| 释义 |
crow BrE /krəʊ/
NAmE /kroʊ/
●as the ˈcrow flies (informal) (of a distance 距离) measured in a straight line 直线地；笔直地；不绕道地◆From here to the village it’s five miles as the crow flies, but it’s a lot further by road.
从这里到村子直线距离有五英里，可是走公路要远得多。●ˌeat humble ˈpie (BrE) (NAmE eat ˈcrow) say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made 认错；低头谢罪◆I had to eat humble pie when Harry, who I said would never have any success, won first prize.哈里得了一等奖，我不得不低头道歉，因为我曾说过他永远也不可能成功。 ORIGIN This comes from a pun on the old word umbles, meaning ‘offal’ (= the inside parts of an animal), which was considered inferior food. 这个习语源于古词 umbles，指动物内脏，过去被视为下等食物，该词与 humble 为谐音双关。 |