詞匯掌故:與Kick有關(guān)的英語表達
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2011-06-07 22:30
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校稿 Season111
翻譯 小章丶Cat
組長 lisa1128
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校稿 Season111
翻譯 小章丶Cat
組長 lisa1128
From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing human experience. The proud and happy mother feels the first signs of life kicking inside her womb. And that same life -- many years later -- comes to its end in a widely-used expression, to kick the bucket, meaning to…
從出生到死亡,“kick”(踢)這個詞在表述人生經(jīng)歷上扮演者重要的角色。幸福自豪的母親最初感受到的生命跡象就是來自腹中胎兒的“踢動(kicking)”。然而,多年之后,當這生命走到盡頭,人們通常會說“kick the bucket”,也就是死的意思。
“Kick the bucket”這一短語已有將近200年的歷史了。關(guān)于它的起源有這么個說…