新鮮的魚營(yíng)養(yǎng)很豐富，味道又鮮美。可惜的是，魚很容易變質(zhì)，時(shí)間放長(zhǎng)了，它就會(huì)發(fā)臭。今天我們要講的俗語就和魚有關(guān)，這就是to smell fishy。
Fish就是魚，fish后面加一個(gè)y，就成了fishy，也就是fish的形容詞。To smell fishy的意思是在某一件事情上你感到不太對(duì)頭，似乎有人在進(jìn)行欺騙，這時(shí)候你就可以說: "It smells fishy."
我們現(xiàn)在來舉個(gè)例子：
"Somebody offered to sell me some beach property in Florida at a good cheap price. But the deal smelled fishy so I went down to take a look. Sure enough, every time the tide came in, the land was under three feet of water."
這個(gè)人說：“有一個(gè)人要把佛羅里達(dá)州海濱的土地賣給我，價(jià)錢很便宜。但是，我總覺得這筆交易有點(diǎn)不對(duì)頭，所以就到那里去看了一看。果然，每當(dāng)潮水來的時(shí)候，這塊地就被三英尺深的水淹沒了?！?BR> 下面這個(gè)例句是一個(gè)人在報(bào)上看到出售舊汽車的廣告，價(jià)錢實(shí)在便宜，便宜得都讓人覺得不太對(duì)頭了。你猜是怎么回事？
"It appeared to be a real bargain, but I smelled something fishy because the man was in such a hurry to sell it. I was right--later on I found out the car was stolen."
這人說：“價(jià)錢可真是便宜，可是這人那么急急忙忙要賣掉讓我感到不太對(duì)頭。我還真是沒錯(cuò)，后來我才發(fā)現(xiàn)那輛車是偷來的。”
elliptic
adj.橢圓的，橢圓形的
例：
Now it is well known that the Earth's path round the sun is elliptical.
現(xiàn)在大家都知道地球繞太陽的軌道是橢圓形的。
Fish就是魚，fish后面加一個(gè)y，就成了fishy，也就是fish的形容詞。To smell fishy的意思是在某一件事情上你感到不太對(duì)頭，似乎有人在進(jìn)行欺騙，這時(shí)候你就可以說: "It smells fishy."
我們現(xiàn)在來舉個(gè)例子：
"Somebody offered to sell me some beach property in Florida at a good cheap price. But the deal smelled fishy so I went down to take a look. Sure enough, every time the tide came in, the land was under three feet of water."
這個(gè)人說：“有一個(gè)人要把佛羅里達(dá)州海濱的土地賣給我，價(jià)錢很便宜。但是，我總覺得這筆交易有點(diǎn)不對(duì)頭，所以就到那里去看了一看。果然，每當(dāng)潮水來的時(shí)候，這塊地就被三英尺深的水淹沒了?！?BR> 下面這個(gè)例句是一個(gè)人在報(bào)上看到出售舊汽車的廣告，價(jià)錢實(shí)在便宜，便宜得都讓人覺得不太對(duì)頭了。你猜是怎么回事？
"It appeared to be a real bargain, but I smelled something fishy because the man was in such a hurry to sell it. I was right--later on I found out the car was stolen."
這人說：“價(jià)錢可真是便宜，可是這人那么急急忙忙要賣掉讓我感到不太對(duì)頭。我還真是沒錯(cuò)，后來我才發(fā)現(xiàn)那輛車是偷來的。”
elliptic
adj.橢圓的，橢圓形的
例：
Now it is well known that the Earth's path round the sun is elliptical.
現(xiàn)在大家都知道地球繞太陽的軌道是橢圓形的。