Dry run: 排练
<p><span word="Dry">Dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>: 排练</p><p>前两天讲俚语<span word="eighty">eighty</span>-<span word="six">six</span>（缺货）时才说过，俚语是块神秘的乐园，总会让英语学习者乐此不疲……碰巧，今天谈的<span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>（排练）亦是俚语大家族中的一员，它的渊源蛮有戏剧性，与要不得“<span word="dry">dry</span>”的消防队有关。 <span word="Dry">Dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>最早可追溯到19世纪中期，<span word="run">run</span>在这里表示“溪流”，而“<span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>”则指“干涸的河床”。当时在美国西部有很多这样的河床，平时干涸无流水，一场大雨过后却又过分积水。由此，有人猜测，<span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>（干涸的河床）好比演出之前的排练，只等“暴雨”来临之时“积水”，以其排山倒海之势惊压四方。 据语言学家考证，<span word="run">run</span>实质上是消防队的行话，指“出动”，即“消防队员整装待发赶往救火现场”。19世纪末，在一些“狂欢活动”中，各消防队为显示其英勇和睿智，往往相互<span word="PK">PK</span>，现场模拟表演整套消防动作，如“全体出动、立定式起跑”等。既然是模拟，这些动作一定与“水”没有直接干系，所以被称作“<span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>”。 随着时间的推移，<span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>的词义逐步扩大，可以用于各种“彩排、排练”，甚至是“非实弹军事演习”。 举两个例子： <span word="He">He</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mirror">mirror</span>. 他对着镜子试讲。 <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Chairman">Chairman</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>. <span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="hurry">hurry</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="run">run</span>. 董事长两个小时以后到，我们还有许多事情要做。请大家抓紧时间，必须留出至少半个小时再来进行一次排练。</p>
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