smoke这个单词也有很多相关的俚语表达,一起来了解一下。
smoking gun 确凿的证据/实锤
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for.
这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的确凿证据。
The smoking gun was the lipstick on his shirt.
他衬衫上的口红就是铁证。
smoke and mirrors 欺骗性行为
There was a big element of smoke and mirrors to the deal.
协议中有许多虚假成分。
In many times we see the world in the smoke and mirrors.
在很多时候我们看世界是在雾里看花。
go up in smoke/end in smoke 烟消云散;化为乌有;付之一炬
I'm afraid my dream of being a doctor has just gone up in smoke.
我怕我想当医生的梦想已经破灭。
It would take just one match for this whole place to go up in smoke.
只要一根火柴就能把这整个地方烧得精光。
smokescreen 烟幕;障眼法
Smoke screen这个习惯用语是第一次世界大战期间出现的。当时,在海面飞快前进的驱逐舰会在海面造成很密的烟雾。那些战舰为了保护自己,免受敌方炮弹的袭击而躲在驱逐舰造成的烟雾后面。现在,smoke screen这个说法已经成为日常用语,意思是人们为了隐瞒或伪装某件事而用的手法。
But it's just a smokescreen to hide the fact he got fired from his job and can't find another.
但是,这种说法只是用来掩盖真相。事实是他被他的公司解雇了,又找不到其他的工作。
最后老麦再和大家分享一些和烟有关的表达:
电子烟 e-cigarettes;
点燃一支烟 light a cigarette;
烟丝/烟叶 tobacco;
过滤嘴 filter tip;
雪茄 cigar;
烟盒 cigarette packet;
一条烟 carton;
烟斗 pipe;
火柴 match;
打火机 lighter;
烟灰缸 ashtray;
烟蒂 butt;
掸掉烟灰 flick the ash off the cigarette;
吸一口 take a puff;
吐烟圈 blow smoke rings
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