雅思词汇精讲:那些与“五官”有关的词汇

2022-05-20 00:50:28

  英语中有许多习语是由表示人的“五官”的单词组成。如果在学习生活中能使用这些习语,定能使语言生动,文采倍增。

  1. Eye

  眼睛

  an eye for an eye

  以眼还眼,报复

  catch someone's eye

  引某人注目,令人瞩目

  give someone a black eye

  打得某人鼻青脸肿

  be all eyes

  极注意地看着,非常留神

  see eye to eye(with)

  意见一致,立场相同

  see with half an eye

  一看就明白

  shut one's eye to

  置之不理

  have an eye for

  对……有判断力

  keep an eye on

  照看,密切注意

  in the eyes of

  在……的心目中,在……看来

  make eyes at sb

  向某人送秋波

  make sb open his eyes

  使某人瞠目结舌,吃惊

  2. Ear

  耳朵

  go in at one ear and out at the other

  左耳进右耳出,当耳旁风

  pick up one's ears

  竖起耳朵听

  up to the(one's)ears

  深陷在(债务等中),债台高筑

  wet behind the ears

  乳臭未干

  be on one's ears

  在发怒

  be all ears

  全神贯注地倾听

  give ear to

  听,倾听,注意

  give one's ears

  不惜任何代价(要)

  have an (no)ear for

  对……听觉灵敏(不灵敏)

  sleep on both ears

  酣睡,熟睡

  turn a deaf ear to

  对……置之不理,对……充耳不闻

  3. Mouth

  嘴

  down in (at) the mouth

  垂头丧气

  from mouth to mouth

  口口相传,广泛流传

  put words in(to)someone's mouth

  教人怎么说,诬指某人说过某话

  stop someone's mouth

  使某人缄默

  take the words out of someone's mouth

  抢先说某人想说的话

  from the horse's mouth

  (消息等)第一手的,直接得来的,来源可靠的

  in the mouth of

  出于……之口

  make a mouth

  做鬼脸

  open one's mouth wide

  狮子大开口(指索高价);信口开河

  4. Nose

  鼻子

  lead someone by the nose

  控制某人,牵着某人的鼻子走

  pay through the nose

  花大价钱,被敲竹杠

  turn up one's nose (at)

  轻视,瞧不起,嗤之以鼻

  under someone's (very) nose

  在某人面前,当着某人的面

  as plain as the nose on your face

  显而易见,一清二楚

  bite sb's nose off

  气势汹汹地回答某人

  follow one's nose

  笔直走;凭本能行事

  look down one's nose at

  瞧不起

  thumb one's nose (at)

  (向……)作蔑视(或侮辱)的手势;(对……)嗤之以鼻

  5. Tongue

  舌

  give tongue

  直言无忌,明确地表示出来

  hold one's tongue

  沉默不语,住嘴

  keep a civil tongue

  措词谨慎,说话文雅,说话彬彬有礼

  with one's tongue in one's cheek

  假心假意地;(说话)无诚意地;言不由衷地

  bite the tongue

  保持缄默,不做声

  have lost one's tongue

  语塞;闭口不言;因…说不出话来,噤不能言

  on the tongues of men (on everyone's tongue)

  被众人谈论

  smite with the tongue

  含血喷人,诽谤;谴责

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