英語口語練習小對話 第778期:嘔吐

Subject : It seems that you are going to lose your lunch.

第一， 迷你對話

A: It seems that you are going to lose your lunch.

你看起來好像要吐了。

B: Yes, I had many cold snacks and cold drinks last night. I fell rather insufferable now.

是的，我昨晚吃了很多冷食，喝了很多冷飲。現在感覺好難受。

第二， 短語

lose one’s lunch

1. 解釋

Lose one’s lunch是美國俚語，表示“嘔吐”的意思。與之意思相近的一個短語是“shoot one’s lunch”。其字面意思是“把飯菜射出去”，這樣很形象地表現人嘔吐時，那種胃裏翻江倒海，食物噴涌而出的情景。

2. 例句

e.g. The unpleasant smell made her sick and she began to lose her lunch.

那難聞的味道令她不適,她開始嘔吐起來。

e.g. He loosed his lunch after drinking too much.

他酒喝得太多,嘔吐了。

e.g. I felt sick at night and in the morning after breakfast I lost my lunch.

我當天夜裏就覺得不舒服，第二天早飯後竟然嘔吐。

e.g. The swaying of the smoky little room was making Natalie lose her lunch.

這個煙霧騰騰的小房間不住搖晃，使娜塔麗要想嘔吐。

第三， 咬文嚼字

1. cold snacks：冰冷的零食 cold drinks：冷飲 last night：昨晚

2. insufferable的意思是“難以忍受的，不可忍受的，令人厭惡的”。例如：

He was insufferable at times — self-centred and narcissistic.

他有時讓人難以容忍——自我中心，自我陶醉。

His insufferable insolence cost him many friends.

他那令人難以容忍的蠻橫態度使他失掉了許多朋友。