“手麻了、打响指”怎么说
<p>“手麻了、打响指”怎么说</p><p>生活中有很多英语表达法是你意想不到、却又非常简单的。比如我们今天要讲的这个“手麻了”。 美国口语的趋势是用两三个比较常用的字来代替一个比较少见的字。“手麻了”就可以说成是<span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="hands">hands</span>.。手麻掉了,这个“麻”字毫无疑问的可以用<span word="numb">numb</span>,所以你可以把这句话说成:<span word="My">My</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="numb">numb</span>. 但是因为前面提到的这个口语简单化驱势,老美们会用 <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> 这两个比较常用的词来代替 <span word="numb">numb</span>。也就是说老美通常是讲:<span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="hands">hands</span>. 同样的道理,当你因为蹲太久而脚麻了,就可以说:<span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="legs">legs</span>. 或是 <span word="My">My</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="asleep">asleep</span>. 当你吃的东西太辣了,以致于整个嘴巴都麻掉了,这时你可以说:<span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="tongue">tongue</span>/ <span word="mouth">mouth</span>. <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="hot">hot</span>. 大家有没有觉得学美语真的很简单?只要记一些简单的字就能变化出许多不同的用法。 折手指和打响指是男孩子们喜欢干的事。先要说清楚,这不是很礼貌的举动。 "折手指"就是<span word="knuckle">knuckle</span> <span word="cracking">cracking</span>,因为折手指就是把手指关节 (<span word="knuckle">knuckle</span>) 弄得喀喀作响。在<span word="Friends">Friends</span>里,<span word="Joey">Joey</span>曾经说过一句话:<span word="Does">Does</span> <span word="knuckle">knuckle</span> <span word="cracking">cracking</span> <span word="bother">bother</span> <span word="anybody">anybody</span>? 如果是用大拇指和食指来发出声音,那就是打响指了,这个在英语中叫做 <span word="snap">snap</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span>。比如你要叫别人不要再打响指,就可以说:<span word="Don">Don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="snap">snap</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span>.</p><p>不过大家知道打响指为什么会发出声音吗?我原来都以为是骨头相互摩擦时产生的声音,后来一个学医的朋友告诉我,那个声音其实是关节里的少量空气因受到挤压而爆裂的声音,很神奇吧。</p>
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