跟美國同學交流困難，那是你不懂這55個美國idiom slang 基本辭彙呀！

　　– I』ve managed to book the best seats at the theatre for us, this weekend!

　　– Wicked! Thank you. I』m really excited!

　　某位留學美國的小夥伴們跟索引留學的小編抱怨，你看我費勁搞票，他還說我「壞」，我招誰惹誰了？小編納悶了，誰說你壞了？這位小夥伴說「Wicked」可不就是「壞的，魔鬼的」意思么？

　　這位小夥伴們你信不信，你過了英語托福，小托福分數高高，英語過了四六級來美國後，照樣跟美國人交流起來很費勁，聽不懂人家說什麼呢？這裡的「Wicked」根本就不是「壞的」的意思好么？這裡是「好極啦！」的意思呀？問誤會是怎麼產生的，大多是因為留美的小夥伴們不知道人家美國人俚語中的重點單詞吧？

　　眾所周知的，「俚語」就是一種語言的非正式形式，俚語的應用可以使嘴唇最大限度的放鬆，同時保證雙方交流的舒服程度，所以，在日常生活中，在你跟你同學，小夥伴們，寄宿家庭成員們交流的時候，俚語的應用比起你在課本上學習的那些「正式語言」應用的要廣很多！俚語中的這些辭彙意思不是它本身的意思，而是根據情境，語境的意思。

　　拒絕誤會，學好語言，和諧交流，要從學會美國俚語的重點單詞開始！

1 UNREAL

不是「不真實的」這個意思，在美式俚語中，這是」 unbelievably cool or brilliant」(非同尋常的酷，絕妙的，極好的，很贊的)意思！

例句：I love this party, it』s just unreal!（好到不像真的！哈哈!）

2 PROPS

尊重，認可

例句：I know he failed the test, but you』ve got to give him props for trying.

3 KUDOS

同樣也是尊敬，認可的意思

例句：Kudos for organising this party. It』s brilliant!

4 BOTTOM LINE

重點，要點

例句：The bottom line is we just don』t have enough money to make it work.

5 DISS

不尊敬

例句：Stop dissing her behind her back. Show some respect!

6 DIG

十分喜歡某件東西，某件事情

例句：Hey, I dig your new style. Where did you buy that T-shirt?

7 BOB』S YOUR UNCLE

一般說來，這句話在英國比較常用，用在句末，相當於「That』s it！」。

例句：How did you make this cake? It』s delicious!

Well, I just mixed in the batter thoroughly, poured it into a cake pan, baked it for 30 minutes and Bob』s your uncle!

8 BUDGE UP

移動位置，余處空間

例句： I want to sit down too, could you budge up a little please?

9 ACE

有兩個意思，一是十分酷炫，絕好的事情或東西，另一種是，輕易就把事情做到完美！

例句：– Ace! I just got a promotion at work!

– Robert aced his physics exam!

10 ALL RIGHT?

等同於：Hello，How are U？

例句：All right?

Good thanks, you all right?

11 FULL OF BEANS

很有活力，精力的意思

例句：All the children were full of beans at the party today. I couldn』t get any of them to sit still!

12 BLATANT

很明顯的

例句：She』s blatantly very annoyed, everyone can see it apart from you.

13 PEAR SHAPED

一些事情變成了災難

例句：I was trying to organise a surprise birthday party for her, but it』s all gone pear shaped!

14 PIECE OF CAKE

人們覺得某件事情很容易就能辦到或是在吹牛時，一般會這麼說！

例句：What did you think of the exam? I thought it was really difficult.

No, it was a piece of cake!

15 BLIMEY

驚喜！相當於咱們平常說的「Surprise！」

例句：Blimey, look at all this mess here! I』d only left the house for an hour, and look what you』ve done!

16 BOTCH

這個單詞有兩種用法：『to botch something up』 或是 『to do a botch job』，這兩種用法都是表示，工作不認真，糊弄的意思。

例句：The builder did a terrible job on the roof. He just botched it up, and it still leaks every time it rains!

17 CHEERS

乾杯！這個小夥伴們都知道啦！

例句：Cheers everyone! Happy birthday to John!

18 SMASHING

極好的，很贊的，絕妙的

例句：I had a smashing time on holiday, it was so much fun!

19 SOD』S LAW

等於Murphy』s Law ，意思就是任何可能出現的差錯將會出現。

例句：I wore my pretty new dress, because it was a sunny day, but as soon as I stepped out of the house, it started raining, and I got completely soaked!

Sod』s Law!

20 CHIN WAG

與某人進行了友好親切的長時間交談。

例句：I saw Mary after such a long time yesterday! We had a lovely chin wag together, like the good old days.

21 CHUFFED

形容某人因某事而十分高興。

例句：My mum bought me a fantastic car when I passed my driving test. I was chuffed to bits!

22 CRAM

短時間段內的努力學習。

例句：I was so busy with my family before the exam, that I only had three days to cram in all the revision work!

23 NICE ONE

某人做了讓人印象十分深刻的某事。

例句：I published my first book last year, and I』ve already started working on the sequel!

Nice one! You』re doing really well.

24 CRIKEY

同要給人驚喜時說的「Surprise！」

例句：I went shopping today! (comes in with lots of bags)

Crikey! Have you spent all of our savings??!!

