整天宅家,脑子发霉!“宅”用英语怎么说?
现在网络越来越发达,我们组不出户就可以与外界连接起来。因此,也早就了一批又一批的新晋宅男宅女。无论是上网淘宝,还是坐在二次元,都不是国内人的专属。今天,英语君就和大家说说如何用英语表示“宅”,不过世界这么大,各位童鞋还是多出去走走,不然your brain will rot你脑子发霉,一辈子单身狗,就不能怪谁了。 (1)Indoorsy 宅在家里 Penny: Well, It's just that all the physicists I know are indoorsy and pale. 我认识的所有物理学家都很宅而且面色苍白。(The Big Bang Theory生活大爆炸) Ken is a very indoorsy person because he hates traveling. 肯是个很宅的人,因为他讨厌旅行。 而在indoor后面加上man/woman,构成indoorman/ indoorwoman则是有“宅男、宅女”的意思。 (2)Shut-in 不愿意与人交流而呆在家里 e.g. The man become a shut-in since the death of his wife. 自从妻子去世后,这个男人就变成了个孤独的人。 e.g. She has been shut-in for a few days. 她生病在家几天了。 e.g. So now what, I become a shut-in? 所以我就得永远躲起来吗? (3)Stay at home呆在家里 e.g. I would rather stay at home. 我宁愿待在家里。 e.g. No, I’d rather stay at home than go out. 不,我宁愿呆在家里也不愿出去散步。 e.g. She likes to stay at home, but her husband is a bit of a gay dog. 她喜欢呆在家里,但她的丈夫是个有点爱好社交生活的人。 (4)Homebody 喜欢居家的人 和上面的indoorman/ indoorwoman 宅男宅女意思相似。 Meanwhile, his wife is petite, quiet and a complete homebody. She doesn't even liketo go out to dinner. 而她,纤细安静,完全就是个居家女子,甚至都不喜欢和朋友外出吃饭。 e.g. A couple of years ago, John did a bit of soul-searching in his travels, but now he’s got a kid and is more of a homebody. 几年前旅行的时候,约翰还进行一些自我反省。 但现在有了孩子后,他完全是个宅男了。 e.g. No, I'd rather not. I'm a homebody. You knew that when we met. 不,我不想去。我是个恋家的人,你认识我时就知道的。 (5)Couch potato土豆沙发/Mouse potato网虫 e.g. You are such a couch potato on weekends! 你一到周末就整天躺著看电视! e.g. First, my husband became a coach potato, and now my son is becoming a mouse potato. 我的丈夫先成了一个电视迷,现在我的儿子又成了一个电脑迷。 |