| 释义 |
leg /leg/► SEE ALLbreak a leg!get your leg overleg itnot have a leg to stand oncost/pay an arm and a legpull sb’s legshake a legtalk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
●break a ˈleg! (spoken) used to wish sb good luck 祝你好运◆You’d better leave now if you want to arrive early for the exam. Break a leg!
如果你想早点到考场，最好现在就走吧。祝你好运！ NOTE It is thought that wishing for something bad to happen will prevent it from happening. This expression is used especially in the theatre. 人们认为祝愿坏事发生会阻止它发生。这个表达法尤用于戏院演出。 ●get your ˈleg over (BrE, informal) have sex 性交●ˈleg it (informal, especially BrE) run, especially in order to escape from sb 跑；（尤指）逃跑◆We saw the police coming and legged it down the road.
我们看见警察来了就顺着马路逃跑。●not have a ˌleg to ˈstand on (informal) not be able to prove what you say 站不住脚；（说法）缺乏根据◆He claims he wasn’t there, but four people saw him, so he doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
他宣称自己当时不在那里，可是有四个人看见他了，他的话站不住脚。●cost/pay an ˌarm and a ˈleg (informal) cost/pay a lot of money 花／支付一大笔钱◆We want to redecorate the living room, but I’m afraid it’s going to cost us an arm and a leg.我们想重新装修客厅，可是这恐怕得花血本。●pull sb’s ˈleg (informal) tell sb sth which is not true, as a joke 捉弄；和…开玩笑◆‘You came first! You’ve won the prize!’ ‘Really? Or are you just pulling my leg?’“你是第一个到的，你得奖了！”“真的吗？你不是在捉弄我吧？”▸ ˈleg-pulling noun ◆The news of his engagement was greeted with much leg-pulling by his friends.他订婚的消息一公布，朋友们就拼命地跟他开玩笑。●shake a ˈleg (old-fashioned, informal) used to tell sb to start to do sth or to hurry （用于催促某人）快点动手，动作快点◆Come on, shake a leg or we’ll be late!好啦，麻利点，不然我们要迟到了。●talk the hind leg(s) off a ˈdonkey (informal, humorous) (usually used with can or could 通常与 can 或 could 连用) talk for a long time 唠叨不停；滔滔不绝◆He would make a good politician — he could talk the hind legs off a donkey!他做政客肯定合适，他能滔滔不绝地说个不停！ |