美国口语俚语（二）

 　　come again 再说一遍Come again? I didn't quite understand what you said. 再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。

　　come clean 全盘托出，招供The criminal¹ decided² to come clean. 罪犯决定供出事实。

　　spring for 请客Let me spring for dinner. 我来请客吃饭吧。

　　spill³ the beans 泄漏秘密Don't spill the beans. It's supposed to be a secret. 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！

　　stick in the mud⁴ 保守的人Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new. Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。

　　john 厕所I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car. 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。

　　keep in line 管束He needs to be kept in line. He's too wild. 他太野了，要好好管束一下。

　　jump the gun 草率行事Don't jump the gun. We have to be patient for a while. 不要草率行事。我们应该耐心等一会儿。

　　jump to conclusion 妄下结论Don't jump to conclusion. We have to figure it out first. 不要妄下结论，先把事情搞清楚。

　　lemon 次This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.这辆车真次，已经坏了四次了！

　　fishy⁵ 可疑的His story sounds fishy. We should see if it's really true. 他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。

　　flip⁶ out 乐死了Chris flipped⁷ out when I told him that we won the game. 我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。

　　fix someone up 撮合某人I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Let's fix them up. (Haha,just kidding 我想习习和 macaulay 会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。（呵，开个玩笑，习习和macaulay不会生气吧？：）take a shine to 有好感He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to right away. 他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。 third wheel 累赘，电灯泡You two go on ahead. I don't want to be a third wheel. 你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。

　　ripoff 骗人的东西What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesn't work! 真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！

　　rock the boat 找麻烦Don't rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. 别找麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。

　　blow it 搞砸了，弄坏了I blew it on that last exam. 我上次考试靠砸了。

　　in hot water 有麻烦He is in hot water with his girlfriend recently. 近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。

　　put one's foot in one's mouth 祸从口出Wally is always saying such stupid thing. He has a real talent for putting his foot in his mouth. 沃力尽说这种蠢话。他真有惹是生非的本事。

　　flop⁸ （表演、电影等）不卖座，失败The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it.这部电影卖座率奇低，没有人去看。

　　drop in/by/over 随时造访Feel free to drop in anytime. I'm usually home and I'd love the company. 欢迎随时来坐坐。我通常在家，也喜欢游人做伴。

　　drop a line 写信Drop me a line! 给我写信！

1 criminal   

n.罪犯，犯人，刑事；adj.犯了罪的，罪的，有罪的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• We captured the criminal.我们捕获了那个犯人。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 spill   

n.溢出，溅出，涌出，摔下，暴跌，溢出量，木片，小塞子；vt.使溢出，使散落，洒

参考例句：

• The coffee is so full that it might spill over.咖啡太满可能会溢出来。
• He took a spill when he rode the horse.他骑马时从马上跌了下来。

4 mud   

n.泥，泥浆

参考例句：

• The swimming pool is filled up with mud.游泳池里全是泥。
• A car ran past,spotting my coat with mud.一辆汽车驶过，给我的外衣溅上了泥点。

5 fishy   

adj. 值得怀疑的

参考例句：

• It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
• There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。

6 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

7 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

8 flop   

n.失败(者)，扑通一声；vi.笨重地行动，沉重地落下

参考例句：

• The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
• The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。