时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

   I laid an egg in the quiz game.


  如果一位外籍女同事昨晚参加英文电视台办的有奖问答游戏节目,而今天早上对你说这句话,你猜到是什么意思吗?
  她怎会在节目进行中下蛋的呢?她不是母鸡,但明明听到她说laid an egg嘛,真教人丈八金刚,摸不着头脑。
  英美习语不可以望文生义,也往往不可以按字面上的意思去理解。
  这是学习英语的困难之处,但也是有趣的地方。
  学习(idiom)包括俚语(slang)、谚语(proverb)、口语(colloquialism)。上述的lay an egg就是口语表达法(colloquial expression)。
  比方你在课本中读到这一句:
  This hen lays beautiful brown eggs.
  这句自然可以理解为:这只母鸡下好看的棕色蛋。
  看到Fish lay eggs也自然明白解作:“鱼产卵”。
  然而,那位外籍女士说的I Iaid an egg却与下蛋产卵完全无关!
  句中laid an egg是口语(colloquialism)。意思是:一败涂地、彻底输了。典出英国早期用语lay a duck's egg(“得零分”的意思)。
  所以,她是说在电视问答游戏节目中输了。
  如果她对你说:Well, my husband, he's such a couch 1 potato,意思是什么呢?请先猜一猜,下期再研究。

n.睡椅,长沙发椅;vt.表达,隐含
  • Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
  • The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.兔子从草丛中跳出。
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