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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
最受不了别人说话吞吞吐吐,要是有急事还不得急死人哪!那要告诉别人“别吞吞吐吐了,尽管说吧”用英语要怎么说呢?其实用 spit it out 就可以搞定啦!
Spit it out是俚语,意思是‘快说吧’或‘大胆说吧’,例如:Spit it out, man. I've to know the truth(快说吧,老兄,我得了解真相).
叫人把话说出来,英文还有两个常用语:out with it和give,例如:(1) Out with it. I haven't got all day(说吧,我没有很多时间)。(2) Come on, give. You're taxing my patience(快说吧,你令我不耐烦了)。
Out with it、give、spit it out等,常用于祈使句(imperative),句子不用主语(subject)。一般和主语连用的,有speak one's mind,即“坦白把所想的说出来”,例如:Now that you have come to me, I may as well speak my mind(现在你既然来找我,我不妨直言).
除了上面提到的这些,我们要叫人“直说吧”还可以说:Get it out of your mouth. (把你的话从口里说出来) / Just say it. (尽管说吧) / Tell me now. (现在跟我说吧) 。
和“直言”相反的,是to hem1(或hum)and haw,即“吞吞吐吐,欲言又止”。那hem、haw都是象声词,例如:When I asked him what had happened, he just hemmed2 and hawed(我问他发生了什么事,他只是支吾以对).
spit1
vt.
1. 吐(唾液等)[(+out)]
Spit your gum out before you come into the classroom.
进教室之前把口香糖吐掉。
2. 口出(恶言、粗话等)[(+out)]
他厉声咒骂我。
3. (火炮等)喷(火)[(+out)]
The machine-guns spat fire.
机关枪吐着火舌。
4. 点燃
5. 飘落(雨点或雪片)
The sky began to spit snow.
天空开始飘雪。
vi.
1. 吐口水;吐痰
You'll be fined if you spit on the streets.
你如果在街上吐痰,要遭罚款。
2. (为表示轻蔑等)吐口水;表示唾弃,表示轻蔑[(+at/on)]
He spat on my suggestion.
他对我的建议表示轻蔑。
3. (猫等)发出呼噜呼噜声
The cat spits when angry.
猫生气时发出呼呼的声音。
4. (炉火等)发出劈啪声
The sausage began to spit in the pan.
锅里香肠开始滋滋作响。
5. (用it为主语)(雨、雪)霏霏下降[(+with)]
It's only spitting. We don't need an umbrella.
只下一点毛毛雨,我们不需要伞。
n.
1. 唾液,口水[U]
Mary's spit flew as she shouted.
玛丽喊叫时唾沫四溅。
2. 【口】一模一样,肖像[the S][(+of)]
He is the very spit and image of his father.
他和他父亲长得一模一样。
3. 微雨;小雪[U]
spit2
n.[C]
1. 烤肉铁叉,炙叉
2. 岬;沙嘴;狭长的暗礁
vt.
1. 把...串在炙叉上,用炙叉叉住
He lit a fire, spitted a leg of mutton.
他点燃了一堆火,用炙叉叉住一条羊腿。
2. (用利器)捅,刺,戳
The hunters spitted two rabbits.
猎手戳住两只兔子。
hem1
n.[C]
1. (衣服等的)褶边,褶缝
2. (钢板等的)卷边
3. 边,边沿
the hem of the sea
海边
vt.
1. 给...缝边(或镶边)
She hemmed the trousers.
她缝了裤子的褶边。
2. 包围;禁闭[(+in/about/around)]
湖四周栽满垂柳。
vi.
1. 做褶边
hem2
int.
1. (表示怀疑等或唤起别人注意)哼,嗯
n.[C]
1. "哼"声
vi.
1. 发哼声;清嗓子
His naughty daughter stole up on him and hemmed.
他那调皮的女儿偷偷走近他,然后轻咳一声。
2. 说话吞吞吐吐
The deputy chairman hemmed and hawed without giving a definite answer.
副主席说话吞吞吐吐,没有给个明确的答复。
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1 hem | |
n.贴边,镶边;vt.缝贴边;(in)包围,限制 | |
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缝…的褶边( hem的过去式和过去分词 ); 包围 | |
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3 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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4 willows | |
n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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