真实生活口语中俚语是很多的,给英语非母语的人再添一个障碍。Niwot会陆续把自己觉得常用的补充进来,贴在安斯本的坛子上。希望大家发现好的也加进来。让我们先凑起一百个并背熟例句,到时候鬼子都会禁不住夸你口语地道!
1,ace: She is an ace dancer.
就是牛X的意思啊。
2,all-nighter: I felt very tired after an all-nighter.
通宵。
3,beemer: That girl is driving a beemer.
BMW, 宝马。气人的是,我们停车场里一辆牛款beemer的主人不是官最大的,当然不是最有学问的,而是一个有钱人的小千金。
4,booze: I m going to bring a bottle of booze to your party.
酒
5,bummer:
坏事,不好的方面。别人要跟你说开车撞了电线杆子,你就要说 Oh, bummer!一表感同身受。
6,chicken: He is really a chicken.
弱人
7,cool:
港片里的“酷”啊,用得实在多。
8,cop:That crazy driver was pulled over by a cop.
警察,可不要当面叫啊,当面叫"ShuShu".
9,couch patato: My roommate is a couch patato.
喜欢长时间坐那看电视的懒蛋。
10,deep pockets: I don t want to buy it, it s for people with deep pockets.
富鬼。
11,flip side: Don t watch the flip side, it s too personal.
另一面,反面
12,foxy: Look at that foxy lady!
性感撩人的
13,nuke: That country is working seriously on nukes.
北韩,说你呢。 核弹。
14,pain: That s a pain in the neck.
烦人的,
15,psycho: That psycho scared me.
说人“有病”
16,rock: You wanna your coke on the rocks?
冰块, 注意介词
17,shot: Do you wanna another shot?
试试
18,yukky: That dish was yukky.
难吃
19,get it: Did you get that joke?
搞明白
20,glitch: We shut the pc down since there was a glitch.
小毛病,比如以前电脑里的一些莫名其妙的东西经常搞死机子。
21,goofy: They were worrying about their goofy kids.
傻,不懂事,顽皮
22,grand: Give me two grands and the car will be yours.
一千大洋
23,groovy: His Mom made some groovy art.
有品位的
24,gross:
恶心
25,guts:
胆量
26,vibes: I have bad vibes about that person.
对别人感觉如何的“感觉”。
27,up: He has been up since married.
高兴。“七喜”的英文是啥来着?
28,veg: He veg out in front of TV all the time.
“菜”在那不动
29,好吃叫“yummy".鬼子喜欢听好话,他们要做点啥请你吃你可一定要装一装说”yummy".
30, fishy 可疑的。
That sounds fishy.
31, drag 没劲的事
It s such a drag to deal with them again and again.
32, roll 走,离开。(今天还听一人说Ready to roll?来着)
Are you ready to roll? Let s roll.
33, nuts 疯
Are you nuts? The trafic drives me nuts.
34, freak out 紧张害怕
Don t freak out if cops pull you over.
35, rip off 骗了(钱了)
I realized I was ripped off after payed $200 for these shoes.
36, bug 讨厌
Stop bugging me with your plan. I won t do it with you
37 shrink =A psychotherapist 心理医生
38 airhead =A silly, rather unintelligent person.
His girlfriend is an airhead.
39 a-yo 比较随便的打招呼,近似于"What up?" "Hey!"
40 buzz 打电话 Give me a buzz when you reach home.
41 bread =money. breadwinner 养家的人
42 booty 屁股 Check out her booty!
43 boob 乳房
44 cheesey 很没品味,很土=corny
The gift I receieved from Ryan is cheesey.
45 cig cigarette的缩写 You got a cig?
46 crap =nonsense
What he said is crap. Don t believe a word of it.
47 f-u-c-ked up 可以表达很多意思,比如“糟透了,笨死了”
You are pretty f-u-c-ked up.
48 freaky =weird
He s a freaky guy.=He is a freak.
49 flick =movie
That was a good flick.
50 get on (one s) nerves =to annoy
You really get on my nerves.
51 goof 笨蛋 goofy=silly
52 hang out (和朋友)出去消遣
53 hooker 妓女
54 hot 迷人
Man, that girl was hot!
She is such a hottie!
55 juicy 桃色八卦的 a juicy scandal
56 jerk 粗蠢之人
57 jerk off =to masturbate
48 jackass “公驴”,说人就是“蠢驴”的意思, MTV台就有一档叫JACKASS的节目,专门表演一些无聊又愚蠢的玩意儿逗乐
49 pimp 拉皮条的
50 puke =vomit
There s puke on the floor.
