很多到了美国的学生,虽然在国内的英文水平很好,但是都会反映有时还是听不懂美国人在说什么,其实美国人说话的实话都会有一些俚语,而这些是我们在国内一般接触不到的,下面我们把这些俚语进行了总结,希望对同学们有所帮助。
A
ace
He s an ace reporter
very good
action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
excitement
airhead
My sister s boyfriend is a real airhead
stupid person
all wet
Your ideas about politics are all wet.
completely wrong
all-nighter
I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
after studying all night
ammo
The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
ammunition
antifreeze
I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
liquor
armpit
This town is really an armpit.
undersirable place
awesome
What an awesome sunset.
meaning
B
bad
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
intense
barf
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
vomited
bashed
The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
crushed
beat
After working all day I am really beat.
exhausted
beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
BMW car
bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
taken out of the game
bent
It s OK. Don t get so bent.
angry
bent out of shape
Don t get so bent out of shape.
become upset
big gun
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
powerful people
big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
talk too much
big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
big issue
blade
He carried a ten inch blade with him.
knife
blimp
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.
very fat person
blow
I m going to blow out of here now.
leave
He blew all his money gambling.
lost
blow a fuse
Hey, don t blow a fuse.
loose your temper
blow one s cool
Calm down. Don t blow your cool.
become angry
blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
greatly impressed
bomb
The movie was a bomb.
bad
bombed
The driver of the car was bombed.
intoxicated
bonkers
I think I am going bonkers.
crazy
boo-boo
If you make another boo-boo like that, you won t have a job.
mistake
booze
I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
alcohol
bread
I need some bread to pay for my car.
money
break
A lucky break helped him get the job.
opportunity
break it up
Break it up, or I will call the police.
stop
bring-down
The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
depressing
buck
Do you have a buck I can borrow?
dollar
bummed
I was really bummed after I heard the news.
depressed
bummer
My trip to New York was a bummer.
bad experience
bust
The whole idea was a bust.
failure
buy it
If you don t slow down, you re going to buy it in a car accident.
die
C
call
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
prediction
can
Do you know where the can is?
bathroom
carb
My motorcycle s carb is out of adjustment.
carburetor
catch some rays
I m going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
get some sunshine
catch some Z s
I need to catch some Z s bore I go on my trip.
get some sleep
cheesy
That is really a cheesy looking outfit.
cheap
chicken
Don t be a chicken.
coward
chintzy
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
cheap
chow down
I need to find a place to chow down.
eat a lot
clip
Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
cheat
clunker
I can t go on a date in that clunker.
old car
cold fish
My date for the dance was a cold fish.
dull
collar
I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
arrest
come up for air
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
take a break
con
Don t try to con me.
deceive
cool
This is a really cool place to work.
good
cool down
Things should cool down in a day or two.
calm down
cop
How did you get the road sign? I copped it.
stole
The cop showed me his badge.
pliceman
couch potato
He is a couch potato.
lazy person
crack open a bottle
Let s crack open a bottle for his birthday.
open
cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
study hard
cream
Our team creamed them badly.
beat
croak
I feel like I am going to croak.
die
cruise
The skier was cruising down the hill
going very fast
cuffs
He put the cuffs on the killer.
handcuffs
cushy
He has a really cushy job.
easy
cut
Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
dilute
cut out
It is late. I have to cut out.
leave
D
damage
Lets get the bill and find out the damage.
cost
dead
This disco is really dead tonight.
quiet
deck
He was decked in the fight.
knocked down
deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
is a good source of mone
dicey
Since the weather is a little dicey, I won t go today.
chancy
dirty
I hear that it s a dirty movie.
an obscene
ditch
I ll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
leave
do a snow job on
Don t try to do a snow job on me.
deceive
dope
He is such a dope.
stupid person
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
drug
dork
He is such a dork.
strange person
dough
I need some dough bore I can go Christmas shopping.
money
down
Let s go to a bar and down a few beers.
drink quickly
drag
Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
boring
dynamite
This drink is really dynamite.
powerful; great
E
earful
My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.
a lot of gossip
easy mark
The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.
likely victims
eat
The problem is really eating away at me.
bothering
excellent
That s excellent man.
fine
F
face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
confrontation
far-out
This music is really far-out.
great
fix
The addict needs another fix.
dose of drugs
flaky
He is too flaky to do the work.
unreliable
flashback
At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
rememebered
flick
I haven t seen a flick in a long time.
movie
flip out
He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
lost control
flip side
What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
other side
fox
His older sister is a fox.
very attractive
foxy
She is a foxy lady.
sexy
freebie
The pillow was a freebie
a free thing
G
get into something
I got into gardening in high school.
became seriously inteseted in
get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don t get it.
understand
get with it
If you don t get with it, we will never finish this work.
hurry up
gig
I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
job
glitch
This computer program has a glitch.
dect
glitzy
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
fashionable
go
Let me have a go at solving the problem.
try
go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don t have a vacation soon.
go crazy
go down
What is going down?
happening
goof
I am really a goof at times.
fool
goof up
I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
make a serious mistake
goofy
You are always acting goofy these days.
silly
gourd
Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
head
grand
His salary is twenty grand.
thousand dollars
grass
Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
marijiuana
gravy
This job is pure gravy.
easy money
groovy
This music is groovy.
pleasant
gross
Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
disgusting
gross-out
The party was a gross-out.
disgusting time
grub
Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
food
grubby
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
unclear and untidy
grungy
That is a really grungy jacket.
dirty
gut
He got shot in the gut.
stomach
guts
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
courage
H
hairy
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
dangerous
hammer
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
accelerator
hang it up
I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
quit
hang loose
Just hang loose for another few days.
relax
hang tough
We need to hang tough on our decision.
stick with
hardware
The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
weapons
have a buzz on
I had a buzz on after the third martini.
was slightly intoxicated
have good vibes
I have good vibes about our new secretary.
feel good about
have it all together
Recently I don t have it all together.
feel mentally all there
heave
I heaved up on the floor.
vomited
high
The teenagers look high to me.
intoxicated on drugs or alcohol
hip-shooter
He is such a hip-shooter.
always talking without thinking
history
I don t have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He s history.
something in the past
hit
Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
successful
hole up
I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
hide
honcho
The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
boss
hooker
Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
prostitute
hot
The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
stolen
huffy
I will do it soon so please don t get huffy.
angry
hungry
If you are not hungry, you won t get ahead in the business.
eager to make money
hustle
If you don t hustle, we will be late again.
hurry up
hyped
The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
excited
hyper
Don t get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn t true.
over excited
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