用到爛掉的形容詞 happy、angry、proud
如果加上「動物」來比喻,
瞬間聽起來更生動有力!
不用背新單字,只要記下這些動物比喻片語,
讓你的英文更上一層樓!
形容詞加上動物,超實用的英文片語!
as + 形容詞 + as + 動物的片語,以動物為比喻,讓形容詞運用得更生動!快來看看有哪些組合:
You are….
as busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一樣忙碌
as angry as a bull 像公牛一樣生氣
as proud as a peacock 像孔雀一樣驕傲
as brave as a lion 像獅子一樣勇敢
as happy as a clam 像蛤蜊一樣開心
關於 “clam” ,這裡有個有趣的繞口令,一起來聽聽看,練習發音!
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as crazy as a loon 像潛鳥一樣瘋狂
∗ loon (n.) a large North American bird that eats fish 北美洲的巨大鳥類,獵食魚類維生
as wise as an owl 像貓頭鷹一樣有智慧
as gentle as a lamb 像小羊一樣溫順
as innocent as a lamb 像小羊一樣無辜
as mean as a snake 像蛇一樣壞心
as sly as a fox 像狐狸一樣狡詐
這首歌大家肯定有印象,裡頭還提到了更多 【as + 形容詞 + as +動物】的用法!超好聽別錯過!
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as slippery as a eel 像鰻魚一樣滑頭〔不老實〕
as stubborn as a mule 像騾子一樣固執
∗mule (n.) an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey. 馬與驢的混種。
最後來輕鬆一下!聽首動物叫聲之歌!
蜜蜂、獅子、袋鼠、鱷魚的叫聲本身還有別的意思與用法,不妨查查!
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英語 動物叫聲之歌 (The Animal Sounds Song)
迫不及待想馬上開始練習嗎?
快打開 VoiceTube App 練英文!
✦ 立即下載 >>> https://bit.ly/myenglishissogood
英文單字不要硬背! 藉由 VoiceTube App 看影片,不會的單字反覆聆聽,加上單字測驗練習,聽寫齊下,立刻熟記!
文/Maggie Shen
來源/台灣測驗中心—比喻片語, Cambridge Dictionaries Online
圖片來源/Wikimedia Commons, CC Licensed.
作者簡介/ VoiceTube看影片學英語
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