有趣俚语 2014级.doc

1. airhead（傻蛋）:stupidperson, idiot (Ex: How could you forget thekeys? You are such an airhead!)2. chilling（放松）:relaxing, not doing anything that takes up a lot of energy (Ex: Im just watching some TV. Since theres nohomeworktoday, Im just going to chill.)3. couch potato（电视迷）:a person who watches too much television (Ex: Youve been watching TV all day. Dont be such acouchpotato and get up!)4. flick（电影）:film; movie (chick flick:movies for girls. Ex: Lets watch a chick flick at thesleepover. Which one should we see? Mean Girls or The Notebook?)5. get it（明白）:to understand something (Ex: Your shirt looks really bad. Im serious, it looks so ugly. Okay, okay. I got it the first time.)6. jock（体育高手）:someone good at sports (Ex: Tristan is the biggest jock in school. Hes also the mostpopularguy among girls.)7. loaded（富有）:someone with a lot of money (Ex: Did you see the car that drove her to school today? Her family must be loaded.)8. party animal（派对狂）:someone that loves parties or go out toclubs(Ex: Youve been partying every night this week. You are such a party animal!)9. rip off（宰客）:afraud, something that isnt actually worth the amount you paid for it (Ex: I bought these jeans for $100. Really? I got the same ones for only $50! Wow, I got ripped off! Yeah, what a rip off.)10. sweet（很棒）:excellent, cool (Ex: Hey, can you help medecoratethe school gym for the dance? Yeah sure! Sweet, thanks!)11. turn-on（诱惑）:something thatattractsyou to someone (Ex: That guy can sing while playing theguitar. That is definitely a turn-on for me.)12. up for it（愿意做某事）:to bewillingto do something, and have a good time (Ex: I really want to go bungee jumping. Want to go with me? Would you be up for it?)13. wicked（非常好）:excellent, cool (morecommonamong British speakers) (Ex: That was so wicked! Can you do that again?)14. cheesy: （太夸张）melodramatic, corny (synonym), trying too hard,unsubtle, andinauthentic(Ex: “I love her so much I am going to die.” “Haha you sound soo cheesy.”)15. chicken: （胆小鬼）coward (Ex: “Stop being a chicken and try therollercoasterride!”)16. dorky:（另类的，愚蠢的）strange;peculiar; A dork is someone who hasoddinterests, and is oftensillyat times. (Ex: Kate Perryportrayeda dorky girl in her music video for the song Last Friday Night.)17. freebie:（免费赠品）something that does not cost money (Ex: “Where did you buy that pen?” “Oh this? Its a freebie I got at thecarnival.”)18. full-on:（全力以赴）powerful, withmaximumeffort. (Ex: “Im going to study full-on for this next exam.”)19. go bananas:（发疯，情绪失控）goslightlycrazy (Ex: “Love is making you go bananas.”)20. hammered:（醉了）verydrunk(Ex: “Dude, stop drinking, you are already hammered.”)21. hyper:（亢奋的）overly excited (Ex: “Why are you so hyper?” “I think its because I ate a lot ofcandythis morning.Sugarmakes me hyper.”)22. kicks:（鞋子）shoes (Ex: “Wow, nice kicks!”) (SeeNote 1)NOTE 1| “Just for kicks” is a phrase that means, “Just for fun.” The term, kicks, in this case doesnotmean shoes.23. laid back:（放松的）relaxed; calm (Ex: “Why are you so laid back? The exam is in 30 minutes!”)24. lame:（拙劣的）incompetent, bad (Ex: “I saw you cheating on the test.” “So what?” “Ugh, you are so lame.”)25. love handles: （腰间赘肉）excessfat around thewaist(Ex: “Honey, its okay, I love you AND your love handles.”)26. rubbish:（废话）nonsense; not true (Ex: “The last Harry Potter movie was terrible!” “What? Thats rubbish!”)27. screw up:（弄糟，犯错）to make amistake(Ex: “Im sorry for lying to you, I screwed up, big time.”)29. sick:（很棒的）awesome, so cool, amazing; a term used more commonly among hip hopdancers(Ex: “Dude, youve got some sick moves!”)与蔬菜水果有关的俚语Apple 苹果apple of ones eye ( to be the ):to be onesfavorite掌上明珠；心爱物eg.She is the apple of her fathers eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。Big Apple (the):New York 大苹果城【即纽约】eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住在大苹果城。comepareapples and oranges (to):to compare two things that simply cannot be compared.比较两个无法相比的事物eg.Thatsridiculous.Now youre comparing apples and oranges .真可笑。你是在那两种无法相比的东西作比较，就好像苹果和桔子。“How do you like the apples?”：“What do you think of that ?”*注：这是对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话。Banana(香蕉）bananas (to be ):to be crazy 发疯的，神经错乱的eg.That guuys bananas!那家伙真是疯了！*注意：to go bananas:1.to become crazy.发疯，神经错乱eg.Im so bored Im going bananas.我厌烦的要死，都快发疯了。2.to become wild withanger狂怒，气得发疯eg.She went bananas when she found him cheating.她发现他欺骗时气得要命。play second banana (to):to be second choice第二选择，次要人物eg.I always play second banana to her.我总是做她的后补。top banana:mainboss领袖，头头，大老板eg.Hes (the) top banana in this company.他是这家公司的大老板。Bean (豆)bean brain :idiot白痴，笨蛋eg.He is such a bean brain.他是个大笨蛋。beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.对某事物一无所知，一窍不通eg.I dont know beans about computers.我对电脑一窍不通。*注意：此词语只有否定形式，“to know beans about sth.”这种说法不存在。Bean Town :Boston,Massachusetts 豆城【指麻萨诸塞州波士顿市】*注：波士顿市以其特产烘豆而闻名。Beet(甜菜）beet red (to be):to beextremlyred from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.因窘迫，羞愧等脸红eg.She was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得满脸通红。Cabbage(洋白菜，甘蓝菜）cabbage:money钱，金钱*注：这个词语尽管已不在常用，但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。carrot(胡萝卜)carrot in front of someone (to danglea)exp.to tempt someone with anunobtainableoffer开空头支票以实践不了的诺言诱惑某人eg.The boss told me lf I perform well on the job ,we ll talk about a salary increase next year.But I think hes just dangling a carrot in front of me.老板告诉我，如果我工作表现出色，明年加工资就有商量了。但我想他这不过是开了一张空头支票。Cauliflower(花椰菜，菜花）cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match拳击运动员因多次受击而肿起的开花耳朵eg.That boxer has cauliflower e