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
- i- D7 m4 ?5 \% W! @6 g"How are you doing?"最近怎么样？
, H$ Q5 z; Y6 I: t, z"Just so-so."一般般。  
9 E. u6 h$ v( ?* _chit-chat=small talk or unimportant conversation 闲聊
; @- d! m- F& b" |/ }! yHe asked us to stop our chit-chat and get on with our work.
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.
: X1 m* e4 Z# Q她有这么多的小玩意儿，我真担心不小心打坏哪个。  
- V) i, M' A) S" Q' iship-shape = everything in its right place 整齐的，井然有序的
3 |( a1 h( E6 AI want to leave the place ship-shape when we go on holiday.
我希望度假期间这里能保持整齐。  
- t( e1 m. s, {) jflip-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.
7 ^1 H3 r1 a9 }5 X( ^* F+ r在海滩上我整天穿人字拖。  
zig-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。  
: r3 q, Y4 O+ r- W( f  rding-dong = an argument 争吵
& l, G9 y* h4 B! g- y& _They’ve had a bit of a ding-dong and they’re not talking to each other at the moment.
* U" r4 s6 ^; y6 Q; R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”。
7 S2 W1 }+ g) ], Q6 g; e* u) XThe 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。