英语俚语天天说 第255期:tea还可以指代"小偷"!

 　　介绍:

　　tea leaf n. 小偷，小贼；

　　音同thief Rhyming¹ slang² 同韵俚语

　　Where's my wallet? You've got it, you tea leaf!

　　我钱包呢！你拿了，你这个小贼！

　　Some tea-leaf stole my cash!

　　有小头偷了我的钱！

　　Black tea 红茶 Green tea 绿茶 tea set 茶具

　　I bought a tea set for my dad last week and he loves it!

　　上周我给我爸买了一套茶具，他很喜欢！

　　tea break 茶歇

　　Hey. Let’s go and have a tea break now.

　　嘿，让我们去喝茶歇一歇吧。

　　high tea [英式] 午后4～5时食用的傍晚茶点

　　A high tea is a meal consisting of cooked food, bread and butter and cakes, usually with tea to drink, eaten in the late afternoon or early evening instead of dinner.

　　high tea是在下午晚些时候，或者晚上早些时候吃的饭，包括有做熟的食物，面包，蛋糕，黄油，还有茶可以喝。

1 rhyming   

n.押韵v.（使）押韵，押…韵( rhyme的现在分词 )；（词或音节）押韵，和…同韵；（诗歌）押句尾韵

参考例句：

• a poem written in rhyming couplets 用押韵对句写成的诗
• Some kinds of poems are very strict about rhyming. 有些词牌对词韵的要求是相当严格的。 来自互联网

2 slang   

n.俚语，行话；vt.使用俚语，辱骂；vi.辱骂

参考例句：

• The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
• Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。