美国俚语大全

.out of temper with sb 发脾气 drink up喝光 change... for...
in a bad box 处于困境中 in a light spot/conner be amazed at 对....惊奇
in a bad temper 脾气不好
a kind of ....的一种；有点 ·day by day adv 逐日
gas cooker 煤气灶
for a rainy day以防不时之需 mighty(n)有势力的人(abj)有势力的, 强大的(adv)很, 极, 非常
have one's hands fullv.忙得不可开交, 手头事情应接不暇
sounds like problem with our lines fingerprint (n)指纹, 手印(vt)采指纹
broadcast (n)广播, 播音(v)播撒(种子), 广播 audience rating收视率 broadcasting (n)广播
robotics机器人技术 identify oneself with （v)参加到...中 identify sth with 把...等同于
I'd appreciate it if....如能..将不胜感激 appreciate sth/doing sth 感激
diplomatic ties 外交关系 session（n） 会议, 开庭 crystal ball 水晶球
budget plan(n)分期付款
I am like a drinker now 我现在喝得少了
could you set your alarm [for] seven ?
you are everything to me
what day is it today?今天星期几 ·go into details 详述, 逐一细说
what's your date birth? 你的出生日期
my friends will be long shortly我的朋友很快就到
I'm not particular about food 我不挑食
how are you doing today？你今天好吗
where are my dishes?我的菜怎么还没来
how much longer why i have to wait?我还要等多久
try this 尝尝这个 try a little
let me pour the beer for you? 让我为你倒杯酒

what's today's special?今天的特色菜是什么
I prefer something a little lighter?我喜欢清淡的一点的
incrediable难以置信的
I'm full 我饱了 the food can't be any worse 食物差的不能再差了
how would love to suggest steak?
go dutch 各付各的 It's only for this time 只有一次
I want a pizza for here? 我要一个比萨在这里吃
would that be for here or take away? that would be go
how much do you charge for shampoo? many thanks 多谢
beautifully done you are the girl of my dreams 梦中情人

any other ideas ?其他主意呢 how do you like... ?
I'm thinking of you every minute go ahead 说吧
electricity isn't working 没有电 amount to合计 总达 be liberal in 在。。自由
in private=privately Security council 联合国安理会 on loan 暂借的/地
playing card playing field运动场 playing course球场
attach great importantance to v-ing.... fashion show 时装秀 come into fashion
I have no cash on me cash down用现金支付 cash in on 从...捞到好处，靠..赚钱
be indifferent to 对.......冷漠 register with sb/sth on /upon sth /doing sth向。。登记 starve for 急需 have no patience with 不能容忍
It is /was essential that ...(should)do/be done probe into 探究，调查
comic strip 连环漫画 all day long 整天 make an another time 换个时间
underg

round（adj&adv 地下的 秘密的）在地下，秘密地 I can't wait that long

turn one's back on /upon sb 抛弃，对...置之不理 I have had enough your nag
you make me sick be sick of 厌倦 I can't stand being with you any more
on trust赊账 I'd be lost without you play boy 花花公子 cheat on sb 对..不忠/disloyal play the field 从事多方面的交往(指做事、恋爱等不专一), 从事各种活动
利用一切可以利用的机会 she likes to go for man to man 她男人换了又换
wait up 不睡觉地守侯,停下来等候 play around with (同...)在一起厮混

