pine在口语中的意思
“松树”pine 来源于拉丁语中的pinus一词,指的是松树富含的一种汁液,而pine作“憔悴”讲时,它的源头就是另一个词了,poena,意思是“惩罚”。 例如:She pined away with grief. (她因悲...
Bloviate什么意思
在网站的聊天室或论坛上,经常会碰到一个新词――bloviate,如果拿来一本英国版字典或年代已久的美国字典,你或许找不到它的解释。Bloviate可以说是纯粹的'美国制造',它用来形容那些大放厥词、...
The furthest distance in the world世界上最遥远的距离
The furthest distance in the world Tagore·Rabindranath The furthest distance in the world Is no...
Catawampus什么意思
在杂志上看到过这么一个小故事:结婚前夕,未婚妻决定上演一幕让未婚夫遭受重创的'逃婚记',和刚结识的小师弟私奔。故事很简单,但作者的用词很'美国化',举个例子:'Larry‘s elopement with E...
同音同形异义词:fray
既然是异义,两个不同的词义的渊源肯定也不会相同。先看fray做“冲突”时,其词根可追溯到14世纪古英语词affray,指“吓唬某人;使不得安宁”,如果写出它的过去分词--affrayed,您是不是有似曾...
Stopping By Woods 林边小驻
Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here, To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must thi...
There is a kind of feeling is the light 有一种感情是淡淡的
Forgive my decreasing regards, my friends. But there is an emotion, not strong yet externally existing, in my heart. We cannot stay together all the time Gradually we no l...
最常用的4词英语口语
That makes no difference! 不都一样吗? The walls have ears! 隔墙有耳! We better get going! 最好马上就走! We’re all for it! 我们都赞成! What’s on your mind? 你在想什么? Get a ...
A psalm of life 人生礼颂
A psalm of life BY Herry Wadsworth Longfellow Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!  ...
说这个词让你像个地道的英国人
Cheers最为大家熟知的含义是“干杯”,它表达了人们喝酒碰杯时对彼此的祝福。而今天,我们要讲的是cheers在英式英语里面的一个独特含义“谢谢”的意思。 我们可以在大多数情况下把cheers这个词...

