140条正式场合不可用的俚语(下)
71 booze: alcohol
he promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
72 call: prediction
the weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
73 chintzy: cheap
that really was a chintzy present you got him.
74 cut out: leave
it is late. i have to cut out.
75 dope: drug
there are a lot of dope dealers around here.
76 freebie 免费品
the pillow was a freebie
77 get it: understand
i listened to the joke twice, but i still dont get it.
78 grubby: unclean and untidy
those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
79 hairy: dangerous
that was a hairy plane trip. i am glad the storm is over.
80 fag 是"faggot"的简写, 对同性恋男子的贬称
81 street smart 知道在城市生活该怎么处置一些事情,应该如何应付各种不同的情况,比如如何保护自己。
82 chill/chill out: relax 放松,休息
glad class is over! im ready to chill for the rest of the morning. i havent had a chance to chill out these last few days, getting ready for school and all.
83 ditch 做名词用是指地上的沟; 做动词to ditch表示要离开某个人,因为你不想跟他在一起了;或表示要马上离开一个不想再呆的地方。
its too noisy. lets ditch this place.
84 hit the spot 感到过瘾,觉得很痛快。比如你肚子饿了,吃得心满意足,就可以说that food really hit the spot.
85 big gun 大人物,对决策有重大影响的人
the companys big gun quarterbacked the meeting about their revenue report.
86 quarterback 本意是美式足球的四分卫,做动词在可以表示"主持会议,或总管项目"
the project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
87 lame 无聊,没意思,或者不合适的
dont give me any lame excuses next time i want to do something!
88 shot 是指什么东西坏了,或者人体的某个部位受伤了
i think my engine is shot. this is not good.
89 damage 是指为某样东西或某个交易付的钱, 通常用"bad/not bad"来表示价钱高低
the damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
90 choke 糟糕,失败的意思
i think new york is going to lose. knowing them, their going to choke.
91 money 保持高水平,非常棒的意思
yao ming is money.
92 hard headed: stubborn 顽固,固执
93 drained: exhausted 非常累
you are full of energy. but im drained, im going to sleep.
94 wired 一 精力充沛.
after the next cup of coffee, i think im going to be pretty wired.
to be connected to something, such as being wired into the internet, or being wired into a discussion.
95 kick back 休息,和某人一起玩
its a good time to just kick back and relax.
96 one track mind 意思是脑子里光想一件事
geez, you have such a one track mind sometimes.
97 ticked off 为了什么事情生气
crossing the streets in new york and washington is dangerous. but getting ticked off about it wont do you any good.
98 close call 差一点没发生的倒霉的事,或是差一点完不成的该做的事
99 goof off (年轻人)一些无聊的事开玩笑
no more goofing off!
100. poop --to defecate 拉屎
昨天fox台the 55th emmy awards ceremony上,就有人说pooped his pants
101. liplock 接吻 madonna 和 britney 那个french kiss大家都看见了吧
102. snoozer: something tedious or boring 使人打瞌睡的东西
103. sour-puss: a habitually gloomy or sullen person 扑克脸
104 toss-up: even chance 原意为抛硬币,引申为“对半开的机会”
it is a toss-up whether he will win or lose.
105 pratfall: a comedy fall upon ones buttocks 屁蹲儿 adelyn
105a pick-up line: a prepared opening line of conversation intended to get someone interested in having a causal sexual relationship.
不知道中文里面又没有对应的词,我头一回听说这个词是看will %26amp; grace, grace抱回一只小狗结果will着了魔,吃饭睡觉都舍不得放下狗狗,grace明白will同志是太寂寞了,于是劝他go on a date,will很不自信,她就鼓励道 you still have a pick-up line.
