身体部位的单词,与其他词语搭配可以形象地表达丰富的含义,今天我们要学的短语中,都含有“bone”这个词,bone的原意是“骨骼”,看看它的搭配能表达哪些意思呢? 1. a bag of bones 骨瘦如柴的人 例句:If you don't eat more you'll soon be a bag of bones. 你要再不多吃些,真的要变得骨瘦如柴了。 2. be skin and bone 瘦得皮包骨;极瘦 例句:He was all skin and bone after his illness. 他病后瘦成了皮包骨。 3. be as dry as a bone 干燥极了、口渴极了 例句:Let's stop for a drink. I'm as dry as a bone. 咱们停下来喝点什么吧,我的嗓子干得直冒烟。 4. be bone idle 懒到家了、懒到极点了 例句:The boy has a good enough brain but he's bone idle and won't study. 这个男孩脑子十分好,但就是懒惰成性,不肯学习。 5. close to the bone 近乎下流的、卑鄙的 例句: Some of his jokes were a bit close to the bone. 他的有些笑话近乎下流。 6. be chilled to the bone 冻僵了 例句:You will be chilled to the bone without your overcoat. 要是不穿大衣你会感到寒气刺骨。
7. bone of contention 争论的焦点 父亲的财产分配问题是他们争吵的原因。 8. feel in your bones 直觉地意识到,从内心(预)感到 例句:She felt in her bones that she would succeed. 她坚信自己能成功。 9. bone up 刻苦用功读书 例句:I must bone up on my French before we go to Paris. 在我们去巴黎之前,我必须刻苦学习法语。 10. throw someone a bone 给某人东西,但并不合乎他的期望 例句:The company gave another man the promotion Bill expected. But they threw him a bone - they sent him out to head a branch office way off in Iowa. And that's a dead-end job nobody wanted. 他说:这家公司把Bill所向往的升迁机会给了别人,然而他们还是给了Bill一点恩赐,但是这并不合乎Bill的期望,他们派Bill去主持远在依阿华州的分部办公室。这是无人问津、一无发展前途的职位。 都会说了吗?
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