早间课堂291期:教您一招说吃(6)
日期:2012-06-02 21:38

(单词翻译:单击)

我抛你接

往期回顾:

1.食欲不振

2.吃马食

3.吃猪食

4.吃鸟食

5.狼吞虎咽

今日课题:

各位亲爱的朋友们,欢迎来到早间课堂《抛招接招》小节目,我是Juliet。

We have a good appetite, we see great food, we will... will what...will... 将怎么样呢?将会垂涎欲滴,垂涎三尺。今天我们就来看垂涎欲滴垂涎三尺在英文中如何表达。

我们先来听下面的2个例句:

例句-1:Will dinner be ready soon? It smells so good that everyone is alreadylicking his or her chops.

例句-2:The relative are alreadylicking their chops overthe old man's money.

在我们刚才听到的2个例句中,都用到了与chop有关的一个习惯用语:lick one's chop。习语中的lick(It's spelled l-i-c-k.)是舔的意思,chop(It's spelled, c-h-o-p.)是排骨的意思,lick one's chop字面意思是舔排骨,比喻为:to lick your lips when thinking of something good to eat,意思是当你想着什么好吃的东西时,就舔自己的舌头,亦即垂涎欲滴垂涎三尺之意。

刚才我们说到的垂涎欲滴垂涎三尺是用于食物上,那么在不同的情景下有着不同的意思。第二个例句中的lick one's chops意思就是to be eager to do something that you think will be satisfying or pleasant,是指渴望去做某事,这件事将使你得到满足和感到高兴。

那么要表述对......垂涎欲滴,在短语的后面加上介词over,即:lick one's chops over something or somebody。

我们再通过四个例句:

Eg.No wonder you are licking your chops, there's pork for dinner.

怪不得你们在舐着嘴唇,原来晚餐有肉。

Eg.At the sight of this new year's food he licked his chops.

他一看到这年夜饭便垂涎三尺了。

Eg.Mick licked his chopswhen I told him Wendy was coming

to the party.

我对Mile说Wendy说要来参加宴会时,他就垂涎三尺了。

Eg.Il icked my chopswhen I thought of that huge bonus.

我一想到有那么大一笔红利就垂涎三尺了。

Eg.The dealer waslicking his chops oversome precious

stones.

那商人对一些宝石垂涎欲滴。

今天我们的这招说吃:lick one's chops,意思是垂涎欲滴,垂涎三尺。它可以用于2种情景下:一是指想着好吃的东西就直流口水;二是指这件事情是对于你非常有利,给予您满足感,使您感到快乐而垂涎欲滴。

那么下次您来接招的时候还会是您有垂涎三尺的东西,是什么呢?我们下期再见。

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课后功课

请用今天的短语翻译下面的句子。

1. 他们的团队比我们强得多,所以当他们知道和我们打球时,他们乐不开支。

2. John一直暗恋着Mary,当他知道在今天的聚会上Mary也参加时,他望眼欲穿。

参考答案

参考翻译答案如下:

1. Their team was so much better than ours that when they played withus, they were just licking their chops.

2. Joh has having a big crush on Mary and when he is told that Mary will take part in our party, he is licking his chops.

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重点单词
  • bonusn. 奖金,红利
  • dealern. 商人,经销商,发牌者,毒品贩子
  • crushv. 压碎,碾碎,压榨 n. 压碎,压榨,拥挤,迷恋
  • preciousadj. 宝贵的,珍贵的,矫揉造作的 adv. 极其地
  • appetiten. 嗜好,食欲,欲望