vanigan储衣柜;运货雪橇
【使用地区】:牙买加
【释义】:
(1)A clothes storage chest used by lumberjacks.(2)A large,enclosed supply sled.
此词有两个意义:(1)伐木工人使用的衣服储藏柜。(2)封闭的大型供货
to waltz Matilda带着行李卷
【使用地区】:澳大利亚
【释义】:
To carry a swag or bedroll,which is also called a Matilda.
此短语意为“携带行囊或铺盖卷”,又称Matilda。
wally笨人
【使用地区】:英国
【释义】:
A term of unknown origin for a person who is silly,useless,ineffectual.“You wally—can’t you do anything right!”
词源不
Wall Street华尔街
【使用地区】:美国
【释义】:
Wall Street,which is an actual street in lower Manhattan and a symbol of American capitalism in general,takes its name fro
wallah专职人员
【使用地区】:英国
【释义】:
Anow—humorous term for someone with a specific duty.“I’ll be the tea wallah today.”(“I’ll make the tea today.”)The word wa
walking frame用来帮助走路困难者的金属架
【使用地区】:澳大利亚,英国
【释义】:
Americans would call this metal frame with four legs that assists people who have trouble walking a walker.The Britis
walk good走好,回见
【使用地区】:牙买加
【释义】:
A common farewell.“See you later.Walk good,man.”
此短语意为“走好,再见”,是一个常用语。如:“再见!哥们,走好啊。”
to walkabout散步
【使用地区】:澳大利亚
【释义】:
To wander the countryside,take a long walk.
此词意为“在乡下闲逛,长时间散步”。
wakey,wakey!醒醒!醒醒!
【使用地区】:英国
【释义】:
A humorous exclamation meaning“wake up,time to wake up.”
此表达方式是叫唤他人醒来的幽默用语,意为“醒醒,到起床时间了。”
waiter男傧相
【使用地区】:美国欧扎克山区
【释义】:
The best man at a wedding,though the term once meant a bridesmaid as well.“John was waiter to his brother at his wedd
wag逃学
【使用地区】:新西兰
【释义】:
To skip school or cut classes.“They wagged school yesterday.’
此词意为“逃学”或“旷课”。如:“他们昨天旷课了。”
wadge厚厚的
【使用地区】:英国
【释义】:
A thick piece of anything.“He ate a wadge of pie topped with ice cream.”
此词指“任何粗的或厚的东西”。如:“他吃的馅饼很厚,上面堆满了一层厚厚的冰激凌”
wabbit劳累的
【使用地区】:苏格兰
【释义】:
Tired,weary,exhausted.
此词意为“劳累的,疲乏的,筋疲力竭的”。
volunteer私生子
【使用地区】:美国欧扎克山区
【释义】:
A euphemism for an illegitimate child among hillfolk.Possibly based on garden plants called volunteers that spring up
vigorish高额利息
【使用地区】:美国
【释义】:
A loan shark’s margin of profit,20 percent or more a week,plus late payment penalties and other fees,is called vigorish,or
vexy气恼的
【使用地区】:牙买加
【释义】:
Annoyed,angry.“Him get very vexy wit me.”
此词意为“恼怒的,生气的”。如:“他对我非常生气。”
vet仔细检查
【使用地区】:英国,美国
【释义】:
To check something over.This word has some American usage,as in“His editor vetted the manuscript.”The British,however,n
vest汗衫
【使用地区】:英国
【释义】:
An undershirt.In Britain what Americans call a vest is called a waistcoat.
背心,汗衫。美国叫vest的在英国指“马甲”。
very poor man’s dinner穷人的饭食
【使用地区】:美国新英格兰地区各州
【释义】:
A Maine dish made of thinly sliced potatoes and onions fried in the grease of salt pork.A similar dish made in Mas
the very dinky完美的物件美国
【使用地区】:西部
【释义】:
Something,usually inanimate,that is the height of perfection.“Boy,that new saw is the very dinky.”Also the very dinkum.