个邻居老婆子站在街角上说长道短。说到hen还要提到与hen相关的表达:hen-pecked怕老婆的,本义是“被母鸡啄的”。意思是“象软弱的公鸡经常被强壮的母鸡啄伤。男子慑于女性的淫威,表现得服服帖帖”。这个表达出自1690年德莱顿的喜剧《安菲特律翁》和1712发行的杂志《旁观者》。理解了上面的意思,那么hen party就不难理解为“女人的聚会”。后引申为凡是只有女人参加的社交性聚会都叫hen party。与它相对的是stag party雄鹿会,只有男子参加的聚会。
  2、spring chicken少女
  原意“童子鸡,不超过10个月的肉嫩的笋鸡”。这一表达来源已久:在古时候由于孵化技术上的原因,不到春天就很难得到这样的鸡,后转义为“少女”。Mrs. Gray may not be a granny, but she's certainly no spring chicken.格雷夫人也许还不算老太太,但是她的年纪肯定不小啦。有时可直接用chick表示“小女孩儿”。That chick's a real tiger. She scratched 2 my face when I talked back.那小娘儿们可真是个母老虎。当我还嘴时,她竟然抓破了我的脸。
  3、the little woman老婆,太太
  请注意不要漏掉定冠词the。I promised the little woman to be home early tonight.我答应我老婆今天晚上早回家。偶尔也表示“你太太”。How's the little woman?你太太好吗?对太太的称呼还有Missus,带有戏谑的说法。I'm fine, but the missus has been a little under the weather recently.我身体很好,但是我老婆最近有点不舒服。有时用于对方或第三方的妻子。Hello, Jim. How's the missus these days?吉姆,你好。你太太最近好吗?对妻子的称呼另有one's better half。这一表达是以基督教的男女结婚合成一体的教义为基础的。I promised to take my better half shopping this afternoon.我答应我妻子今天下午带她去买东西。
  4、one's ball and chain 3老婆
  本义是“带有重铁球的脚镣”。过去犯人在户外劳动时,为防止他们逃跑而带上这种刑具。把丈夫象犯人似地束缚起来,转用于玩笑中指“老婆”。Yes, I'm going to the party tonight, but I'll have to drag 4 along my ball and chain.是呀,我要参加今天的社交晚会,但是我必须带着我家的母老虎。lady of the house也指“老婆,屋里头的”。
  5、one's old lady老娘,某人的母亲
  此处的old并不表示“老,年纪大”,与an old lady“老太太”不同。Her old lady is very young.她老娘很年轻。这样的说法很自然。但有时可能有人不喜欢,所以使用时要注意场合。在谈到自己的母亲时,可以加定冠词,作the old lady。The old lady has gone to bed.俺娘已经睡下了。那fat lady指的什么呢?先看例句:The opera is not over until the fat lady sings.关键人物出面问题才会解决。原来fat lady是在歌剧中演压轴戏的女主角,俗称“大姐大”。说到one's old lady,顺便提及one's old man老爸,老头。His old man is thirty.他老豆30岁了。在指“家父”时,加定冠词,作the old man。I'll have to ask the old man.我得去问问我爸爸。

n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
[体]弃权
  • John yawned and scratched his chin. 约翰打个哈欠,挠挠下巴。
  • The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem. 这次调查只是触及了该城市毒品问题的表面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.链,连锁,束缚;vt.用铁练锁住,束缚,囚禁
  • He now owns a chain of 970 food stores.他现在拥有970家连锁食品店。
  • He joined the ends of the chain.他把链子的两端接起来了。
n.拖,拖累;v.拖累,拖拉,慢条斯理地走
  • It will take two elephants to drag all the wood away.需要两头大象才能把所有的木材拖走。
  • He walked with a drag.他拖着脚走路。
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