不表国名的词语

英语中有些表国名的名词除表其国名外,还有其他含义,如:China表示中国,China rose则表示月季花;Russian表示俄国的,Russian blue则表示浅蓝。下面是一些由国名组成的常见习语,你能说出它们的正确含义吗?American Beauty四季开花的红蔷薇American cloth彩色防水布American plan旅馆的膳宿等费用合并计算制beat the Dutch空前出众British warm双排纽扣的军用短大衣brother-German嫡亲兄弟China rose月季花china shop瓷器店Chinese cabbage白菜Chinese checkers跳棋Chinese copy与原物一摸一样的仿制品Chinese ink墨double Dutch莫名其妙的话Dutch bargain不公平交易Dutch comfort退一步着想而得到的安慰Dutch courage酒后之勇Dutch door夹在杂志中可抽出的活页广告Dutch treat各自付费的聚餐Dutch uncle唠里唠叨训人的人Dutch wife藤(或竹)制的睡眠用具English disease/si...     

由Go Dutch引出的话题

英文成语go Dutch的意思是“各自付自己的账,平摊费用”(pay one'sown expenses, share expenses)。这一意义已为人们普遍接受,并在口语申广泛使用。Dutch原为“荷兰或荷兰人”之义,go Dutch为何却有与之截然不同的含义呢?不少英语学习者对此百思不得其解,有的甚至妄加揣测,以为荷兰人过分精明,以致斤斤计较,不愿意分担朋友的费用,是小气之流。     

词语趣谈(一)

似是而非的英语单词 英语中有不少单词似是而非,千万不要望文生义. Dutch door是"杂志中的散页广告",而不是一种"荷兰门". Dutch uncle是"唠唠叨叨的人",而不是"荷兰大叔". Dutch wife是"竹、藤睡具",而不是"荷兰老婆". English horn是"英国(双簧)管",它既不是一种"号",也不来自英国.     

DUTCH小议

在现代标准英语中,Dutch仅用来表示“荷兰人”、“荷兰语”、“荷兰的”等意;但在几个世纪之前,Dutch一度和German同义,也指“德国人”、“德语”、“德国的”等意。这些词意现仍残留于Pennsylvania Dutch(德裔宾西法尼亚人,宾西法尼亚德语)一词     

“Dutch”语

英语中,不少俚语都和Dutch(荷兰人)有关,只是,倒霉的"荷兰人"在英美俚语中的角色实在寒碜。俚语:AA制"AA制"在国外,英美人习惯上叫"Dutch treat"。看来,源于17世纪那场"英荷战争",荷兰人真的要永留英国"史册"了。     

Go Dutch

你知道“Go Dutch”的意思吗？“Dutch”是“荷兰”，难道“Go Dutch”是“去荷兰”的意思？     

用百种语言说“我爱你”

《第21～30种)Dutch(荷兰)-Ik hou van jouEnglish(英语)-I love youEsperanto(世界语)-Mi amas vinEstonian(爱沙尼亚)-Ma armastan sindEthiopian(埃塞俄比亚)-Afgreki'Faroese(法罗语)-Eg elski tegFarsi(波斯语)-Doset daramFilipino(菲律宾)-Mahal kita     

National Slurs on Dutch

National slur is a linguistic form expressing unequal treatment of one ethnic group by another.It is the direct result of national xenophobia,which is usually formed through semantic degradation by giving nicknames or derogatory terms and making proverbs.The associative meaning of a nation-specific word is often rendered to give insult to this ethnic group in confrontation or opposition with the nation in dominance of their shared language.This paper revolves around the formation,application,cultural connotation,and the proper understanding of national slurs on Dutch.After a thorough analysis of national slurs on Dutch as well as a careful induction and deduction about words of offensive nationality concerning "Dutch",the perjoration of word meaning in Dutch expressions can be clearly pictured in this paper.Thus,the national slurs on Dutch can reveal itself more profoundly.Born the cultural awareness of national slur in mind under such a pretext,special attention can be adequately given in understanding and conveying the cultural connotation of Dutch expressions.Therefore,the study of national slurs on Dutch will effectively facilitate cultural communication.     

Language and interpretation： philosophical reflections and empirical inquiry

Dummett(1986)atfnes that the“fundamental sense”inwhich we must understand the concept of language is thesense in which Dutch and German are different languages(he gives a different example,but the point is the same),cach of them a particular social practice“in which people     

热门话题新词(英文)

AA 制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch安居工程 Housing Project for low income fami-lies按揭贷款 mortgage loan按揭购房 take out a mortgage to buy a house;buy a house on time按劳分配 distribution according to one’s perfor-mance把握大局 grasp the overall situation