光軍語言文化:在中國古詩詞中,王之渙《涼州詞》中的“黃河遠上白雲間,一片孤城萬仞山。”把水雲相接的美景呈現在了眼前;杜牧《山行》中“遠上寒山石徑斜,白雲深處有人家。”以及賈島《尋隱者不遇》中的“只在此山中,雲深不知處。”都把雲霧繞山的情景寫進了詩句。還有杜甫《春夜喜雨》中的烏雲“野徑雲俱黑,江船火獨明。”李白《早發白帝城》裡的彩雲“朝辭白帝彩雲間,千里江陵一日還。”
白雲飄飄,變化莫測,雲是大家最熟悉不過的自然景象了。今天我們來說說英語習語中的cloud.
熱身:先來讀讀這些短語和句子,對cloud有個初步的認識
a cloud of dust. 一團沙土
a black mass of cloud.一團烏雲
cloud one’s vision 矇蔽了某人的眼睛
be lost in the clouds 如墜五里雲霧中,茫然不知所措;空想
The mirror clouded.鏡子起霧了。
A cloud drifted by and covered the moon. 飄過來一片雲彩擋住了月亮。
Her eyes were clouded with tears. 她淚眼婆娑。
The sunny sky suddenly clouded. 晴朗的天空突然陰雲密佈。
His brow clouded with anger. 他眉宇之間怒氣橫生。
be on cloud nine 高興極了;異常興奮;樂不可支
---"Was Helen pleased about getting that job?"
---"Pleased? She was on cloud nine!"
---“海倫得到那份工作高興嗎?”
---“豈止是高興?她簡直飄飄然了!”
be under a cloud 不被信任,受懷疑;受嫌棄,不受歡迎
The cabinet minister left office under a cloud after a fraud scandal.
這位內閣大臣因涉嫌詐騙醜聞而離職。
a cloud hanging over sb 有心事;不悅;憂心忡忡
When you're waiting for an operation, you feel like there's a cloud hanging over you.
等待手術的時候,會感覺憂心忡忡的。
a cloud on the horizon 可能到來的麻煩;令人擔憂的事
The only cloud on the horizon is the physics exam in June.
唯一要擔心的就是6月份的物理考試。
Every cloud has a silver lining黑暗中總有一線光明。
I got laid off from work yesterday, but every cloud has a silver lining and now I can spend moretime writing my book.
昨天我被解僱了,但事情總有好的一面,現在我有更多的時間可以寫書了。
have one's head in the clouds 想入非非,心不在焉
"Alice, do you have your head in the clouds?"asked the teacher. She is absent-minded all day in the class. She must be in love.
“愛麗絲,做什麼白日夢呢?”老師問。她在課堂上整天都心不在焉的,一定是戀愛了。
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