Shake a leg: 赶快

时间:2008-10-17 05:26:36

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英语中有很多的表达和习语是我们的身体有关的,这一次我们来看看两个和腿有关的表达。

1. Shake1 a leg 赶快

A: All the furniture2 in the store3 is on sale4 today?
店里所有的家具全都减价卖出吗?

B: Yeah. The whole5 place is packed6. You'd better shake a leg before it's all gone.
是呀。整个地方(店)都挤满了人。你最好在卖光前赶快去。

“Shake a leg” 并不是“抖腿”的意思,虽然大部份因为紧张或会习惯性抖腿的人的确是会抖腿,用“shake(shaking) one's legs”来表示“抖腿”倒是可以的。总之,“shake a leg” 是“赶快”(hurry)的意思,可能是因为“抖一下腿”也是非常快的吧。

不只是人满可以用“packed”来形容,停车场里满满是车也可以用这个词。比如你开进停车场里,放眼望去一个停车位都没有,你就可以说“Oh, man. The whole parking7 lot is packed.”

2. Pull8 one's leg 开玩笑

A: Did9 Richard really go to Italy10 this summer?
Richard 这个夏天真的去了意大利了吗?

B: No way. He was11 only pulling12 your leg and you believed13 him?
哪有可能?他只是跟你开玩笑的,你还当真啊?

这也是一个跟“腿”有关的词语。也许“pulling one's leg” 看起来很容易令人联想到中文里的“扯后腿”,不过它却是“开玩笑”的意思。

不知道为什么,“pulling one's leg” 和“扯后腿”的意思对美国人来说是完全无法联想在一起的。他们倒是会用“trip one up”(把某人绊倒的意思)来形容像“扯后腿”这样的作法。

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1 shake dz6wP     
n./vt.(shook;shaken)震动;颤抖;vi.摇动,摇
参考例句:
  • Let's shake hands and be friends.让我们握手做朋友。
  • Shake,shake,shake your shoulders,shake them up and down.耸耸肩,从上到下耸耸肩。
2 furniture ZfYzb     
n.家具(总称)
参考例句:
  • This set of the furniture is very good.这套家具非常好。
  • The room was full of wooden furniture.房间里摆满了木制家具。
3 store 3uPwZ     
n.商店,贮藏,仓库;v.储存,贮藏,供给
参考例句:
  • The shoe store is across from the bank.鞋店在银行对面。
  • Some food won't store.有些食物不能贮存。
4 sale cY0xc     
n.出售;卖出;廉售;贱卖
参考例句:
  • The book will be on sale next month.这本书将于下个月上市。
  • I got this hat on sale;it was very cheap.我在大减价时买到这顶帽子,价格很便宜。
5 whole QgkwK     
adj.整整的;全部的;完整的
参考例句:
  • It snowed for two whole days.雪下了整整两天。
  • The whole village was sleeping.整个村庄一片寂静。
6 packed 9mnzC2     
adj.充满…的;塞满了…的v.包装(pack的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The game was played to a packed grandstand. 比赛时大看台上座无虚席。
  • The train was jam-packed with commuters. 火车上挤满了上下班的旅客。
7 parking EmKzN3     
n.停车,停机,停放
参考例句:
  • A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
  • Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。
8 pull 3tqy9     
n.拉,拖,拉绳;vi.拔,拉,拖;vt.拉
参考例句:
  • Pull your chair up to the table.把你的椅子挪近桌子。
  • Please pull the door to when you go out.你出去请把门带上。
9 did SvwxP     
v.动词do的过去式
参考例句:
  • How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球?
  • Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢?
10 Italy zq0zVG     
n.意大利
参考例句:
  • Have you ever been to italy?你到过意大利吗?
  • We lived in southern italy.我们住在意大利的南部。
11 was bglwv     
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
参考例句:
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
12 pulling b32b317986cae1f44846aacbf9341f3d     
n.拉;牵引;拔;拖v.拉( pull的现在分词 );扯;拉过来;划(船)
参考例句:
  • Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord. 猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。
  • These, at least, were their professed reasons for pulling out of the deal. 至少这些是他们自称退出这宗交易的理由。
13 believed ddaba736e9069671a2ef44b52ddad46e     
v.相信( believe的过去式和过去分词 );认为;以为;对…信以为真
参考例句:
  • They believed she was possessed by devils. 他们认为她是魔鬼附身。
  • It would be interesting to know what he really believed. 了解他的真实信仰会是很有意思的。

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