thru(adv)穿过（prep）经过 完了 we are thru 我们完了 stop up (vt)塞住
go to market（口）试一试 go to match 适合，匹配 part with与...分手
no harm done 没有人受到伤害, 一切平安无事 no hurry no joke
by one's story 某人的...一面之词 let's be together to the end of my life
I have something for you that is speaial why's that? it would be a great surprise for them that all right? 那行吗？ take care 小心 I don't want to be chain 我不想受束缚 ·in proportion相称 ·in proportion to (adv) 与...成比例
the red cross 红十字会 ·behave yourself 行为规矩 outward(a)外面的, 外表的 (adv&n)&inward(adv;adj) shrew 泼妇 shrewd 精明的 inborn天生的, 生来的
to the best of one's ability 尽最大努力地 ·of necessity必然地
I'll be entirely yours love potion 春药 love set 双人沙发 love story爱情小说
love scene my feelings for you don't go beyond friendship bitter(adj)苦的, 痛苦的, 怀恨的 tell on sb. (v)告发某人 suffering(n)苦楚, 受难(adj)受苦的, 患病的
chatter(n&vi)唠叨 interfere with 干涉, 干扰 talk back (v)顶嘴, 反驳, (在电台等的对讲电路上)回话 ·on the side （adv）另外 what's your plan for the new year?
I wish you every success whatever you do? Hope everything go well with you in the new year? May happy follow you wherever you go? what the hell
(用以加强语气或咒骂)究竟, 到底 (What the hell did you hear? 你究竟听到了什么?
I offer you my best wishes on the special occasion? what for ?为何 what i say 什么
much joy to you on the coming year？ Thanksgiving Day感恩节
I'm getting hungry just thinking about it a big hand[口]热烈鼓掌通常与动词get, give连用
pray for 祈求 give the wrongdoer a way out 网开一面
when an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you 机不可失，失不再来
an obstacle to progress one country ,two sestems 一国两制
the road to hell is paved with good intentions 【谚】好心做坏事
in (good/all) conscience 凭良心,公平地 on one's conscience引起某人内疚的
·set one's cap at 向...挑逗 puzzle out/over 苦苦思索 puzzle head 头脑不清醒的人
·in response to 作为对....的反应 ·knock on

敲击, 结束
chrismas greeting for your daughter to cheer you up愿你女儿的祝贺带给你好运
chrismas wishes for my best friend one another彼此
trustworthy untrustworthy靠不住的 worthwhile 值得做的 worthless 无价值的
confess (to)doing sth lawbreaker 犯法者 avert one's eyes from 转移目光
·expansive 易膨胀的,豪爽的,豪华的 be distinct from 与... 不同
·recruiter征兵人员, 招聘人员·embarrassing令人为难的
where ignorance is bliss,it's folly to be wise该糊涂就糊涂
·memorable难忘的 human resource market 人力资源市场·outdated 过时的
on the contrary(adv)正相反to the contrary相反地 out-look on life 人生观
stem from 起源于 get rid of摆脱，清除 multinational多国的, 跨国公司的, 多民族的 (n)
跨国公司 ·read-in(n)宣读活动 accommodate oneself to使自己适应于
·insurer保险业者, 保险公司 take ...out for.. don't mention it
thank you for being there 谢谢你一直支持我 what a surprise
i love you more than anything else how lucky i am to have a dad like you
all my love to my dear father in the world in need 在危难中, 在危急中
i can see what a good job you did in raising us on this special day
I might be far away from home,but i always feel close to my family
heart wishes 衷心的祝愿 i must first make a wish furthermore,
how about me treating you to birthday dinner ·growing成长的
have the pleasure to do sth this is for you 这是给你的 wedding anniversary
结婚周年纪念日 grow old with me 白头偕老 we are match made in heaven 天生一对
·a lot 非常多 I am full of gratitude for every thing in a memoent of life together
here and now 立刻, 马上 ·here today and gone tomorrow变化无常的,
·accuse of 因某事控告某人 assure sb of sth live to old age in conjugal bliss
白头偕老 ·rechargeable 可再充电的 keep one's own counsel保留.. 意见
counsellor, 律师, 辅导员 ·a sort of一种 brief....on 摘要 in brief
be fluent in ·in confidence 秘密地 take into one's confidence 把....作为知己
·reconsider重新考虑 be comparable to/with be to do switch on/off
the New Culture Movement 新文化运动 correspond with 与....符合 correspond to 相当于
in the region of 在...左右/附近 analysis 复数analyses telecom 电信 Chinese Unicom 中国联通 the scene of the crime 犯罪现场 ·railroad bridge铁路桥梁
·railroad car 有轨电车 ·tide over度过, 克服 time and tide wait for no man 岁月不等人 be liable to 可能 be liable for 有责任的，有义务的 ·painkiller 止痛药
·reckon on（v）指望, 依赖·prescribe for 为...开处方·prescribed course必修课程\
·shove on推着往前走 shove off l离开，开船 ·peasant农夫·overstress过应力，（vt）
过分强调 ·prevail over 胜过·prevail on 说服 ·be scared of害

