复活节快到了,鸡蛋是其中非常关键的元素。而鸡蛋在生活中更是不能少。它不仅给我们提供优质蛋白质,而且还贡献了许多精彩实用的英语表达!
Easter: 复活节
Paint Easter eggs: 画复活节彩蛋
Go on an Easter egg hunt: 复活节找彩蛋活动
英语里和egg相关的说法还真不少!你能猜出它们的意思吗?
Easter egg
Easter egg:彩蛋,但延伸的意思就是意想不到的惊喜。常用来形容电影、电视里的惊喜片段
Look for Easter eggs in the movie: 在电影里找彩蛋
There're lots of Easter eggs in the movie: 电影里彩蛋很多
Post-credits scene: 电影结束后放字幕时的花絮片段
They are different from Easter eggs: 这跟彩蛋不一样
Chicken-or-egg problem
Chicken-or-egg problem:
先有鸡还是先有蛋?
When the cause isn't clear:
不明原因、不知究竟
It's a chicken-or-egg problem:
这是个先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题
Egg on your face
Egg on one's face: 如果你脸上挂着鸡蛋,那一定觉得很丢脸。这正是这个表达的意思
Embarrassing: 丢脸的、没面子的
I have/I've got egg on my face about/because of something: 我因为某件事觉得很丢脸
He/she's got egg on his/her face: 人称代词可以根据情况改变
I've got egg on my face about mistaking her for my girlfriend: 我错把她认成我女友了,太丢脸了
Egghead: 书呆子(贬义), 尽量不要使用
Walk on eggshells
Walk on eggshells: 小心翼翼, 尤其是言语和举止上,以免刺激或激怒别人
He just broke up. I need to walk on eggshells around him because he is super sensitive: 他刚分手,我得特别小心,因为他很脆弱
Bad egg
Bad egg: 坏蛋。没错,英语里也有这个说法
Don't hang out with him. He's a bad egg: 别跟他走太近,他是个坏蛋
Rotten egg: 烂掉的蛋,比bad egg更加坏
Egg on
Egg on: 怂恿
I didn't want to break anything. I was egged on by him! 我并没想打坏什么东西,都是被他怂恿的
Nest egg
Nest egg: 存下的一笔钱或其它值钱的东西比如房子,可以供退休后使用
My nest egg is my house: 我的房子是我的养老金
Thanks to saving and investing smartly, I have a nest egg: 通过储蓄和明智的投资,我有钱可以安享晚年
Don't put all your eggs in one basket: 别把鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里
最后,回到真正的鸡蛋。你是不是也在想,“草鸡蛋”英语怎么说呢?
Free range eggs: 散养蛋
Eggs from grass-fed chicken: 吃草的鸡生的蛋
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