来自老友记的词语
强烈推荐英语爱好者用老友记这部美剧来学习口语,虽然说里面有些大尺度,有些词汇不太雅,但者不影响个性鲜明的六个人在各种生活场景中使用正宗的美式发音。以下词汇可以在观影过程中看到,仅做收集,未做整理,供大家参考。
一、fanny
1.( BrE tabooslang) the female sex organs 女性生殖器;阴部
(禁忌语)
2.( slang) ( especially NAmE ) a person's bottom 屁股
(口语)
二、masseur
a person whose job is giving people massage 按摩师
三、goofy
( informal ) ( especially NAmE ) silly; stupid 愚蠢的;傻的
四、fling
1.v(尤指生气地)扔,掷,抛,丢
2 . v 猛动(身体或身体部位)
3.n a short period of enjoyment when you do not allow yourself to worry or think seriously about anything一阵尽情欢乐;一时的放纵
He was determined to have one last fling before retiring. 他决心在退休前最后痛痛快快地玩乐一番。
五、wank
行手淫 to masturbate
手淫 an act of masturbation
六、rumble
1.发出持续而低沉的声音;发出隆隆声
The machine rumbled as it started up. 机器轰鸣着发动起来。
I'm so hungry my stomach's rumbling . 我饿得肚子咕咕叫了
2.发现…的真相;看穿(阴谋)
They knew they had been rumbled.
3.打群架
4.轰鸣着缓慢行进
七、dork
( informal ) a stupid or boring person that other people laugh at (受人嘲笑的)呆子,无聊乏味之人
它的形容词形式dorky。
八、bouquet
1.花束
2.尤指酒的)香味,芬芳
这个单词发音很特别,一定要记住。
九、guru
informal ) a person who is an expert on a particular subject or who is very good at doing sth专家;权威;大师
长得很有意思的一个单词。
十、posterior
1.在后面的;在后部的
2.( humorous) the part of your body that you sit on; your bottom 臀部;屁股
还可以是tushy
十一、grope
1摸索,探寻
2用手摸索着往前走
3猥亵;摸(某人)
十二、bummer
( informal ) a disappointing or unpleasant situation 失望(或不愉快)的局面
It's a real bummer that she can't come. 她不能来,实在令人失望。
还有另外一个意思是:流浪汉,游手好闲的人
十三、eavesdrop
(on sb/sth) to listen secretly to what other people are saying 偷听,窃听(其他人谈话)
We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
eaves是屋檐的意思,因此eavesdrop也可以是屋檐水
十四、testy
easily annoyed or irritated 易怒的;暴躁的
十五、atlas
地图册;地图集
十六、moisturizer
a cream that is used to make the skin less dry 润肤霜;润肤膏
清晰地记得,是瑞秋给钱德勒借的。
十七、skimp
(on sth) to try to spend less time, money, etc. on sth than is really needed 节省,吝惜(时间、钱等)
Older people should not skimp on food or heating. 老人吃饭和取暖不应吝惜。
十八、vandalism
the crime of destroying or damaging sth, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason 故意破坏公共财物罪;恣意毁坏他人财产罪
动词形式vandalize
to damage sth, especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason 故意破坏,肆意破坏(尤指公共财物)
十九、foster
1促进;助长;培养;鼓励
2代养,抚育,照料(他人子女一段时间)
二十、subtle
1易察觉的;不明显的;微妙的
2机智的;机巧的;狡猾的
要注意,b不发音。跟它长得像的subtotal,我们也很常用,部分和;小计。
还以一个sublet转租。
以上词汇不齐, 但有的确实在生活中很常见,希望你能留下印象。欢迎交流。
我是Watson,愿你开心。