加拿大俚语（上）

时间：2009-02-26 06:38:41

（单词翻译:单击）

1.A Canadian Could be referring to Molson Canadian beer

2.All-nighter Drinking until the next morning

3.Anglo A non-French Canadian

4.A shot One ounce of liquor

5.Away Used to describe someone who has left one of the eastern provinces and moved west

6.Brain Drain Exodus¹ of Canadian professionals seeking employment in the USA

7.Brew² A beer as in “let’s go for a brew”

9.Clicks Used instead of kilometers or miles

10.Dole⁴ Government assistance

11.Down East All provinces east of where you are

12.Eh? What did you say? Repeat that please or know what I mean?

13.Ex Short for Molson Export beer

14.Forty ouncer 40 ounce bottle of liquor

15.Francophone A French Canadian

16.Get lost Insisting that someone to leave you alone

18.Gradge Garage

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1 exodus
v.大批离去，成群外出
参考例句：
The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。 Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

2 brew
v.酿造，调制
参考例句：
Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。 The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。

3 butts
笑柄( butt的名词复数 )；（武器或工具的）粗大的一端；屁股；烟蒂
参考例句：
The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。

4 dole
n.救济，（失业）救济金；vt.（out）发放，发给
参考例句：
It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。 Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。

5 goof
v.弄糟；闲混；n.呆瓜
参考例句：
We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯，结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。 You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲，就永远也成不了好学生。

6 moron
n.极蠢之人，低能儿
参考例句：
I used to think that Gordon was a moron.我曾以为戈登是个白痴。 He's an absolute moron!他纯粹是个傻子！