关于夏季的五个俚语
Dog days
▲ dog days
① 三伏天
☆ Watermelons sell fast during the dog days.
大伏天西瓜卖得快。
② 无所事事的时间
☆ I've wasted too much dog days.
我浪费了太多无所事事的时间。
It’s a scorcher!
▲ scorcher
① 大热天
☆ Let's cancel the appointment this evening; it's a scorcher outside!
我们取消晚上的约会吧,外面太热了。
② 精彩的击球(或射门等)
☆ a scorcher of a free kick
有力的一记进球
③ 形容书籍、电影、话剧很棒
☆ The novel is a scorcher.
这部小说很棒。
④ 很激烈的辩论
☆ Those two are having a row, a scorcher.
他们两个在很激烈的辩论。
Indian summer
▲ Indian summer
① 深秋初冬的一段异常温暖的天气。小阳春,秋老虎
☆ We had a splendid Indian summer last October.
去年十月,我们度过了一个十分美妙的小阳春。
② 当某事接近尾声时特别平静、成功或愉快的时刻;(老年的)回春期
☆ As her illness worsened, my grandmother still enjoyed painting, so I think she had an Indian summer before her death.
随着病情的恶化,我祖母仍然喜欢画画,所以我想她去世前有一个愉快宁静的晚年。
Summer fling
▲ summer fling
夏天经历的恋情(不是谈婚论嫁那种,是无聊打发时间那种)
☆ Our summer fling was over.
我们的恋情结束了。
Full of hot air
▲ full of hot air
夸夸其谈
☆ What he said is full of hot air.
他说的全是空话。
▲ full of nonsense
胡说八道
☆ You kids are full of nonsense.
小孩子别胡说八道。