短语 to chicken out 的意思是某人因为害怕而临阵退缩，退出了。 Johnny says he is an action man but he chickened out of riding a horse. Are you absolutely sure you want to go bungee ...

短语 child‘s play 用来形容非常容易做的一件事，小菜一碟，易如反掌。 I finished the test very quickly. It was child‘s play! Stop trying to fix the car and call a professional mech...

短语 wise old owl 可形容一位有智慧的、生活经验丰富的人。 My English teacher was a wise old owl. He told me that I shouldn‘t give up on things when they don‘t work the first time...

正月十五过完传统意义上的春节就过完了，元宵节看花灯、吃汤圆，最是热闹不过，本文就要来聊一聊有关元宵节的英语。 “元宵节”英语怎么说？ “元宵节”的英语说法和食物并没有关系： 元宵...

所谓突然一阵灵感 a flash of inspiration 就是说一个人头脑里突然冒出一个创新或革新的想法或闪念。 John‘s new travel book was a huge success after the flash of inspiration he got whi...

to bite someone‘s head off 的意思是对某人严厉斥责、大发脾气，而且往往是在对方没有准备的情况下。 I‘m very sorry I lost my temper, I didn‘t mean to bite your head off. Don‘t bit...

处于红色状态 in the red 意思就是你欠银行钱了。当一个人或企业的财务出现赤字，那就意味着他们处于负债或亏损状态。 Because the airline had to give everyone their money back after the ...

我们可以用 crabby 这个词来形容那些脾气暴躁，容易发火的人。 Hi Tony. Be careful when talking to Mary. She is very crabby today! I need my coffee early in the morning or I get very ...

短语 to toy with somebody 表示对一个人的感情不认真、不看重，说得重一些就是玩弄某人的感情。 Peter has been going out with Mary for five years but he never talks about marriage. He ...

搭配 “made up” 可用来描述因发生了好事而 “感到非常高兴的、欣喜不已的”。“Made up” 是形容词性短语，所以应该搭配助动词 “be” 使用，比如：She is made up. 她高兴极了。 James was ...