106 poofter/pooftah/poufer: (derogatory) 1. a male homosexual. 2. an effeminate male. --adjective 3. homosexual. 对男同性恋的贬称,尤其是对sissy的男同,我看过一个澳大利亚电影head on,里面一个被激怒的的父亲对女装打扮的儿子就用了这个词儿。同意词还有pansy
107 party animal: 1. a person who parties hard. 2. a person who is always going to parties. 派对动物
108 party pooper: a person who has a discouraging or depressing effect, especially at a party. 冷场人物
109, on the money
正正好。比如说,两条线正好重叠,扔出去的东西击中目标等。
110, sabbatical
这个不太是俚语。通常指老师或教授的带薪的长假。
111. nerd: if you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool.
a typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.
as a matter of fact, when i was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because i didnt fit in.
112. cheesy 就是很俗气,质量很次,很愚蠢。人们经常用cheesy 这个词来形容电视节目,电影或者某个人说的话。
cheesy means tacky or dumb. its usually used to describe a tv show, movie, or something someone says.
i think the new tv soap opera on channel 6 is so cheesy. it is fake and the things they say on the shows are so weird. i dont know why these shows are so popular.
113. wimp 软弱的人,胆小鬼,或者是怕痛的人
a wimp is a weak person, a coward, or someone who cant take pain.
114. guts 勇气
you only had enough guts today because i was here to support you. usually you are a wimp!
115. take a hike: to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
if i were you, i would have told him to take a hike.
116. blow off: 取消约会,或者是不做自己不想做的事
bob and i did make plans to go out last night. but he blew me off. he decided to go out with his girlfriend. it wasnt the first time he blew me off.
there are some things in life you just shouldnt blow off.
117. uptight: tense, irritable, or unable to relax.
sometimes if i feel a bit uptight, i have a few beers. that helps me relax.
118. busted: 做坏事被抓到
the police just busted someone for trying to steal my neighbors car.
119. creeep: a creep is someone who looks and acts in a way that makes people suspicious and uncomfortable.
he was always frowning, and wouldnt say hello to people. thats one reason i thought he was a creep.
120. wasted: 喝得大醉
last night a friend and i went out to a bar and got wasted, so i dont feel very good right now.
we were so wasted that we couldnt even stand up straight.
121.to get a kick out of something: 为某件事感到很高兴
i said you get a kick out of watching me suffer. that means, you enjoy watching me suffer.
122. whatever 表示说话的人对对方说的话很不以为然
123. peanuts 数量很小,价值很低
a:how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you dont mind my asking?
b:eight dollars? thats peanuts!
124. laid back: 形容一个人个性比较随和,不会轻易发脾气
wanted: friendly, laid back female roommate to share a two bedroom apartment.
125. to play hooky: 逃学,或者装病不去上班
i may play hooky once in a while, but i usually study hard.
126. to snap at somebody: 对某人嚷嚷,很生气地对某人说话
im sorry, mikey. i didnt mean to snap at you. its just that right now im so stressed.
127. chip in: 凑钱买什么东西,或者是凑钱付大家一起吃饭的钱
the guys and i usually each chip in a few dollars when we go out for pizza on friday nights.
128. snail mail: 通过邮局寄的信
ever since e-mail became popular, people have used "snail mail" to talk about paper mail, because it is slower than e-mail.
everyone is so busy nowadays, no one seems to have time to write snail mail anymore.
129. to rule: 很棒
i said i rule the pool table. that means that i dominate the game.i can defeat anyone.
chinese food rules!
130. to blow ones money on something: 把钱都浪费在了某样东西上
when we were at the mall the other day, you blew a whole weeks pay on shoes
131 techie 技术专家,尤指电子电脑方面的高手
132 honcho 上司,老板
133 weirdo/weirdie/weirdy 怪人
134 mumbo jumbo: speech one doesnt understand
135 sleep around: have sex with many people
hes never at home because he sleeps around so much.
136 funky:strange; weird
137 indie film: 独立电影
138 fool around: play around; kill time 游荡;鬼混
139 pussy: a physically weak person; wimp
140 high-maintenance: 费钱费工夫的
he considered beautiful girls too high-maintenance.