老外跟你说chickenshit是什么意思?chicken是鸡,shit屎

难道chickenshit是鸡屎?

这样理解就被掉进英语陷阱里去了

下面一起学习下

chicken与chick是什么意思(chicken是鸡)(1)

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“chickenshit”是什么意思?

chickenshit

[ˈtʃɪkɪnʃɪt]

是一个固定短语表示:不重要的工作;渺小的

英文解释↓

If you say that someone or something is chickenshit, you mean that they are worthless. 没用的

例句:

You think I'm chickenshit, don't you?

你认为我分文不值?不是吗?

People is chickenshit, heart is capacious.

人是渺小的,心灵是广阔的。

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You‘re a chicken是什么意思?

chicken不仅可以表示

「鸡」这种动物

还可以用来形容人

但千万别以为是

那种特殊职业

而是表示

胆小鬼

英文解释:

If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something. 胆小鬼 [非正式]

例句:

I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.

我很怕黑。我是个十足的胆小鬼。

Why are you so chicken, Gregory?

你为什么这么胆小,格雷戈里?

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“chickenfeed”是什么意思?

feed [fiːd] 喂养,食料

chickenfeed可不能直接理解为鸡喂养

在习语中表示:极小额的款项;零钱

英文解释:

If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed. (指钱)微不足道的数目

例句:

I was making a million a year

but that's chicken feed in the pop business.

我一年挣一百万,但在流行乐界这简直微不足道。

Have you got any chicken feed for the phone?

你有没有打电话的零钱?

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