考拉媽媽在國(guó)外時(shí),發(fā)現(xiàn)老外不知從什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始, 也開(kāi)始對(duì)生肖津津樂(lè)道了。有的人還非常認(rèn)真地告訴我自己是那一年出生的,然后讓我查他屬相是什么。那么屬雞用英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)呢?快跟我來(lái)看看。
We have 12 zodiac.我們有12個(gè)屬相。
This year is the Year of chicken.
今年是雞年。
What animal sign were you born under?
你屬什么?
I'm a chicken in zodiac.或 My animal is chicken.
我屬雞。
雞在英語(yǔ)里有許多說(shuō)法,比如chicken,hen,cock,rooster等等,從這些單詞又引申出了許多有趣的俚語(yǔ)和習(xí)慣用法。千萬(wàn)不要看字面意思!小考拉今天就把chicken feed當(dāng)成了喂雞。所以,考拉媽媽特意挑選了一些好玩常用的說(shuō)法和大家分享。
The bank offered to lend us $1000. But that’s chicken feed compared to what we need.
銀行給我們借了1000美金,但是和我們需要的金額相比還是杯水車薪。
雞蛋沒(méi)有孵出來(lái)之前,不要數(shù)雞。(不要過(guò)早樂(lè)觀)
Tom is no spring chicken.湯姆已經(jīng)不年輕了(幽默用法)
When you drive you’d better not play chicken with bigger cars.
你開(kāi)車的時(shí)候最好避開(kāi)大車。
He makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings.
Tom pulled the chicken switch on his neighbor when grease started burning in the kitchen.
廚房的油著火時(shí),湯姆驚慌失措地打電話向鄰居求助。
He is a chicken head.他是一個(gè)笨蛋。
As so often in the Israeli-Palestinian puzzle, it is a case of chicken and egg.
以色列和巴勒斯坦的難題,是一個(gè)爭(zhēng)論不休的問(wèn)題。
Eric is a cock of the school now.
現(xiàn)在埃里克是學(xué)校學(xué)生里的頭目。
My wife gets as mad as a wet hen whenever anyone drops ashes on the rug.
誰(shuí)要是把煙灰掉在地毯上,我妻子就會(huì)惱火起來(lái)。
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