“落汤鸡”英语怎么说

2014-08-30 14:54阿卡索英语

中文和英文常常有异曲同工之妙,比如说“借酒消愁”,英文说''drown your sorrows'',直译过来“把忧愁溺死在酒里”,挺有意思的。那中文说的“落汤鸡”英语怎么说?还是“一只鸡掉在水里”吗?

正确的应该是''look like a drowned rat'',可能老外认为落水的老鼠也够狼狈的。

由这个拓展开来,我们看看“湿透”还有哪些说法,毕竟不能老用''wet''''look like a drowned rat''嘛。

 

1. wet:

例:

His face was wet with sweat.(他脸上全是汗。)

I don't want to get my shoes wet.(我不想把鞋弄湿。)

 

2. soakedvery wet or wearing very wet clothes经常用来指“人或衣服”湿透了,一般做表语

例:

I was soaked and very cold. (我全身湿透了,而且好冷。)

It was raining so hard and we were quickly soaked through.(雨下得好大,我们瞬间湿透。)

Her shoes got soaked as she walked through the wet grass.(走过湿草地,她的鞋子全湿了。)

 

3. drenched: very wet经常指“人或地方”湿透了

例:

Come on--you're drenched. (快点儿!你身上全湿了!)

He changed out of his rain-drenched clothes.(他把被雨淋湿的衣服换了。)

Everyone got drenched when a huge wave hit the boat.(一个大浪打来,船上所有人都湿透了。)

The garden was completely drenched after the rain.(雨后整个公园都湿漉漉的。)

 

4. soaking/sopping/dripping wet: very wet形容人或物湿透了,都能滴下水来

例:

We were soaking wet by the time we got out of the rain. (待到躲雨时,我们全身已湿透。)

There's no way I can wear this shirt tonight--it's still sopping wet.(今晚没法穿这件衬衫了,还很湿。)

Can I call you back in five minutes? I just got out of shower and I'm dripping wet.(我5分钟后打给你好吗?我才洗完澡,还没擦干呢。)

 

5.soakingsoppingdripping :4用法相同

例:

You're soaking, take off those wet clothes off before you catch a cold.(你全湿了,快把湿衣服脱了,以免感冒。)

Someone had pushed Sally into the swimming pool, so she's soaking.(有人把莎莉推到游泳池里,她湿透了。)

 

6. soggy: unpleasantly wet and soft 令人不爽的湿、发软

例:

The sandwiches have gone all soggy.(三明治都受潮了。)

Breakfast was terrible--the eggs were burnt and the toast was soggy.(早餐很糟糕——蛋是焦的,面包也受潮发软。)

A soggy pile of old leaves lay in the corner of the yard.(一堆湿漉漉的落叶堆在院子的角落。)

 

7.saturated: something that is saturated is so wet that it cannot hold any more water or liquid 浸满水

例:

When the summer rains begin, the soil quickly becomes saturated.(夏天雨季一来,土地很快就喝饱了水。)

The bandage around his knee was already saturated with blood.(他腿上的绷带很快浸满了鲜血。)

 

总结:除了saturated是比较正式的说法外,其他几个在口语中都很常用。

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