记住:“What's his face”的意思不是“他的脸是什么”哦

2022-07-20 14:59:21  每日学英语
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“What's his face”不是“他的脸是什么”

 

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“What's his face”不是问你 “他的脸长什么样?,而是表示 “他叫什么名字来着?”,可以理解成“他是那个谁来着?”。字面上也经常会加上连字符作为一个整体写成 what's-his-face 表示 那个谁。

例:

What's his face, the guy with the yellow shirt?

他叫什么名字来着,那个穿黄色衬衫的男孩?

And his new girlfriend... what's her face?

他的新女朋友...那个谁来着?

Have you seen what's-his-face?

见到那个谁了吗?

02

“egg on your face”是什么意思?

 

脸

 

“egg on your face”直译为“鸡蛋在你的脸上”,但它还可以表达“尴尬,难堪”的意思,英文释义为“to be embarrassed”,常与“have”和“left”搭配使用。

例:

He was left with egg on his face after losing the game to a child。

他在比赛中输给了一个小孩,感觉很难堪。

She doesn't let him have egg on his face in public.

她没有让他当众出丑。

Jim really had egg on his face after he lost the bicycle race to a 10 year old girl.

Jim 在比赛中输给了一个10岁的女孩,他感到很没面子。

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long face

 

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long face其实的意思是“拉个脸, 丧脸”。在口语中,常用这句询问别人有什么不开心的。

例:

Why the long face? Is there something bothering you?

为什么拉着个脸? 有什么困扰吗?

She came home with a long face.

她拉这个脸回家了。

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Friday face

Friday face可千万别按照字面把它理解成“星期五的脸”。因为Friday在外国人的眼中代表着坏运气,friday face就带有一些负面的意思,它是指“脸色很差,神情疲惫”。如果有人跟你说friday face,能证明你那天的脸色很差,需要注意下哦。不过,在现代社会中,许多社畜都对周五即放假有共识,一周之中最喜欢的就是周五下班那个时刻,所以也会摆出开心的Friday face出来,如图:

 

脸

 

例:

Jack, What's wrong with you? I see that you had got your friday face on today.

杰克,你怎么了?我看你今天脸色很差啊!

好啦,今天的小知识点,你学会了嘛?

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