很多朋友都知道手指叫做finger,但你知道大拇指、食指、中指、無名指、小拇指的英語分別是什麼嗎?
這一期,我們就來說說和“手指頭”相關的英語。
大拇指 thumb
【例句】:
She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
她咬著左手的大拇指頭,也不看我。
短語進階:
eg:
If you like our video, please give us a thumbs up !
如果你喜歡我們的影片,請不吝惜幫我們點個贊!
thumbs down 反對
eg:
The plan to build a hotel on the site has been given the thumbs down by the Department of Environment.
環保局拒絕通過在這個景點上蓋飯店的計劃。
be all thumbs 笨拙的
eg:
My mother writes beautiful calligraphy, but I'm all thumbs — I can barely hold the pen!
我媽媽的書法寫得很好,但我完全笨手笨腳,甚至連筆都拿不好。
under someone's thumb 完全被某人掌控
eg:
He has been under the thumb of his father for many years.
他活在他的父親的掌控之下好幾年。
食指 forefinger / index finger / pointer finger
【例句】:
The police officer was a handsome, elegantly dressed man with a diamond ring on his forefinger.
那位警官是一位帥氣、打扮優雅的男人,食指上戴著一隻鑽戒。
中指 middle finger
eg:
Wind the dangling floss around the middle finger of the other hand.
將這段懸掛著的牙線卷在另外一隻手的中指上。
短語進階:
giving someone the (middle) finger 對某人比中指
eg:
Giving someone the middle finger is regarded as an insult in Western culture.
西方文化中對他人比中指被視為一種侮辱。
無名指 ring finger
通常婚戒戴在無名指上,所以稱為ring finger。
eg:
Female index and ring fingers tend to be about the same length.
女性的食指與無名指的長度往往是大致相同長度的。
小拇指 little finger / pinky
eg:
It's smaller than your pinky, but it plays an absolutely essential role in learning and memory.
它沒有小拇指大,但是在學習和記憶中卻發揮著絕對重要的作用。
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