蔬菜水果相關的俚語

  來跟著小編一起來看看水果的俚語有哪些吧!接下來,小編給大家準備了,歡迎大家參考與借鑑。

  

  Apple 蘋果

  apple of one's eye *** to be the ***:to be one's favorite 掌上明珠;心愛物

  eg.She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父親的掌上明珠。

  Big Apple ***the***:New York 大蘋果城【即紐約】

  eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大蘋果城。

  comepare apples and oranges ***to***:to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比較兩個無法相比的事物

  eg.That's ridiculous.Now you're comparing apples and oranges .

  真可笑。你是在那兩種無法相比的東西作比較,就好像蘋果和桔子。

  “How do you like the apples?”:“What do you think of that ?”

  注:這是對某種冒犯性行為做出報復後說的話。

  Banana***香蕉***

  bananas ***to be ***:to be crazy 發瘋的,神經錯亂的

  eg.That guuy's bananas!那傢伙真是瘋了!

  注意:to go become crazy.發瘋,神經錯亂

  eg.I'm so bored I'm going bananas.我厭煩的要死,都快發瘋了。

  2.to become wild with anger狂怒,氣得發瘋

  eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她發現他欺騙時氣得要命。

  play second banana ***to***:to be second choice第二選擇,次要人物

  eg.I always play second banana to her.我總是做她的後補。

  top boss領袖,頭頭,大老闆

  eg.He's ***the*** top banana in this company.他是這家公司的大老闆。

  Bean ***豆***

  bean brain :idiot 白痴,笨蛋

  eg.He is such a bean brain.他是個大笨蛋。

  beans about sth. ***not to know***:not to know anything about sth.對某事物一無所知,一竅不通

  eg.I don't know beans about computers.我對電腦一竅不通。

  注意:此詞語只有否定形式,“to know beans about sth.”這種說法不存在。

  Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城【指麻薩諸塞州波士頓市】

  注:波士頓市以其特產烘豆而聞名。

  Beet***甜菜***

  beet red ***to be***:to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因窘迫,羞愧等]臉紅

  eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得滿臉通紅。

  Cabbage***洋白菜,甘藍菜***

  

  注:這個詞語儘管已不在常用,但偶爾也會在老影片或玩笑中聽到。

  carrot***胡蘿蔔***

  carrot in front of someone ***to danglea***

  exp.to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer開空頭支票[以實踐不了的諾言誘惑某人]

  eg.The boss told me lf I perform well on the job ,we 'll talk about a salary increase next year.But I think he's just dangling a carrot in front of me.

  老闆告訴我,如果我工作表現出色,明年加工資就有商量了。但我想他這不過是開了一張空頭支票。

  Cauliflower***花椰菜,菜花***

  cauliflower ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳擊運動員因多次受擊而腫起的]開花耳朵

  eg.That boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳擊運動員的耳朵被開啟花了。

  Cherry***櫻桃***

  bowl of cherries ***to be a ***:to be wonderful 精彩的,絕妙的

  eg.Life isn't always a bowl of cherries.生活並不總是美好的。

  Corn ***穀物;穀粒***

  “For corn sake!”:“Oh,my goodness!” “噢,天哪!”

  注:這個詞語雖然已相當過時,但中老年人仍在使用。

  corn :n.melodrama,overemotional drama情節劇;感情表現誇張的戲劇

  eg.What a bunch of corn!這一連串的情節劇真精彩啊!

  adj.melodramatic 情節劇的;誇張的

  eg.That movie was so corny!這部電影表現得太誇張了!

   荒唐的,可笑的

  eg.Where did you buy that cornball hat?你從哪兒買來那頂滑稽的帽子?

  cucumber***黃瓜,胡瓜***

  cool as a cucumber ***to be***:to be calm and composed 十分冷靜,鎮定自如

  eg.Although he's guilty of the crime ,he sure as cool as a cucumber.儘管他犯了罪,卻還是那麼鎮定自如。