怕 ·swear by 对...发誓, 信赖 ·swear off发誓戒除 never judge from appearances 不要以貌取人
to all appearances 就外表来看 leap -leapt -leaped·on/in behalf of代表...
on one's behalf 为...的利益,代表 ·arise from 由....引起 respond to
·in the abstract 抽象地, 理论上 Chinese central Goverment
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 续借 ,使更新, 使恢复renew
by trail and error 不断摸索，试验 in the neighborhood of 在...附近
·off the hook[口]摆脱困境 ·hooker 渔船 ·thunder雷声（vi）打雷
rape (n)强奸，油菜(vt)强奸 good people will eventually be rewarded
·clash with 与。..冲突 ·hearsay 谣言, 传闻（adj）传闻的 ·happening意外发生的事
the college entrance exam 高考 the anti-Japanese War 抗日战争
the Great Wall extents as far as Jiayu Pass Misfortunes never come along祸不单行
have faith in sb相信 ·out of joint 脱节, 脱臼·the rank and fashion上流社会
·the rank and file 普通士兵们, 老百姓
stock 库存，股票，血统(vt)储备（adj）常备的 ·stock exchange 1.证券交易所 2.证券交易
·in stock（adv） 有库存, 有现货 out of stock take stock of 对...估价
·pay out（v） 付出, 报复·exert oneself (v) 努力, 尽力·profound意义深远的， 造诣深的in dispute（adv）在争论中 the People's Congress
how are you faring with you project? in whisper 低声地·impress on给...印象·impress with 使对...留有深刻的印象 sheer 完全的，陡峭的，透明的·expose oneself to暴露于
·expose sb to使接受 leave to one's devices 让....自行发展in conjunction with（adv）
与...协力take from the table[美]重新讨论set the pace（v） 起带头作用
on occasion(adv)有时 on your marks 各就各位 on your life 在...任何情况下
rob of 抢劫toll bar 收费处 secure sb from。。保卫·in the raw 出于自然状态的 generator发电机 获得知识 acquire/gain knowledge he who hesitates is lost
当断不断，必受其患 in the coming decades未来几十年 regarding(prep)关于
·erotic性欲的, 色情的（n）好色之徒 ·come to much有了不起的收获 take for (v)认为
give ...the slip 甩掉 slip up(v) 跌倒, 疏忽, let slip （v）松开，无意中说出
·integrate with使与...结合 ·in collaboration with 与...合作bring into being 使...形成
·tidy up 整理, 收拾 nothing ventured,nothing gained 不入虎穴焉得虎子
the dispute needs to be resolved by the person who has caused it解铃还须系铃人
·at the expense of以....为代价 at one's expense 由....支付 ·seal off 把...封锁起来
the rural credit cooperateive 农村信用合作社 basis复数 bases ·in evidence(adv)明显·react against反抗 ·react to与...起反应·descend on袭击·descend from起源于
provided (conj)假若 ·prone to倾于...·hunt down 穷追直至抓获
·of no account 不重要的,

无价值的 out of debt ,out of danger无债一身轻
in debt 欠债 in one's debt 欠....人情 it's hard to restore a broken mirror
·with reference to就..而论 appeal to(v) 呼吁, 要求absent from 缺席·absent-minded
心不在焉的owing to 因为 ·thrive on以.旺盛 be fascinated with 被....吸引
·on the horizon即将发生的 ·specialize in擅长于, 专攻 sexism 大男子主义
off balance失衡 in the balance of 在危急中 in the back of 在..背后，主使
·beam with 面露... ·scarcely ...when 一.... 就（句首倒装）·in contrast with/to 与...相比 ·retreat from （v） 放弃, 退出 crisis-复数 crises ·weary of(v) 厌烦, 疲倦
weary out 使...精疲力尽·despite all that 尽管如此=nonetheless ·drag on拖延
·on the spur of the moment一时冲动地 in tune with与...协调 out of tune with
tune in收听 tune out关掉 ·deprive of（v）剥夺·in view of 考虑到, 由于
·with a view to以...为目的 on the spot 在场 originate from/with 起源于..
·dictate sth. to sb.口授 decline后不能接人 ·take exception to 反对
·take exception at对..反感 ·be bound to一定 ·crush a cup 干一杯
·crush a bottle [口]打开(酒)瓶把它喝干 wage (体力) salary（脑力）·scale down缩减
·take a farewell of向...辞行 ·take a fancy to 喜欢 ·distinguish A from
strive for 奋斗。争取 strive with 同...作斗争 ·in excess of 超过
·string along 欺骗 ·string along with 陪伴, 追随 ·angle for谋取
accommodate oneself to sth/doing sth使适应 ·pave the way for为...铺平道路, 为...做好准备
weave-wove-woven织 ·cherish the memory of 怀念(某人） memorizer存储器
hail from来自 China Mobile中国移动 ·spin out拖延 do the honours 尽地主之谊
on one's honour以名誉担保in honour of为纪念 ·in consideration of考虑到,作为对....报酬
·mess about胡乱摆弄·mess up 搞糟 ·mess with干扰,与...厮混在一起·like hell 拼命地
·to hell with[口]让...见鬼去 ahead of schedule(adv) 提前 on schedule按时
thunderstorm大雷雨 detach from 拆卸,分开 ·in consequence of 由于的...缘故
·compose oneself 镇静 ·in hot pursuit穷追不舍 guilty表示有罪时与of连用 ，与about连用时表示内疚的 no flying from the fate 在劫难逃 ·in motion在开动中, 在运转中， 处于兴奋[骚动]状态 ·give vent to吐露,发泄 ·conflict with冲突 interfere in/with 干涉
·to all intents and purposes实际上 Man struggles upwards,Water flows downwards
人往高处走，水往低处流 ·go to extremes(v)走极端 ·in the extreme 极度地, 非常地
swing -swung-swung ·in full swing正在全力进行中 ·furnish with 供给
Empty vessels make the greatest sound 半灌水响叮当 ·in character（adv） 适合, 相称
·beneath one's dignity 有失身分 ·at a stretch 一口气地 ·intimate 亲密的，熟友，

