2012年大学英语六级生活中常见词汇01

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so-so 一般般
$ s) Z1 @) T+ }# x5 t7 f# \; d"How are you doing?"最近怎么样？
"Just so-so."一般般。  
' v' p# o( Y+ g$ x; O# s! Vchit-chat=small talk or unimportant conversation 闲聊
2 D, }8 V( j: C* ~- @+ n: l) uHe asked us to stop our chit-chat and get on with our work.
7 E8 P2 I: ]& O0 e! m0 n: a9 O/ T他让我们停止闲聊，继续工作。  
knick-knack 小饰物，小玩意儿
She’s got a lot of knick-knacks – I’m always afraid I’m going to break one.
她有这么多的小玩意儿，我真担心不小心打坏哪个。  
ship-shape = everything in its right place 整齐的，井然有序的
4 }, M$ [- l. qI want to leave the place ship-shape when we go on holiday.
: E6 [" X6 t1 X我希望度假期间这里能保持整齐。  
3 _) o& G% O) I! H+ |5 o9 s( V1 Oflip-flops = rubber sandals with a thong that goes between your big and second toe 人字拖
I lived in my flip-flops when I was staying on the beach.
在海滩上我整天穿人字拖。  
7 Q3 n& X# ~/ [. Y' q( k' w# tzig-zag = diagonally 对角地，呈Z字形
He lost control of the car and it zig-zagged across the road.
车子失去了控制，开到了路的斜对面。  
  b9 K+ A3 R3 q" z% @ding-dong = an argument 争吵
/ q6 D8 l, ^# H4 r0 KThey’ve had a bit of a ding-dong and they’re not talking to each other at the moment.
他们之间发生了小争执，这会儿谁也不跟谁说话了。
see-saw  跷跷板，比喻像跷跷板一样“上下起伏”。
8 f5 m9 ]0 l( o; c. sThe English pound has see-sawed against the American dollar for the last two weeks.
在过去的两周里英镑和美元像玩跷跷板一样一上一下，起伏不定。