25 DEAR

貴的（不是親愛的！）

例句：I avoid going shopping into the town centre nowadays, everything is so dear!

26 FAFF

閑逛浪費時間，拖延時間。

例句：Come on we have to go now. Stop faffing around, we』re going to be late!

27 DO

等於Party！（好像暗語呀~）

例句：Are you going to Lizzie』s birthday do next week?

28 FLOG

賣東西

例句：I managed to flog my car for a really good price!

29 FORTNIGHT

兩周，其實其最初形式來源於「Fourteen nights」。

例句：I』ve been really ill for the past fortnight, and still haven』t recovered.

30 GOBSMACKED

吃驚的

例句：I can』t believe I passed that exam! I thought I was going to fail, I』m completely gobsmacked!

31 SPLASH OUT

花了太多的錢

例句：I wanted to give Sarah a special treat for her birthday, so I splashed out on a very romantic weekend away.

32 GRUB / NOSH

都是食物的意思

例句：I』m going to get some grub for myself from the local takeaway. Do you want anything?

33 BEE』S KNEES

令人難以知心的，令人震驚的某事，某物。

例句：You should see my new sound-system, it』s the bee』s knees!

I don』t like Harvey very much, he thinks he』s the bee』s knees!

34 GUTTED

失望，心煩意亂

例句：I』m so gutted I failed my driving test, again!

35 PEANUTS

廉價，低價的。

例句：I hate my job. I have to work such long hours, and I get paid peanuts.

You should buy your clothes on-line. You can find some great designs for peanuts!

36 HAGGLE

商量，議價，講價！

例句： The last time I went shopping with my mum, she was haggling for something that was already really cheap!

I managed to haggle the price of this shirt down by 25%!

37 JOLLY

跟Very一個意思，Jolly good其實就是「Very good」的意思。

例句：Don』t worry, I will pay you back before the end of this month.

I should jolly well think so!

38 THROW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS

破壞東西

例句：I managed to keep the surprise a secret, right up until the day before my sister』s birthday, then he threw a spanner in the works by telling her!

39 Kip

時間很短的樹膠，打盹，白天小睡。

例句：Why don』t you try and have a kip before everyone gets here? You won』t have time to rest later.

40 WIND UP

意思很多，如果你是『wind up」某人就是說你取笑某人，但是如果你是『wind up」那就是說你很煩！

例句：John really is a wind-up merchant, but the girl he was picking on was so gullible!

I was just winding her up for fun, but she took offence to it and got really angry!

41 MATE

朋友，兄弟，密友，夥伴！

例句：I』m going to the cinema with my mates tonight.

42 NOT MY CUP OF TEA

不喜歡某事某物。

例句：I don』t really like this sort of music. It』s just not my cup of tea.

43 PORKIES

說謊，是『porky pies』的縮寫，跟Lies是諧音。

例句：Don』t listen to her, she』s telling porkies!

44 ROW

爭論，與「Cow」是諧音。

例句：My brother had a huge row with his girlfriend yesterday. He』s really upset!

45 DONKEY』S YEARS

如果有人跟你說『I haven』t seen you in donkey』s years』，是說明你們已經很久沒見面了。

例句：Hi Sarah! What a surprise to see you here. I haven』t seen you in donkey』s years! How have you been?

46 EASY PEASY

一般是外國孩子才會說的，也就是說做某事很簡單。

例句：I could make that for you, if you like? It』s easy peasy!

47 SORTED

如果有人問你一個工作，你也已經做完了，那麼你就可以這麼說。get it sorted就是告訴別人已經完成了。

例句：What』s happening about that roof leak then?

Oh that』s sorted now. I found a really good builder to do the job.

48 STROP

如果有人十分不開心，難過，那麼你就可以說 『being stroppy』或是 『throwing a strop』。

例句：Janet would you please cheer up? It』s your birthday, don』t be so stroppy!

49 CHEERIO

說「拜拜」的一種友好方式。

例句：Right, I have to go now, see you soon. Cheerio!

50 WANGLE

Have all the luck。

例句：I can』t believe he managed to wangle an upgrade on their airline seats, AND the honeymoon suite in their hotel

51 BLINDING

極好的，很棒的，很贊的。

例句：They had a blinding party after their wedding ceremony. Everyone had such a great time!

52 WONKY

不穩定的，搖晃的。

例句：I can』t eat my dinner at this table. It』s wonky and won』t stop wobbling!

53 ZONKED

形容勞累的，筋疲力盡的。

例句：He had a lot of fun at his birthday party earlier, but he』s completely zonked out now!

54 DODGY

不可信任的，可疑的。

例句：I saw a few dodgy-looking people standing around along that quiet street near our house, so just to be on the safe side, I notified the police.

This food looks a bit dodgy, it might have passed its expiry date. I don』t think we should eat it.

55 LEG IT

等同於 『run』 或是 『run for it』

例句：I went out on Halloween night, and someone jumped out from behind a bush to scare me. I was so frightened, that I just legged it all the way back home!

　　來到美國這個國家，就一定要學會人家的這些「暗語」，學會必要的俚語，相關辭彙，那麼在與美國人交流的時候才不至於產生誤會。所以嘛，在覺得朋友說話突然間很奇怪的時候，還是先問問自己的英文水平到底過不過關，是不是引起誤會了吧！
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