（vt）暗示，提示 in the saddle 掌权, 处于负责地位 ·curl down把身子蜷做一团躺着
·curl up（v）卷起 ·chip at[口]拿...取笑 saturate with 使饱和 beyond belief
难以置信 beyond compare/challenge 无与伦比 ·compare A to B 把A比喻B
·in the first instance 首先, 起初 ·resort to v.采取 He who makes constant complaints gets little compassion总抱怨没人同情 the first stroke is the half battle 好的开始是成功的一半 panic-panicked-panicked syndrome ·kit bag工具袋, 背包,旅行包
·in sum总言之 ·sum up(v)概括, 总结 at this rate (adv.)这样地话,
·at any rate无论如何, 至少 have an advantage over..... all rights reserved版权所有，翻版必究·nowhere near差得远 ·lap up（v）舔 ·lap dog奉承者，哈叭狗,
·sideways（adv）向一旁,（adj）一旁的 sideway小路, 小巷,人行道 ·let slide放任不管
be identical with与....一样 gross肥大的，粗野的，总的 (vt)总共收入
·depart out of this world去世 ·depart to God[婉]去见上帝, ·bad-tempered， short-tempered脾气不好的 revolve around 以...主要内容 be divorced from 与...离婚
·get inspiration from从......得到启示·get in with 与某人交往 in/under the circumstances 在这种情况下（位于句手要倒装） under no circumstances决不
·be disappointed in 对...失望·be distinguished for以...超群出众
·be dismissed from school被开除学籍be distracted with/by被...搞得心烦意乱
check it to my destination 寄存到我的目的地 go out of one's way (for sb ) to do sth
特地为某人做某事
· ace一流的（n 王牌飞行员）
· He's an ace reporter.

· MEANING: very good

· action
· Do you know where the action is in this town?
· MEANING: excitement

· airhead
· My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
· MEANING: stupid person

· all wet
· Your ideas about politics are all wet.
· MEANING: completely wrong

· all-nighter
· I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
· MEANING: after studying all night.

· ammo军火，弹药。
· The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
· MEANING: ammunition弹药，军火。

· antifreeze防冻液（不可数）
· I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
· MEANING: liquor酒

· armpit腋窝
· This town is really an armpit.
· MEANING: undesirable place

· awesome令人敬畏的
· What an awesome sunset(黄昏，日落).
· MEANING: great

· bad
· Wow, that was really a bad movie.
· MEANING: intense

· barf呕吐
· He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
· MEANING: vomitted（vt&n）呕吐
v
· bashed
· The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
· MEANING: crushed压碎的

· beat
· After working all day I am really beat.
· MEANING: exhausted

· beemer
· He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in

.
· MEANING: B.M.W. car

· bench
· He was benched during the basketball playoffs(最后决赛，加时赛).
· MEANING: taken out of the game

