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英文中有一些有趣的英文單詞,這些字你可能幾乎不曾使用過,但是它們是非常適合以有趣的方式來描述事情!
《Learn English with Papa Teach Me》的講師提到了5個有趣的英文單字!
1.kerfuffle (noun)
意見不合時的騷動或是大驚小怪,特別是一個由矛盾的觀點所造成的。
例句:
Last night there was quite a kerfuffle outside the pub. Two guys were fighting over a girl. What a kerfuffle!
(昨晚在酒吧外面有一陣騷動。兩個男生正為了一個女生在爭鬥。真是大驚小怪!)
2.Blab (verb/noun)
把秘密洩漏出去,或指洩密者。
例句:
Oh my god! I told him something and it was a secret and I didn’t want him to tell everyone and he blabbed it to everyone in the office.
(哦天哪!我告訴他一個秘密,我不想讓他告訴每個人,但他已經洩漏給辦公室裡的每個人了。)
3.klutz (noun)
指的是一個笨拙的人,時常打翻東西或是不小心弄壞東西。
例句:
I’m definitely a klutz. I’ve broken two laptops by spilling orange juice on them.
(我肯定是個笨蛋,我打翻柳橙汁弄壞了兩台筆記型電腦。)
4.flummox (verb) / flummoxed (adj)
使人感到非常困惑的事物。
例句:
I was flummoxed by what he said.It made no sense!
(我被他說的話搞亂了。這完全沒意義啊!)
5.canoodle (verb)
熱情的親吻與擁抱(有點老式,但十分有趣的用法!)
例句:
Oh my god! They’re in the park, and they’re canoodling! Like no one can see them.
(喔天哪!他們在公園裡熱情的擁抱與接吻,像是別人看不見他們一樣。)
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