ESL露西的一天 第20期:梳洗化妆讲解(9)

 　　Then, she lathers¹ up quickly and gives her "legs a quick shave."  接下来，她飞快地涂上肥皂“刮腿毛”。

　　To lather², "lather," up (two words) means to put liquid on your body - soap or shampoo or what we would call shaving cream and move it back and forth³ - mix it with water until you have bubbles that cover your skin - this is to lather up - or covers your hair, to lather up with shampoo on your hair.  打肥皂（lather up）就是把液体涂在身上，然后涂抹均匀，兑水，涂到泡泡盖住皮肤为止，这叫做打肥皂。这种液体可能是肥皂或者洗发水，也可能是剃须膏。揉起泡泡包住了头发，意思就是给头发打上洗发水。

　　Lucy lathers up and gives her "legs a quick shave."  露西飞快地涂上肥皂“刮腿毛”。

　　Shave, "shave," can be a noun and a verb. To shave means to remove hair from your body - from your skin. 剃须（shave）既是动词也是名词。动词“剃须”的意思是除去皮肤上的毛发。

　　Lucy says she gives her "legs a quick shave." Women in the United States usually shave their legs - they get the hair off of their legs. 露西“刮腿毛”很快。美国女性通常都会刮腿毛，也就是除去腿上的毛发。

　　They'll also shave under their arms, what we would call their armpit, "armpit." Your armpit is that space underneath⁴ your arm that connects your arm to the rest of your body. 她们也经常刮胳膊下的毛，也就是我们说的腋窝（armpit）。腋窝是指胳膊下边的小空间，连接胳膊和身体。

　　Men do not shave their legs; they do sometimes shave their face, or like me, shave their head. 男性不爱刮腿毛，他们有时候会刮脸，或者剃头，比如我。

1 lathers   

n.肥皂泡( lather的名词复数 )；紧张；激动；（马的）汗沫v.（指肥皂）形成泡沫( lather的第三人称单数 )；用皂沫覆盖；狠狠地打

参考例句：

• This toilet soap lathers so nicely and has several fragrances. 这种香皂起泡很多，并且有好几种香味。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• This soap lathers so nicely. 这种肥皂泡沫很多。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 lather   

n.(肥皂水的)泡沫，激动

参考例句：

• Soap will not lather in sea-water.肥皂在海水里不起泡沫。
• He always gets in a lather when he has an argument with his wife.当他与妻子发生争论时他总是很激动。

3 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

4 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。