· bent欺诈的，同性恋的
· It's OK. Don't get so bent.
· MEANING: angry

· bent out of shape
· Don't get so bent out of shape.
· MEANING: become upset

· big gun
· The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
· MEANING: powerful people

· big mouth
· Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
· MEANING: talk too much

· big stink（臭味vi发臭）
· The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
· MEANING: big issue

· blade【bleid】
· He carried a ten inch blade with him.
· MEANING: knife

· blimp
· I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.
· MEANING: very fat person

· blow
· I'm going to blow out of here now.
· MEANING: leave

· blow
· He blew all his money gambling(赌博，投机).
· MEANING: lost

· blow a fuse【fju:z】vt熔化，合并n保险丝，导火线
· Hey, don't blow a fuse.
· MEANING: lose your temper.

· blow one's cool
· Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
· MEANING: become angry

· blown away
· I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
· MEANING: greatly impressed

· bomb
· The movie was a bomb.
· MEANING: bad

· bombed
· The driver of the car was bombed.
· MEANING: intoxicated

· bonkers
· I think I am going bonkers.
· MEANING: crazy

· boo-boo
· If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.
· MEANING: mistake

· booze
· I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
· MEANING: alcohol

· bread
· I need some bread to pay for my car.
· MEANING: money

· break
· A lucky break helped him get the job.
· MEANING: opportunity

· break it up
· Break it up, or I will call the police.
· MEANING: stop

· bring-down
· The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
· MEANING: depressing

· buck
· Do you have a buck I can borrow?
· MEANING: dollar

· bummed
· I was really bummed after I heard the news.
· MEANING: depressed

· bummer
· My trip to New York was a bummer.
· MEANING: bad experience

· bust
· The whole idea was a bust.
· MEANING: failure

· buy it
· If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.
· MEANING: die

· call
· The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
· MEANING: prediction

· can
· Do you know where the can is?
· MEANING: bathroom

· carb
· My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.
· MEANING: carburetor

· catch some rays
· I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
· MEANING: get some sunshine.

· catch some Z's
· I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.
· MEANING: get some sleep

· cheesy
· That is really a cheesy looking outfit（配备）.
· MEANING: cheap

· chicken
· Don't be a chicken.
· M

EANING: coward（懦弱的人）

· chintzy
· That really was a chintzy present you got him.
· MEANING: cheap

· chow down
· I need to find a place to chow down.
· MEANING: eat a lot

· clip
· Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
· MEANING: cheat

· clunker
· I can't go on a date in that clunker.
· MEANING: old car

· cold fish
· My date for the dance was a cold fish.
· MEANING: dull

· collar
· I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
· MEANING: arrest

· come up for air
· He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
· MEANING: take a break

· con
· Don't try to con me.
· MEANING: deceive欺骗

· cool
· This is a really cool place to work.
· MEANING: good

· cool down
· Things should cool down in a day or two.
· MEANING: calm down

· cop
· How did you get the road sign? I copped it.
· MEANING: robbed

· cop
· The cop showed me his badge.徽章
· MEANING: policeman

· couch potato
· He is a couch potato.
· MEANING: lazy person

· crack open a bottle
· Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.
· MEANING: open

· cram
· I need more time to cram for the test.
· MEANING: study hard

· cream
· Our team creamed them badly.
· MEANING: beat

· croak
· I feel like I am going to croak.
· MEANING: die

· cruise
· The skier was cruising down the hill
· MEANING: going very fast

· cuffs
· He put the cuffs on the killer.
· MEANING: handcuffs手铐

· cushy
· He has a really cushy job.
· MEANING: easy

· cut
· Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
· MEANING: dilute稀释

· cut out
· It is late. I have to cut out.
· MEANING: leave

· damage
· Let's get the bill and find out the damage.
· MEANING: cost

· dead
· This disco is really dead tonight.
· MEANING: quiet

· deck
· He was decked in the fight.
· MEANING: knocked down

· deep pockets
· Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
· MEANING: is a good source of money

· dicey
· Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.
· MEANING: chancy不确定的

· dirty
· I hear that it's a dirty movie.
· MEANING: an obscene淫秽的

· ditch
· I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
· MEANING: leave

· do a snow job on
· Don't try to do a snow job on me.
· MEANING: deceive

· dope
· He is such a dope.
· MEANING: stupid person

· dope
· There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
· MEANING: drug

