每天口语练习 1.26

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A: It seems that __________________.

你看起来好像要吐了。

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，喝了很多冷饮。现在感觉好难受。

kobe

you are going to lose your lunch

lose one’s lunch

1. 解释

Lose one’s lunch是美国俚语，表示“呕吐”的意思。与之意思相近的一个短语是“shoot one’s lunch”。其字面意思是“把饭菜射出去”，这样很形象地表现人呕吐时，那种胃里翻江倒海，食物喷涌而出的情景。

2. 例句

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

那难闻的味道令她不适,她开始呕吐起来。

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

他酒喝得太多,呕吐了。

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

我当天夜里就觉得不舒服，第二天早饭后竟然呕吐。

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

这个烟雾腾腾的小房间不住摇晃，使娜塔丽要想呕吐。

第三， 咬文嚼字

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

2. insufferable的意思是“难以忍受的，不可忍受的，令人厌恶的”。例如：

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

他有时让人难以容忍——自我中心，自我陶醉。

His insufferable insolence cost him many friends.

他那令人难以容忍的蛮横态度使他失掉了许多朋友