51 pussy =vagina
52 redneck (美国的)乡巴佬
53 sassy =styling. 时髦的
Those clothes are sassy!
54 nifty 棒,一流的
Here s a list of all-around nifty things that we ve found over the years.
55 screw up =err;mess up
They screwed up that paint job.
56 suck 讨厌,烦人
Final exams suck.
57 twisted = displeasing; MESSED UP
That s twisted!
twisted mind 奇思异想;怪脑筋
58 meth Methamphetamine的缩写,即“冰毒”
59 tweaker =a person who uses meth
60 MDMA 摇头丸,也叫“Ecstasy”/“XTC”
61 pot =Marijuana;joint 大麻烟
62 crack 强效可卡因63 whiz 小便
I just took a whiz.
64 gig =job
I just do these gigs as a cover.
65 dump 甩了某人(比如女朋友)
66 get high 爽一下
Do you get high?
67 p-i-s-s off
68 get a crush on somebody 迷上某人
69 thirtyish = thirty something 三十多岁的 70 bent =angry
It s OK. Don t get so bent.
71 booze = alcohol
He promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
72 call =prediction
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
73 chintzy =cheap
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
74 cut out =leave
It is late. I have to cut out.
75 dope -drug
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
76 freebie 免费品
The pillow was a freebie
77 get it =understand
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don t get it.
78 grubby = unclean and untidy
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
79 hairy =dangerous
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
80 fag 是"faggot"的简写, 对同性恋男子的贬称
81 street smart 知道在城市生活该怎么处置一些事情,应该如何应付各种不同的情况,比如如何保护自己。
82 chill/chill out =relax 放松,休息
Glad class is over! I m ready to chill for the rest of the morning. I haven t had a chance to chill out these last few days, getting ready for school and all.
83 ditch 做名词用是指地上的沟; 做动词to ditch表示要离开某个人,因为你不想跟他在一起了;或表示要马上离开一个不想再呆的地方。
It s too noisy. Let s ditch this place.
84 hit the spot 感到过瘾,觉得很痛快。比如你肚子饿了,吃得心满意足,就可以说That food really hit the spot.
85 big gun 大人物,对决策有重大影响的人
The company s big gun quarterbacked the meeting about their revenue report.
86 quarterback 本意是美式足球的四分卫,做动词在可以表示"主持会议,或总管项目"
The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
87 lame 无聊,没意思,或者不合适的
Don t give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something!
88 shot 是指什么东西坏了,或者人体的某个部位受伤了
I think my engine is shot. This is not good.
89 damage 是指为某样东西或某个交易付的钱, 通常用"bad/not bad"来表示价钱高低
The damage for renting the car is pretty bad.
90 choke 糟糕,失败的意思
I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.
91 money 保持高水平,非常棒的意思
Yao Ming is money.
92 hard headed =stubborn 顽固,固执
93 drained =exhausted 非常累
You are full of energy. But I m drained, I m going to sleep.
94 wired 一 精力充沛.
After the next cup of coffee, I think I m going to be pretty wired.
二 to be connected to something, such as being wired into the Internet, or being wired into a discussion.
95 kick back 休息,和某人一起玩
It s a good time to just kick back and relax.
96 one track mind 意思是脑子里光想一件事
Geez, you have such a one track mind sometimes.
97 ticked off 为了什么事情生气
Crossing the streets in New York and Washington is dangerous. But getting ticked off about it won t do you any good.
98 close call 差一点没发生的倒霉的事,或是差一点完不成的该做的事
99 goof off (年轻人)一些无聊的事开玩笑
No more goofing off!
100. poop --To defecate 拉屎
昨天Fox台the 55th Emmy Awards Ceremony上,就有人说pooped his pants
101. liplock 接吻 Madonna 和 Britney 那个French kiss大家都看见了吧
102. snoozer---something tedious or boring 使人打瞌睡的东西
103. sour-puss-----A habitually gloomy or sullen person 扑克脸
104 toss-up---- even chance 原意为抛硬币,引申为“对半开的机会”
It is a toss-up whether he will win or lose.
105 pratfall---a comedy fall upon one s buttocks 屁蹲儿
105 pick-up line:
a prepared opening line of conversation intended to get someone interested in having a causal sexual relationship.
