美國俚語英英小辭典

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上· 美國俚語英英小辭典· ace· He's an ace reporter.· MEANING: very good· action· Do you know where the action is in this town?· MEANING: excitement· airhead· My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.· MEANING: stupid person· all wet·

2、; Your ideas about politics are all wet.· MEANING: completely wrong· all-nighter· I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.· MEANING: after studying all night.· ammo· The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.· MEANING: ammunition·

3、antifreeze· I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.· MEANING: liquor· armpit· This town is really an armpit.· MEANING: undesirable place· awesome· What an awesome sunset.· MEANING: great· bad· Wow, that was really a bad movie.

4、3; MEANING: intense· barf· He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.· MEANING: vomitted· bashed· The boat was bashed beyond recognition.· MEANING: crushed· beat· After working all day I am really beat.· MEANING: exhausted· beemer· He just bou

5、ght a new beemer to drive to work in.· MEANING: B.M.W. car· bench· He was benched during the basketball playoffs.· MEANING: taken out of the game· bent· It's OK. Don't get so bent.· MEANING: angry· bent out of shape· Don't get so bent out of s

6、hape.· MEANING: become upset· big gun· The president brought two big guns to the meeting.· MEANING: powerful people· big mouth· Shut up! You really have a big mouth.· MEANING: talk too much· big stink· The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear p

7、ower station.· MEANING: big issue· blade· He carried a ten inch blade with him.· MEANING: knife· blimp· I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.· MEANING: very fat person· blow· I'm going to blow out of here now.· MEANING:

8、leave· blow· He blew all his money gambling.· MEANING: lost· blow a fuse· Hey, don't blow a fuse.· MEANING: lose your temper.· blow one's cool· Calm down. Don't blow your cool.· MEANING: become angry· blown away· I was blown away by

9、his donation of a million dollars.· MEANING: greatly impressed· bomb· The movie was a bomb.· MEANING: bad· bombed · The driver of the car was bombed.· MEANING: intoxicated· bonkers· I think I am going bonkers.· MEANING: crazy· boo-boo· If y

10、ou make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.· MEANING: mistake· booze· I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.· MEANING: alcohol· bread· I need some bread to pay for my car.· MEANING: money· break· A lucky break helped him g

11、et the job.· MEANING: opportunity· break it up· Break it up, or I will call the police.· MEANING: stop· bring-down· The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.· MEANING: depressing· buck· Do you have a buck I can borrow?· MEANING: dollar· b

12、ummed· I was really bummed after I heard the news.· MEANING: depressed· bummer· My trip to New York was a bummer.· MEANING: bad experience· bust· The whole idea was a bust.· MEANING: failure· buy it· If you don't slow down, you're going to bu

13、y it in a car accident.· MEANING: die· call· The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come. · MEANING: prediction· can· Do you know where the can is?· MEANING: bathroom· carb· My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.· MEANING:

14、 carburetor· catch some rays· I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.· MEANING: get some sunshine.· catch some Z's· I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.· MEANING: get some sleep· cheesy· That is really a cheesy looking outfit

15、.· MEANING: cheap· chicken· Don't be a chicken.· MEANING: coward· chintzy· That really was a chintzy present you got him.· MEANING: cheap· chow down· I need to find a place to chow down.· MEANING: eat a lot· clip· Watch out or they will

16、 clip you at that bar.· MEANING: cheat· clunker· I can't go on a date in that clunker.· MEANING: old car· cold fish· My date for the dance was a cold fish.· MEANING: dull· collar· I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.· MEANING: arr

17、est· come up for air· He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.· MEANING: take a break· con· Don't try to con me.· MEANING: deceive· cool· This is a really cool place to work.· MEANING: good· cool down· Things should cool dow

18、n in a day or two.· MEANING: calm down· cop· How did you get the road sign? I copped it.· MEANING: robbed· cop· The cop showed me his badge.· MEANING: policeman· couch potato· He is a couch potato.· MEANING: lazy person· crack open a bottle·

19、; Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.· MEANING: open· cram· I need more time to cram for the test.· MEANING: study hard· cream· Our team creamed them badly.· MEANING: beat· croak· I feel like I am going to croak.· MEANING: die· cruis

20、e· The skier was cruising down the hill· MEANING: going very fast· cuffs· He put the cuffs on the killer.· MEANING: handcuffs· cushy· He has a really cushy job.· MEANING: easy· cut· Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?· MEANING: dilute&

21、#183; cut out· It is late. I have to cut out.· MEANING: leave· damage· Lets get the bill and find out the damage.· MEANING: cost· dead· This disco is really dead tonight.· MEANING: quiet· deck· He was decked in the fight.· MEANING: knocked down&

