英美人的名字分三个部分 55条英美高频俚语（三）

55条英美高频俚语（三）  

,29. FORTNIGHT,Two weeks. This es from an abbreviation of ‘fourteen nights’,两周。“fourteen nights”的简写,I’ve been really ill for the past fortnight, and still haven’t recovered.,,30. GOBSMACKED,This means amazed,形容大吃一惊,I can’t believe I passed that exam! I thought I was going to fail, I’m pletely gobsmacked!,,31. SPLASH OUT,When you spend far too much money,花了一大笔钱,I wanted to give Sarah a special treat for her birthday, so I splashed out on a very romantic weekend away.,,32. GRUB / NOSH,Both these words mean food,二者均指食物,I’m going to get some grub for myself from the local takeaway. Do you want anything?,,33. BEE’S KNEES,Something or someone fabulous,某事或某人令人难以置信,I don’t like Harvey very much, he thinks he’s the bee’s knees!,,34. GUTTED,When someone is really upset or disappointed,某人心烦意乱或失望,I’m soguttedI failed my driving test, again!,,35. PEANUTS,When something is cheap, financially low,某物超级便宜,I hate my job. I have to work such long hours, and I get paidpeanuts.,,36. HAGGLE,To argue over, and try to negotiate the price of something you want to buy,争论，试图协商商品的价格。,I managed tohagglethe price of this shirt down by 25%!,,37. JOLLY,You might hear people use this in all sorts of ways, but basically it means ‘very’. So “jolly good” would mean ‘very good’,跟Very一个意思，Jolly good其实就是“Very good”的意思,Don’t worry，I will pay you back before the end of this month.,-I should jolly well think so!,别担心，月底前会还你的。,-我真该这么想！,,38. THROW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS,This is an expression that means to wreck something,破坏某物,I managed to keep the surprise a secret, right up until the day before my sister’s birthday, and then he threw a spanner in the works by telling her!,,39. KIP,A short sleep, a nap, a power nap, or a snooze.,打盹，小睡。,Why don’t you try and have akipbefore everyone gets here? You won’t have time to rest later.,,40. WIND UP,This has a couple of meanings. If something you do is a ‘wind up’ it means you are making fun of someone. However, if you are ‘wind up’ it means you are annoyed,有多种含义。如果你做的事“wind-up”，也就是说你在取笑某人。如果你“wind-up”，说明你很烦。,I was just windingherupfor fun, but she took offence to it and got really angry!,,41. MATE,This means friend, chum, pal, or buddy.,朋友、密友、笔友、伙伴,I’m going to the cinema with my matestonight.,,42. NOT MY CUP OF TEA,This is a mon saying which means that something is not to your liking.,不喜欢某事或某物,I don’t really like this sort of music. It’s just not my cup of tea.