動物名稱名詞巧作動詞

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     動物名稱名詞常轉(zhuǎn)類為動詞,其含義之一是“捕捉”(hunt and catch)。 如:
     They fished all day in the river.
     The dogs went ratting.
     然而,動物世界,形象紛繁,其性情又千差萬別。動物名稱的名詞用作動詞,或取“形似”,或取“神似”,或“形神皆似”,含義豐采多姿,形象逼真,幽默多趣?,F(xiàn)擇其要者介紹于下:
     1. dog:跟蹤,尾隨
     Whenever I go,my little brother dogs my footsteps.
     無論我上哪兒,我的小弟弟總是尾隨著我。
     2.monkey:耍弄,亂搞
     Don’t monkey with my television.
     別亂動我的電視機。
     3.snake:蜿蜒而行;拖拉(地上某物)
     Since the train was snaking along at a brisk clip,the diner
     swayed from side to side.
     列車開始彎彎曲曲地急速前行之后,餐車便開始左右搖晃起來。
     4.wolf:狼吞虎咽
     The starving man wolfed down the food。
     餓漢狼吞虎咽地吃完了食物。
     5.fish:取出(某物);捕撈
     He fished out a coin for the boy.
     他取出了一塊硬幣給這男孩。
     6. crane:伸長脖子看
     Jack craned to see the coins in the well.
     杰克伸長了脖子看水井中的硬幣。
     7. ape:模仿,仿效
     Do not ape your betters.
     不要效顰。
     8.badger(獾):糾纏,纏住
     If you badger him long enough,I’m sure he’ll agree.
     如果你老是纏住他,他就會同意了。
     9.pig:(在骯臟處)擠、睡在一塊兒
     The hotels were all full so we had to pig it in an old hut for the night.
     旅館都客滿了,我們只得在舊棚子里對付它一夜。
     10.chicken:退縮,害怕
     All the boys ran to put out the fire,but Mike chickened out.
     男孩都跑去救火,邁克卻退縮了。
     11.parrot:鸚鵡學(xué)舌般地復(fù)述
     On the whole,the students seemed serious and hard-working,but they
     confined themselves to parroting textbooks。
     總的來說,學(xué)生看來認真又用功,但是他們只是死背教科書。
     12.beetle:(像甲蟲一樣)匆忙行走
     After work we all beetled off for a drink.
     下班之后,我們都匆匆忙忙去喝點什么。
     13.bug:暗設(shè)竊聽器;煩惱,折磨
     The spy bugged enemy headquarters. .
     間諜在敵軍司令部暗設(shè)了竊聽器。
     14.worm:(蟲一般)慢慢爬行;慢慢鉆營
     The soldier wormed his way toward the enemy’s lines.
     士兵慢慢向敵人的防線爬去。
     15.fox:行騙
     To his mind everybody was dodging and foxing.
     在他看來,人人都在搞鬼和行騙。