有趣的动物词汇

时间:2009-02-27 00:53:17

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  在汉语中,人们会根据某种动物的特征,用该种动物来形容人,如我们常听到的“你真牛”,意思是“你真厉害”;还比如“瞧你那熊样”,意思是“瞧你那蠢样”。而在英语中,也有用动物来形容人的用法,但与汉语有异同,如英语中都认为狐狸是狡猾的,所以常说一个人狡猾得跟狐狸一样;又如汉语中讲一个人 “熊样”指这个人“愚蠢”或“没用”,而英语中却认为熊是可爱的或凶猛的。下面举些英语中类似这种用法的例子,英语学习爱好者们,一起来体会一下英语中有趣的动物。
  
  You are a rat.
  你这个鼠辈。
  
  Don’t have a cow.
  不要生气。
  
  You are such a snake in the grass.
  你不值得信任。
  
  She is a social butterfly.
  她是个交际花。
  
  He eats like a bird.
  他吃得很少。
  
  He has ants in his pants.
  他坐立不安。
  
  The little boy always parrots what others say.
  这个小男孩总喜欢鹦鹉学舌。
  
  You chicken!
  你这个胆小鬼!
  
  You ass1!
  你这个蠢驴!
  
  英语中的动物有趣吧?下面你也可以自己来试试根据动物的特征完成下面的句子:
  
  slippery, blind, cunning, quiet, stubborn, busy, poor
  1. You know, sometimes my father is as________as a mule2.
  2. I don’t like to make friends with those people because they are as________as foxes.
  3. When adults are talking, children should be as________as a mouse.
  4. Sharon is just a secretary, but she is always as________as a bee.
  5. Don’t trust him. He is as________as an eel3.
  6. You can never borrow money from Jack4, not now at least. He’s as________as a church mouse.
  7. Until now I realize that I’m as________as a bat to believe that she loves so much.


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1 ass qvyzK     
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人
参考例句:
  • He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
  • An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
2 mule G6RzI     
n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人
参考例句:
  • A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代。
  • He is an old mule.他是个老顽固。
3 eel bjAzz     
n.鳗鲡
参考例句:
  • He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
  • In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆,他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。
4 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

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