· dork
· He is such a dork.
· MEANING: strange person

· dough
· I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.
· MEANING: money

· down
· Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.
· MEANING: drink quickly

· drag
· Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
· MEANING: boring

· dynamite
· This drink is really dynamite.
· MEANING: powerful; great

· earful
· My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborho

od.
· MEANING: a lot of gossip闲话

· easy mark
· The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.
· MEANING: likely victims

· eat
· The problem is really eating away at me.
· MEANING: bothering

· excellent
· That's excellent man.
· MEANING: fine

· face-off
· The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
· MEANING: confrontation对质

· far-out
· This music is really far-out.
· MEANING: great

· fix
· The addict needs another fix.
· MEANING: dose剂 of drugs

· flaky
· He is too flaky to do the work.
· MEANING: unreliable

· flashback（n）
· At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
· MEANING: remembered

· flick
· I haven't seen a flick in a long time.
· MEANING: movie

· flip(vt&n投，掷)（俚；发疯） out
· He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
· MEANING: lost control

· flip side
· What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
· MEANING: other side

· fox
· His older sister is a fox.
· MEANING: very attractive

· foxy
· She is a foxy lady.
· MEANING: sexy性感的

· freebie(n)
· The pillow was a freebie
· MEANING: free

· get into something
· I got into gardening(n;园艺) in high school.
· MEANING: became seriously interested in

· get it
· I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
· MEANING: understand

· get with it
· If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
· MEANING: hurry up

· gig
· I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
· MEANING: job

· glitch
· This computer program has a glitch.
· MEANING: defect缺点，故障

· glitzy
· This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
· MEANING: fashionable

· go
· Let me have a go at solving the problem.
· MEANING: try

· go bananas
· I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
· MEANING: go crazy

· go down
· What is going down?
· MEANING: happening

· goof
· I am really a goof （at times有时）.at time(偶尔)
· MEANING: fool

· goof up
· I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
· MEANING: made a serious mistake

· goofy
· You are always acting goofy these days.
· MEANING: silly

· gourd葫芦
· Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
· MEANING: head

· grand
· His salary is twenty grand.
· MEANING: thousand dollars

· grass
· Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
· MEANING: marijuana大麻

· gravy
· This job is pure gravy.
· MEANING: easy money

· groovy
· This music is groovy.
· MEANING: pleasant

· gross
· Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
· MEANING: disgusting

· gross-out
· The party was a gross-out.
· MEANING: digusting time

· grub
· Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
· MEANING: food

· grubby
· Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
· M

EANING: unclean and untidy

· grungy
· That is a really grungy jacket.
· MEANING: dirty

· gut
· He got shot in the gut.
· MEANING: stomach.

· gut
· The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
· MEANING: basic

· guts
· It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
· MEANING: courage

· hairy
· That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
· MEANING: dangerous

· hammer
· Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
· MEANING: accelerator加速器

· hang it up
· I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
· MEANING: quit

· hang loose
· Just hang loose for another few days.
· MEANING: relax

· hang tough
· We need to hang tough on our decision.
· MEANING: stick with

· hardware
· The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang（伙） members had.
· MEANING: weapons

· have a buzz on
· I had a buzz on after the third martini（马提尼酒）.
· MEANING: was slightly intoxicated（喝醉的）

· have good vibes电颤琴
· I have good vibes about our new secretary.
· MEANING: feel good about

· have it all together精神饱满
· Recently I don't have it all together.
· MEANING: feel mentally all there.

· heave
· I heaved up on the floor.
· MEANING: vomited呕吐

· high
· The teenagers look high to me.
· MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol

· hip-shooter
· He is such a hip-shooter.
· MEANING: always talking without thinking

· history
· I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
· MEANING: something in the past

· hit
· Your proposal（建议） was a hit with the boss.
· MEANING: successful

· hole up
· I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
· MEANING: hide

· honcho
· The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
· MEANING: boss

· hooker
· Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
· MEANING: prostitute妓女

· hot
· The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
· MEANING: stolen

· huffy
· I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
· MEANING: angry

· hungry
· If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
· MEANING: eager to make money

· hustle
· If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
· MEANING: hurry up

· hyped
· The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
· MEANING: excited

· hyper
· Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
· MEANING: over excited

