早安英文 第645期:apples and pears居然不是苹果和梨!

plain Jane 相貌平平的女孩

She is indeed a plain Jane.

她的确长得一般。

mumbo-jumbo 胡说八道，莫名其妙的话

You don't believe in this mumbo-jumbo, do you?

你不相信这鬼话的，是吧？

willy-nilly 随意地，不经思考地

You can't just do that willy-nilly.

你不能就这么随随便便随心所欲地做那件事。

thin-skinned 脸皮薄的，(对批评或侮辱)易生气的

Be careful what you say. She's rather thin-skinned.

你说话小心点，她很敏感，脸皮很薄的。

nitty-gritty 本质，基础，具体细节

get down to the nitty-gritty of the problem

深入到问题的本质和细节

stiff upper lip (在遇到问题时)坚定沉着，不露感情

Keep a stiff upper lip!

坚定点，坚持住！

humdrum¹ 乏味的，平凡的

She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum.

她喜欢那部电影，但是我觉得很无聊。

doom² and gloom 悲观失望，无望，前景暗淡

The situation isn't all doom and gloom.

情况也没有那么悲观啦！

easy-peasy (Or easy peasy lemon squeezy) 简单得很，容易极了

When I found the tools, fixing the bike was easy peasy lemon squeezy.

当我找到了工具之后，修单车就是小菜一碟啦。

handy-dandy 有用的，有帮助的

She always comes up with great ideas for handy-dandy new tools.

她总是能想出一些实用新工具的好点子。

out and about 出去走走，出去转转

I'm just out and about with Mary if you want to come join us.

我和Mary在外面走走转转，你要不要来？

razzle-dazzle (在某人面前)炫耀，亮瞎人眼

He is dressing³ all razzle-dazzle with the diamonds and gold.

他穿的闪闪的钻石金片的衣服，亮瞎人眼。

chick-flick⁴ 言情片

Oh no, not another boring formulaic chick flick!

又是一部俗套的言情片！

romcom (romantic + comedy) 浪漫喜剧片

-How was the movie?

-电影怎么样？

-Yeah, great. I loved it. It was a romcom.

-很好，我很喜欢，是一部浪漫喜剧片。

boogie-woogie 恐怖电影

小朋友们总是想象有一个怪物躲在床底下或者柜子里，这个想象中的怪物在英文中被叫做 the boogieman

jelly belly⁵ 软软的大肚腩

The old man has a jelly belly.

那个年纪大的男人有一个大肚腩。

cuddly-wobbly 抱起来舒服的

Holy moly (同Holy crap!) 天哪！

Holy moly! Did you see the speed of that car?

天呐！你看到那辆车开得有多快了吗？

blame game 相互指责

The blame game will not do anyone any good.

相互指责对谁都没有好处。

1 humdrum   

adj.单调的，乏味的

参考例句：

• Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。
• The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天。

2 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

3 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

4 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

5 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。