22、#183; deep pockets· Her boyfriend has deep pockets.· MEANING: is a good source of money· dicey· Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.· MEANING: chancy· dirty· I hear that it's a dirty movie.· MEANING: an obscene· ditch· I'

23、;ll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.· MEANING: leave· do a snow job on· Don't try to do a snow job on me.· MEANING: deceive· dope· He is such a dope.· MEANING: stupid person· dope· There are a lot of dope dealers around here.· MEANIN

24、G: drug· dork· He is such a dork.· MEANING: strange person· dough· I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.· MEANING: money· down· Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.· MEANING: drink quickly· drag· Doing homework on the week

25、end is a drag.· MEANING: boring· dynamite· This drink is really dynamite.· MEANING: powerful; great· earful· My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.· MEANING: a lot of gossip· easy mark· The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually

26、carry cash.· MEANING: likely victims· eat· The problem is really eating away at me.· MEANING: bothering· excellent· That's excellent man.· MEANING: fine· face-off· The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.· MEANING: confrontation· far-

27、out· This music is really far-out.· MEANING: great· fix· The addict needs another fix.· MEANING: dose of drugs· flaky· He is too flaky to do the work.· MEANING: unreliable· flashback· At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.· MEA

28、NING: remembered· flick· I haven't seen a flick in a long time.· MEANING: movie· flip out· He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.· MEANING: lost control· flip side· What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?· M

29、EANING: other side· fox· His older sister is a fox.· MEANING: very attractive· foxy· She is a foxy lady.· MEANING: sexy· freebie· The pillow was a freebie· MEANING: free· get into something· I got into gardening in high school.· MEANING: be

30、came seriously interested in· get it· I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.· MEANING: understand· get with it· If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.· MEANING: hurry up· gig· I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00

31、 to 10:00.· MEANING: job· glitch· This computer program has a glitch.· MEANING: defect· glitzy· This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.· MEANING: fashionable· go· Let me have a go at solving the problem.· MEANING: try· go bananas· I

32、 am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.· MEANING: go crazy· go down· What is going down?· MEANING: happening· goof· I am really a goof at times.· MEANING: fool· goof up· I really goofed up when I painted my room green.· MEANING:

33、made a serious mistake· goofy· You are always acting goofy these days.· MEANING: silly· gourd· Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.· MEANING: head· grand· His salary is twenty grand.· MEANING: thousand dollars· grass· Lots of students

34、 smoke grass in the dormitory.· MEANING: marijuana· gravy· This job is pure gravy.· MEANING: easy money· groovy· This music is groovy.· MEANING: pleasant· gross· Picking your nose is really a gross habit.· MEANING: disgusting· gross-out· Th

35、e party was a gross-out.· MEANING: digusting time· grub· Where is the best place to get some grub around here?· MEANING: food· grubby· Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.· MEANING: unclean and untidy· grungy· That is a really grungy jacket.

36、· MEANING: dirty· gut· He got shot in the gut.· MEANING: stomach.· gut· The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.· MEANING: basic· guts· It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.· MEANING: courage· hairy· That was

37、 a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.· MEANING: dangerous· hammer· Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.· MEANING: accelerator· hang it up· I have decided to hang up my teaching job.· MEANING: quit· hang loose· Just h

38、ang loose for another few days.· MEANING: relax· hang tough· We need to hang tough on our decision.· MEANING: stick with· hardware· The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.· MEANING: weapons· have a buzz on· I had a buzz on afte

39、r the third martini.· MEANING: was slightly intoxicated· have good vibes· I have good vibes about our new secretary.· MEANING: feel good about· have it all together· Recently I don't have it all together.· MEANING: feel mentally all there.· heave· I h

40、eaved up on the floor.· MEANING: vomited· high· The teenagers look high to me.· MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol· hip-shooter· He is such a hip-shooter.· MEANING: always talking without thinking· history· I don't have any idea where my old boy

41、friend is. He's history.· MEANING: something in the past· hit· Your proposal was a hit with the boss.· MEANING: successful· hole up· I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.· MEANING: hide· honcho· The honcho says that w

42、e are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.· MEANING: boss· hooker· Her clothes make her look like a hooker.· MEANING: prostitute· hot· The police stopped them because they though the car was hot.· MEANING: stolen· huffy· I will do it soon so

43、 please don't get huffy.· MEANING: angry· hungry· If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.· MEANING: eager to make money· hustle· If you don't hustle, we will be late again.· MEANING: hurry up· hyped· The fans were all hyped