· I.D.
· Can you show me some I.D. please?
· MEANING: identification

· in
· The tie you are wearing is really in.
· MEANING: fashionable

· in deep
· They are really in deep with each other.
· MEANING: deeply involved

· in the bag
· Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
· MEANING: settled

· intense
· This is a very intense situation we a

re discussing.
· MEANING: serious

· jam
· I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
· MEANING: trouble

· jerk someone around
· Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
· MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble

· jock
· My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
· MEANING: an athlete

· john
· The john really smells.
· MEANING: bathroom

· joint
· Where is the closest joint to here.
· MEANING: cheap bar

· joint
· He is good at rolling joints.
· MEANING: marijuana cigarettes

· junkie
· Sam is a junkie.
· MEANING: drug addict

· just off the boat
· He acts like he is just off the boat.
· MEANING: naive天真的

· keep one's cool
· He kept his cool when his house burned down.
· MEANING: remained calm

· kegger
· I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.
· MEANING: beer party

· kick
· I get a kick out of watching him paint.
· MEANING: enjoy

· klutz
· He is a real klutz.
· MEANING: stupid and clumsy（笨拙的） person

· knock（vt）
· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
· MEANING: criticize

· knocked up
· My dog gets knocked up once(一次) a year.
· MEANING: pregnant

· knockout
· Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
· MEANING: stunning（极好的） person

· knuckle sandwich
· Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
· MEANING: punch in the mouth

· kook
· Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
· MEANING: strange people

· laid-back
· You need to be more laid-back.
· MEANING: calm and relaxed

· lame
· That is really a lame excuse.
· MEANING: an inadequate不充分的

· line
· I have heard that line a million times.
· MEANING: story

· loser
· John is a loser.
· MEANING: annoying and useless

· love handles
· I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.
· MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach

· make waves
· Try not to make waves around the office.
· MEANING: cause trouble

· maxed out
· I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
· MEANING: exhausted

· mean
· He plays a mean violin（小提琴）.
· MEANING: performs well on

· mega
· I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
· MEANING: large

· megabucks
· He made megabucks when he sold his company.
· MEANING: a lot of money

· knock
· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
· MEANING: criticize

· mellow
· You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
· MEANING: calm down and relax

· meltdown垮台
· There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I.
· MEANING: total collapse

· mickey mouse
· The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
· MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time

· move on someone
· I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.
· MEANING: pick up and seduce诱使

· mush
· That is total mush and you

know it.
· MEANING: nonesense

· nark
· Watch out for the narks in the airport.
· MEANING: drug police

· neat
· That was a neat idea that you had.
· MEANING: good

· negative（n）
· There are too many negatives about the company merger合并.
· MEANING: bad things

· nick
· The police nicked the shoplifter商店扒手 as he was leaving the store.
· MEANING: arrested

· nip
· He took a nip out of the bottle.
· MEANING: a quick drink

· no sweat
· It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.have sth into sb把东西交某人
· MEANING: no problem

· nuke
· I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
· MEANING: heat up（vt加热） in the microwave

· nuke
· Does that attack plane have any nukes?
· MEANING: nuclear weapons

· nut
· I think that he is a nut.
· MEANING: crazy person

· nuts（adj）
· You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
· MEANING: crazy

· pad
· Have you found a pad yet?
· MEANING: a place to live

· pain in the neck
· My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.
· MEANING: annoying

· paper-pusher
· My office is filled with paper-pushers.
· MEANING: bureaucratic(官僚政治的) office workers

· party animal
· You're too old to be a party animal.
· MEANING: love parties

· party-hearty
· We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.
· MEANING: celebrate

· paw
· Get your paws off of my body.
· MEANING: hands

· peanuts
· I am not going to work for peanuts.
· MEANING: practically 事实上no money

· pickled
· He gets pickled after only one beer.
· MEANING: intoxicated

· piece of cake
· Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
· MEANING: easy to do

· pig
· He is a pig at parties.
· MEANING: eats too much

· pig out
· Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
· MEANING: eat a lot or overeat

· pit stop
· Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
· MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom

· plastered
· He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
· MEANING: intoxicated

· pooped out
· He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
· MEANING: quit

· pop
· Shut up or I will pop you.
· MEANING: hit

· pop for something
· It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts油炸饼.
· MEANING: buy

· pro
· He is really a pro at his work.
· MEANING: professional

· prod
· Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
· MEANING: reminder

