“我饿了”你还在用 I'm hungry 来表达?太out啦,除了hungry,英语里有很多非常地道的表达方式,在英美人日常生活当中几乎天天用到,今天就来和沃一起学一学吧!
be starving
starve作为动词,是饥饿,饿死的意思,to be starving 表示非常饿,是口语中非常实用的表达方式,如果后面再加上 to death 则表示
饿得要死啦。
√ I’m starving. I really need to grab something to eat.
√ 我快饿死了,我真的要吃点东西了。
√ Honey, is lunch ready? I’m starving to death!
√ 亲爱的,午饭好了吗?我饿的要命啊。
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could eat a horse/ox
字面是饿的可以把整匹马/整头牛给吃下去,当然并不是真的要吃下整匹马整头牛,在此是形容特别饿,饿得不行,得要吃东西的意思。
√ Oh man, I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse/ox.
√ 嘿哥儿们,我饿得能吃下整匹马/整头牛了。
√ You know what. I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse/ox.
√ 你造吗?我饿得发慌了。
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be growling
growl的本意是咆哮,be growling形容胃在咆哮,也就是说胃早就饿得咕咕响了。
√ My stomach is growling. I gotta get something to eat.
√ 我肚子饿得咕咕叫,得要吃东西啦。
注意,growling读作['ɡrauliŋ]
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have a wolf in my stomach
我胃里有只饿狼?不是哦,千万不要逐字翻译英文句子,这是说你胃空空荡荡的,恨不得马上就要如狼似虎地进行狼吞虎咽了。
√ I haven't had anything since this morning. I have a wolf in my stomach.
√ 打从早上开始我就啥也没吃,我饿得不行了/ 我快饿坏了~
写到这里,小沃也已经饿了~I'm starving now. I gotta go get something to eat. See you guys soon.