Keep a straight face 忍著不笑
2023-06-18 13:16:15 每日學英語
straight做形容詞解釋時，是“直的，筆直的；正直的；整齊的”等意思，keep a straight face字面意思就是“保持一張直直的臉”，說明臉很僵硬，沒有表情，所以本意就是“板著臉；忍著不笑”，嚴肅臉。
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How Henry managed to keep a straight face, I'll never know.
亨利怎么能一本正經(jīng)地板著面孔，我永遠也不會明白。
It was difficult to keep a straight face when he fell over the dog.
當他絆著狗摔了一跤時，大家很難扳著臉不笑。