谈到尺寸,你肯定知道big和small。
但是你是否也只知道big, small; very big, very small?
今天就跟Jenny, Spencer学学除了这两个词,还有什么词能用?
P.S. 有个词美国新总统特朗普很爱用哦!
节目音乐: Giant Steps by John Coltrane
Big Words
#1 Giant/Gigantic
"Giant" could be a noun or an adjective: "Giant" 可以是名词(巨人), 也可以是形容词
"Gigantic" is an adjective: “gigantic” 是个形容词,巨大的意思
怎么用?
#2 Massive
"Massive":巨大的,但是用法比gigantic多;可以形容物体、人、钱
怎么用?
#3 Huge
特朗普特别爱用的词:huge!
怎么用?
和massive一样,用法也很广泛
China is a huge country: 中国很大
Shanghai is a huge city: 上海很大
Yaoming is huge: 姚明个头很大
Apple makes huge profits: 苹果利润很丰厚
He's got a massive bank balance: 他银行账户钱超多
美国食物超大份!
#4 Enormous
怎么用?
Enormous boats
Enormous buildings
Enormous profits
#5 Mega
美国的广告宣传特别爱用这个词,比如:
mega savings: 超划算!
mega stores: 超级大卖场
Small Words
#1 Tiny/Teeny-tiny
Tiny is smaller than "small": tiny比small更小
怎么用?
The newborn baby is so tiny: 新生儿好小噢
The kittens are so tiny: 宝宝小猫好小
My apartment is tiny: 我房子好小
Teeny-tiny is even tinier than "tiny": 比"tiny" 更小
It also sounds cutesy: 而且听起来很可爱
#2 Micro
It's a prefix: 是个常用前缀,微小的意思
Not really used on its own: 不太单独使用
Micro-常用词:
Microsoft: 微软
Microwave: 微波炉
Microscope: 显微镜
Microeconomics: 微观经济学
Micro的反义词是macro, 比如macroeconomics: 宏观经济学
#3 Mini
Mini/miniature: 迷你
比如在电影《Austin Powers》有个角色叫:Mini-Me
和爸妈长得很像的孩子,也可以说mini me.
It's miniature version of me: 迷你版的“我”
主题公园里的缩小版景观,也可以说:
Miniature Eiffle Tower: 缩小版的埃菲尔铁塔
#4 Petite
Petite: 娇小的
It's generally used to describe woman: 通常用来描述体态娇小的女性
一些品牌的衣服尺寸也会写petite。
Petite和X Small有什么区别?
Extra small might mean you are very thin, but tall: x small形容瘦,但是可能挺高的
Petite means overall small: petite是娇小,除了瘦,身高也不高
还有一种甜点:
#5 Compact
Compact: 紧凑
Commonly used for gadgets and cars, even apartments: 通常用来形容科技产品、汽车、房子
怎么用?
compact cars: 紧凑型汽车
compact apartment: 紧凑型公寓
If something is compact, there's no waste of space: 紧凑就是不浪费空间
#6 Cozy
Cozy: 除了温馨,形容房子时,它还有一个扩展含义,就是非常小
When you see apartment listings, if it says "cozy", it mostly means it's very small: 租房广告上如果写房子很cozy, 基本上意思就是非常小
Spencer最后还说了一个词:
You've got a massive vocabulary: 你的词汇量真大