【字面理解】武裝到牙齒 1 heavily armed 【中文解析】全副武裝;裝備齊全
【典型例句】① Hitler was armed to the teeth when he launched the Second World War, but in a few years, he was completely defeated.希特勒在發(fā)動第二次世界大戰(zhàn)時全副 武裝,可是不過幾年,就被徹底打敗了。
② The students went into the examination room, armed to the teeth with pens, pencils, erasers, calculators and so on. 同學(xué)們帶著鋼筆、鉛筆、橡皮、計(jì)算器等走進(jìn)了考場。 他們個個準(zhǔn)備齊全。
【注釋】該習(xí)語源自拉丁美洲海盜稱雄的時代。據(jù)歷史記 載,在拉丁美洲的奧里諾科河和巴拿馬地峽之間,以 前常有海盜出沒。海盜們?yōu)榱吮阌趽尳俸蛻?zhàn)斗,除了 雙手持有武器外,口中還咬著一把尖刀,以備急需。 變體:dressed to the teeth (濃妝艷抹);be fed up to the teeth with something (對某事極其厭倦)。注:to the teeth本身也是一個短語,意思是“完全地”、“充分 地如:Daddy and Mummy fought a war to the teeth. (爸爸和媽媽大吵了一架。)