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关于镜子的好玩口语

时间:2012-04-27 06:32:29

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   smoke and mirrors

  【中文意思】障眼法
  【英英解释】something which is intended to confuse or deceive people, especially by making them believe that a situation is better than it really is
  【小编注脚】变魔术时常常会用到不少的烟雾和镜子来迷惑观众,这个词组就是这么来的了。
  【例句】His report was more than smoke and mirrors. 他的报告不只是障眼法这么简单。
  able to fog a mirror
  【中文意思】活着的,就算只有一口气
  【英英解释】alive, even if just barely1
  【小编注脚】fog就是起雾,让镜子起雾,是不是有一口气儿的,都能让镜子起雾吧?
  【例句】Anybody able to fog a mirror will do fine! 有一口气儿的都能做得妥妥的。
  Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
  【中文意思】镜中物体比所示更近
  【英英解释】The phrase "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" is a safety warning that is required to be engraved2 on passenger side mirrors of motor vehicles in the USA, India, Canada and Australia.

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1 barely gyFz0w     
adv.仅仅,几乎没有,几乎不
参考例句:
  • The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
  • He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
2 engraved be672d34fc347de7d97da3537d2c3c95     
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
参考例句:
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》