最近天气逐渐转热,大家的城市气温如何呢?今天要给大家介绍的表达是“hot air”。很多人看到它的第一反应可能是这不就是热空气的意思吗?其实它还有另外一个意思。
hot air 空话,大话
His promises turned out to be a lot of hot air.
他的承诺到头来只是一句空话。
I'd come to the conclusion by then that he was all hot air.
到那时我已经得出结论,他是空话连篇。
所以,以后再看到这个表达,可以注意一下语境,结合具体的语境理解意思哦。
“hot”有很多相关的表达,今天给大家分享其中一些。
hot mess (某人或某物)一团糟
Una is such a hot mess she probably doesn't know what she's doing there herself.
尤娜根本就是一团糟,她自己可能都不知道自己在干什么。
hot button 重要而敏感的问题
Gender issues have become something of a hot button.
性别问题在某种程度上已经变成了一个敏感问题。
hot up (事件或情况)加剧,变得更加激烈
The competition is really hotting up now.
现在比赛已进入白热化状态。
be hot stuff 技艺精湛,是个高手/非常性感
She's really hot stuff at baseball.
她是个真正的棒球高手。
be in hot water 陷入困境;惹上麻烦
He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.
他发现自己针对移民事务发表的那些言论给自己惹上了麻烦。
hot under the collar 困窘的;发怒的
When I suggested he was mistaken he got rather hot under the collar.
当我暗示是他弄错了的时候,他发火了。
最后再为大家介绍一些与air有关的俚语。
airs and graces 装腔作势,摆架子;矫揉造作
He was always putting on airs and graces.
他总是装腔作势,故作姿态。
be walking/floating on air 欢天喜地;得意洋洋
Ever since she met Mark, she's been walking on air.
自打遇到马克那天起,她每天都是喜气洋洋的。
in the air 即将发生;可被感觉到;被人们意识到
Love/Change/Spring is in the air.
爱意萌动/变革在即/春意盎然。
up in the air 悬而未决
The whole future of the project is still up in the air.
这个项目前途未卜。
be on/off (the) air 正在/停止播出
The radio station is on air from 6 a.m.
广播电台早晨6点开始播音。
walk on air 极为兴奋;异常高兴
After the delivery of her baby, she was walking on air.
她生下了孩子之后兴奋异常。
nose in the air 鼻孔朝天,目中无人
She walked past me with her nose in the air.
她旁若无人地从我身边走过。
out of thin air 凭空
I can't come up with €10,000 out of thin air.
我不能凭空拿出1万欧元。
今日总结
hot air 空话,大话
hot mess (某人或某物)一团糟
hot button 重要而敏感的问题
hot up (事件或情况)加剧,变得更加激烈
be hot stuff 技艺精湛,是个高手/非常性感
be in hot water 陷入困境;惹上麻烦
hot under the collar 困窘的;发怒的
airs and graces 装腔作势,摆架子;矫揉造作
be walking/floating on air 欢天喜地;得意洋洋
in the air 即将发生;可被感觉到;被人们意识到
up in the air 悬而未决
be on/off (the) air 正在/停止播出
walk on air 极为兴奋;异常高兴
nose in the air 鼻孔朝天,目中无人
out of thin air 凭空
今天要说的就是这么多啦,感谢阅读~
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