· psyched up
· The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.
· MEANING: mentally ready

· psycho
· She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
· MEANING: mentally ill

· puke
· I feel like I am going to puke.
· MEANING: vomit

· push off
· I am going to push off now.
· MEANING: leave

· put the moves on
· You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.
· MEANING: seduce

· put-on
· It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
· MEANING: deception诡计

· quarterback
· Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
· MEANING: lead

· quick buck
· I need to make a quick buck.
· MEANING: some easy money

· rack
· I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
· MEANING: bed

· rack out
· I am going to rack out for two hours.
· MEANING: sleep

· racket
· There sure(adv) was a lot of racket outside last night.
· MEANING: noise

· rag
· I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
· MEANING: newspaper

· rap
· We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
· MEANING: talk about

· rathole
· When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.
· MEANING: run down place

· raw
· The raw office workers were not getting much done.
· MEANING: new

· ream someone out
· The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
· MEANING: got angry with him

· red hot
· Your idea is really red hot.
· MEANING: important

· repo
· Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
· MEANING: repossess收回

· rinky-dink
· The circus was really rinky-dink.
· MEANING: inferior下等的

· riot
· The comedy program was a real riot.
· MEANING: funny

· road hog
· That driver is a road hog.
· MEANING: takes up too much of the road

· rocks
· Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
· MEANING: with ice

· rough time
· We have had a rough time this winter.
· MEANING: hard time

· rug
· Is that a rug on his head?
· MEANING: wig假发

· rug rat
· My sister has three rug rats.
· MEANING: children

· rule
· My wife rules the house.
· MEANING: dominates支配

· run off at the mouth
· He is always running off at the mouth.
· MEANING: talking too much

· run out of gas
· The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
· MEANING: lost interest or momentum动力

· sack
· When did you hit the sack last night?
· MEANING: go to bed

· scam
· Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
· MEANING: swindle欺骗

· scarf
· Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
· MEANING: ate quickly

· schmuck
· What a stupid schmuck.
· MEANING: jerk性情古怪的人

· screw around
· If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
· MEANING: waste time

· screw up
· If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.
· MEANING: make a mistake

· sharp
· He is very sharp with numbers
· MEANING: intelligent

· shot
· I'll give the puzzle another shot.
· MEANING: try

· shot down
· Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.
· MEANING:
· disagreed with

· slammer
· The police threw them both in the slammer.
· MEANING: jail监狱

· smashed
· Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
· MEANING: intoxicated

· smok

e eater
· My father is a smoke eater.
· MEANING: fireman

· split
· It is time to split and go see the movie.
· MEANING: leave

· spook
· The cows were spooked by the howling嚎叫 of the wolves.
· MEANING: frightened

· spud
· Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
· MEANING: potatoes

· square
· My father looks square in his jacket.
· MEANING: old-fashioned

· steamed up
· Don't get so steamed up over the issue.
· MEANING: angry

· stink
· This whole operation stinks.
· MEANING: is repulsive排斥的，令人厌恶的

· straight
· I want you to give me a straight answer.
· MEANING: honest

· stressed
· I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
· MEANING: upset

· sucker被欺骗的人
· Don't be a sucker.
· MEANING: be deceived

· take a hike
· I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
· MEANING:
· leave

· taken
· He was taken for all his money at the casino娱乐场.
· MEANING:
· cheated out of

· taking care of business
· I have been taking care of business.
· MEANING: doing what I have to do

· threads
· Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
· MEANING: clothes

· tool around
· I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
· MEANING: drive around

· totaled
· My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
· MEANING: completely wrecked破坏

· up
· He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
· MEANING: happy and cheerful

· up for grabs
· This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.
· MEANING: available.

· veg蔬菜 out
· I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
· MEANING: relax and do nothing

· vibes
· He really gives off good vibes.
· MEANING: feelings

· wad
· You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
· MEANING: bundle捆 of money

· waste
· After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
· MEANING: kill

· wheels
· If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
· MEANING: car

· whiz咳嗽
· He is a whiz at the computer.
· MEANING: talented person

· wired
· I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
· MEANING: alert警惕的

· wussy
· Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
· MEANING: weak person

· yukky
· This food tastes yukky
· MEANING: bad

· zapped
· I am too zapped to help you right now.
· MEANING: exhausted

· zip
· He knew zip about running the company.
· MEANING: Nothing