英语当中的许多表达
看似是这个意思
但其实是那个意思
就比如说“three-dog night”
乍一看以为是三只狗的一晚
其实不然
今天我们来普及一下“three”的相关英语表达
超有趣的哦
A bitterly cold night (so cold that one would need their dogs in bed with them to stay warm).
一个极其寒冷的夜晚,冷到需要狗一起在床上取暖。这是源于澳洲土著的习俗,没有房舍、更没有取暖设备的澳洲原住民,过去在寒冷的夜里常常会抱一只狗取暖,一只不暖和就两只,两只不够就三只,这就是所谓的“三犬之夜”。
Temperatures fell well below freezing, a true three-dog night.
气温远低于冰点,这真是一个寒冷的夜晚。
(as) phony as a three-dollar bill
Fake or illegitimate.
伪造的,假的,不合法的。phony [‘fəʊniː] 假的,欺骗的。说跟三美元钞票一样是因为根本就没有发行过三美元面值的钞票。
This contract is phony as a three-dollar bill—there's no way they're offering us this much money without some sort of catch.
这份合同是假的——他们不可能给我们这么多钱,却没有抓住什么把柄。
I wouldn't trust Nelle, that girl is as phony as a three-dollar bill.
我不相信内尔,那个女孩非常虚伪。
Seventy. (A "score" is a group of 20.)
古稀之年,score有20的意思
Our forefathers were lucky to reach three score and ten—many of them died much younger than that.
我们的祖先很幸运地达到了古稀之年——他们中的许多人比这年轻得多就死去了。
Extremely drunk.
俚语,极度喝醉。有可能来源于航海术语,其中"sheet"作为一个术语,表示“拉帆绳”,是控制高船帆的绳索;如果拉帆绳松动或处理不当,船的运动就会变得不稳定,难以控制,就像醉汉一样。
On his 21st birthday, Jeff's friends took him to every bar in town until he was three sheets to the wind.
杰夫21岁生日那天,他的朋友带他去了镇上的每个酒吧,直到他大醉。
这是一种比较幽默的说法,表示同意,经常用在别人说了“me too”之后,因为“too”和数字二“two”同音。
Dan: "I'm going with you, Steve."
Greg: "Me too!"
John: "Me three!"
丹:“我和你一起去,史蒂夫。”
格雷格:“我也是!”
约翰:“我也是!"
戳下方链接看数字“1”“2”相关的英语表达
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