44、 up for the football game.· MEANING: excited· hyper· Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.· MEANING: over excited· I.D.· Can you show me some I.D. please?· MEANING: identification· in· The tie you are wearing is really i

45、n.· MEANING: fashionable· in deep· They are really in deep with each other.· MEANING: deeply involved· in the bag· Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.· MEANING: settled· intense· This is a very intense situation we are discussing.&#

46、183; MEANING: serious· jam· I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.· MEANING: trouble· jerk someone around· Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.· MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble· jock· My roommate is a jock for the basketba

47、ll team.· MEANING: an athlete· john· The john really smells.· MEANING: bathroom· joint· Where is the closest joint to here.· MEANING: cheap bar· joint· He is good at rolling joints.· MEANING: marijuana cigarettes· junkie· Sam is a junkie.&#

48、183; MEANING: rug addict· just off the boat· He acts like he is just off the boat.· MEANING: naive· keep one's cool· He kept his cool when his house burned down.· MEANING: remained calm· kegger· I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.· M

49、EANING: beer party· kick· I get a kick out of watching him paint.· MEANING: enjoy· klutz· He is a real klutz.· MEANING: stupid and clumsy person· knock· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.· MEANING: criticize· knocked up· My do

50、g gets knocked up once a year.· MEANING: pregnant· knockout· Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?· MEANING: stunning person· knuckle sandwich· Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.· MEANING: punch in the mouth· kook· Watch out for

51、all the kooks in this neighborhood.· MEANING: strange people· laid-back· You need to be more laid-back.· MEANING: calm and relaxed· lame· That is really a lame excuse.· MEANING: an inadequate· line· I have heard that line a million times.· MEANING: s

52、tory· loser· John is a loser.· MEANING: annoying and useless· love handles· I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.· MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach· make waves· Try not to make waves around the office.· MEANING: cause

53、 trouble· maxed out· I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.· MEANING: exhausted· mean· He plays a mean violin.· MEANING: performs well on· mega· I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.· MEANING: large· megabucks· He made m

54、egabucks when he sold his company.· MEANING: a lot of money· knock· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.· MEANING: criticize· mellow· You need to mellow out and enjoy life.· MEANING: calm down and relax· meltdown· There has been a meltdow

55、n in the relationship between my parents and I.· MEANING: total collapse· mickey mouse· The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.· MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time· move on someone· I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.· MEANING: pick up a

56、nd seduce· mush· That is total mush and you know it.· MEANING: nonesense· nark· Watch out for the narks in the airport.· MEANING: drug police· neat· That was a neat idea that you had.· MEANING: good· negative· There are too many negatives about

57、the company merger.· MEANING: bad things· nick· The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.· MEANING: arrested· nip· He took a nip out of the bottle.· MEANING: a quick drink· no sweat· It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Mo

58、nday.· MEANING: no problem· nuke· I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.· MEANING: heat up in the microwave· nuke· Does that attack plane have any nukes?· MEANING: nuclear weapons· nut· I think that he is a nut.· MEANING: crazy person· nuts&

59、#183; You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.· MEANING: crazy· pad· Have you found a pad yet?· MEANING: a place to live· pain in the neck· My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.· MEANING: annoying· paper-pusher· My office is fil

60、led with paper-pushers.· MEANING: bureaucratic office workers· party animal· You're too old to be a party animal.· MEANING: love parties· party-hearty· We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.· MEANING: celebrate· paw· Get your p

61、aws off of my body.· MEANING: hands· peanuts· I am not going to work for peanuts.· MEANING: practically no money· pickled· He gets pickled after only one beer.· MEANING: intoxicated· piece of cake· Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.· ME

62、ANING: easy to do· pig· He is a pig at parties.· MEANING: eats too much· pig out· Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.· MEANING: eat a lot or overeat· pit stop· Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.· MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom&

63、#183; plastered· He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.· MEANING: intoxicated· pooped out· He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.· MEANING: quit· pop· Shut up or I will pop you.· MEANING: hit· pop for something· It is

64、 my turn to pop for the doughnuts.· MEANING: buy· pro· He is really a pro at his work.· MEANING: professional· prod· Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?· MEANING: reminder· psyched up· The players are really psyched up for the g

65、ame on Friday.· MEANING: mentally ready· psycho· She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.· MEANING: mentally ill· puke· I feel like I am going to puke.· MEANING: vomit· push off· I am going to push off now.· MEANING: leave· put the moves on· You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.· MEANING: seduce· put-on· It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.· MEANING: deception· quarterback· Who is going to qua