不知道中文里面又没有对应的词,我头一回听说这个词是看Will & Grace, Grace抱回一只小狗结果Will着了魔,吃饭睡觉都舍不得放下狗狗,Grace明白Will同志是太寂寞了,于是劝他go on a date,Will很不自信,她就鼓励道 You still have a pick-up line.
106 poofter/pooftah/poufer: (Derogatory) 1. a male homosexual. 2. an effeminate male. --adjective 3. homosexual. 对男同性恋的贬称,尤其是对sissy的男同,我看过一个澳大利亚电影Head On,里面一个被激怒的的父亲对女装打扮的儿子就用了这个词儿。同意词还有pansy
107 party animal: 1. a person who parties hard. 2. a person who is always going to parties. 派对动物
108 party pooper: a person who has a discouraging or depressing effect, especially at a party. 冷场人物109, on the money
正正好。比如说,两条线正好重叠,扔出去的东西击中目标等。
110, sabbatical
这个不太是俚语。通常指老师或教授的带薪的长假。 111. nerd
If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool.
A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.
As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn t fit in.
112. cheesy 就是很俗气,质量很次,很愚蠢。人们经常用cheesy 这个词来形容电视节目,电影或者某个人说的话。
Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It s usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.
I think the new TV soap opera on Channel 6 is so cheesy. It is fake and the things they say on the shows are so weird. I don t know why these shows are so popular.
113. wimp 软弱的人,胆小鬼,或者是怕痛的人
A wimp is a weak person, a coward, or someone who can t take pain.
114. guts 勇气
You only had enough guts today because I was here to support you. Usually you are a wimp!
115. take a hike -----to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
116. blow off--取消约会,或者是不做自己不想做的事
Bob and I did make plans to go out last night. But he blew me off. He decided to go out with his girlfriend. It wasn t the first time he blew me off.
There are some things in life you just shouldn t blow off.
117. uptight----tense, irritable, or unable to relax.
Sometimes if I feel a bit uptight, I have a few beers. That helps me relax.
118. busted ------做坏事被抓到
The police just busted someone for trying to steal my neighbor s car.
119. creeep ---A creep is someone who looks and acts in a way that makes people suspicious and uncomfortable.
He was always frowning, and wouldn t say hello to people. That s one reason I thought he was a creep. 120. wasted----喝得大醉
Last night a friend and I went out to a bar and got wasted, so I don t feel very good right now.
We were so wasted that we couldn t even stand up straight.
121.to get a kick out of something-----为某件事感到很高兴
I said you get a kick out of watching me suffer. That means, you enjoy watching me suffer.
122. whatever 表示说话的人对对方说的话很不以为然
123 peanuts 数量很小,价值很低
A:How much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don t mind my asking?
B:Eight dollars? That s peanuts!
124. laid back: 形容一个人个性比较随和,不会轻易发脾气
Wanted: friendly, laid back female roommate to share a two bedroom apartment.
125. to play hooky: 逃学,或者装病不去上班
I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard.
126. to snap at somebody: 对某人嚷嚷,很生气地对某人说话
I m sorry, Mikey. I didn t mean to snap at you. It s just that right now I m so stressed.
127. chip in: 凑钱买什么东西,或者是凑钱付大家一起吃饭的钱
The guys and I usually each chip in a few dollars when we go out for pizza on Friday nights.
128. snail mail:通过邮局寄的信
Ever since e-mail became popular, people have used "snail mail" to talk about paper mail, because it is slower than e-mail.
Everyone is so busy nowadays, no one seems to have time to write snail mail anymore.
129. to rule: 很棒
I said I rule the pool table. That means that I dominate the game.I can defeat anyone.
Chinese food rules!
130. to blow one s money on something: 把钱都浪费在了某样东西上
When we were at the mall the other day, you blew a whole week s pay on shoes
131 techie 技术专家,尤指电子电脑方面的高手
132 honcho 上司,老板
133 weirdo/weirdie/weirdy 怪人
134 mumbo jumbo: speech one doesn t understand
135 sleep around: have sex with many people
He s never at home because he sleeps around so much.
136 funky:strange; weird
137 indie film: 独立电影
138 fool around: play around; kill time 游荡;鬼混
139 p-u-s-s-y: a physically weak person; wimp
140 high-maintenance: 费钱费工夫的
He considered beautiful girls too high-maintenance.