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水果英语句子大全

有关“水果蔬菜”词汇的美国俚语
apple 苹果
1.apple of ones eye ( to be the ): to be ones favorite 掌上明珠;心爱物 eg.
she is the apple of her fathers eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。

2.big apple (the): new york 大苹果城「即纽约」 eg. i live in the big apple.
我住在大苹果城。

4.“how do you like the apples?”:“what do you think of that ?” *注:这是
对某种冒犯性行为做出报复后说的话。

banana(香蕉)
1.bananas(to be): to be crazy 发疯的,神经错乱的 eg. that guuys bananas!
那家伙真是疯了!
eg.she went bananas when she found him cheating.她发现他欺骗时气得要命。

3.play second banana(to):t o be second choice第二选择,次要人物 eg. i always
play second banana to her.我总是做她的后补。

4.top banana:main boss领袖,头头,大老板
bean (豆)
1.bean brain :idiot 白痴,笨蛋
eg. he is such a bean brain.他是个大笨蛋。

2.beans about sth. (not to know):not to know anything about sth.对某事物一
无所知,一窍不通
*注意:此词语只有否定形式,“to know beans about sth.”这种说法不存在。

3.bean town :boston,massachusetts 豆城「指麻萨诸塞州波士顿市」 *注:波士顿
市以其特产烘豆而闻名。

beet(甜菜)
1.beet red (to be):to be extremly red from blushing ,embarrassment,etc.[因
窘迫,羞愧等]脸红 eg. she was so embarrased she turned beet red.他窘迫得满脸
通红。

2.cabbage(洋白菜,甘蓝菜)
3.cabbage:money钱,金钱
*注:这个词语尽管已不在常用,但偶尔也会在老影片或玩笑中听到。

carrot(胡萝卜)
carrot in front of someone (to danglea)
ex.to tempt someone with an unobtainable offer开空头支票[以实践不了的诺言诱
惑某人] eg.the boss told me lf i perform well on the job ,we ll talk about a
salary increase next year.but i think hes just dangling a carrot in front of me.
老板告诉我,如果我工作表现出色,明年加工资就有商量了。

但我想他这不过是开了一
张空头支票。

cauliflower(花椰菜,菜花)
cauliflower ears:swollen ears usually resulting from a boxing match[拳击运动
员因多次受击而肿起的]开花耳朵
eg.that boxer has cauliflower ears.那位拳击运动员的耳朵被打开花了。

cherry(樱桃)
bowl of cherries (to be a ):to be wonderful 精彩的,绝妙的 eg. life isnt
always a bowl of cherries.生活并不总是美好的。

corn (谷物;谷粒)
“for corn sake!”:“oh,my goodness!”“噢,天哪!” *注:这个词语虽然已相当过时,但中老年人仍在使用。

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