Spring is here ！春天來啦！關(guān)于“spring”你知道多少呢？

　　Spring is here . The snow smelts .The earth is fresh. The grass sprouts .Spring is the most beautiful season !

　　春天來了。積雪融化，萬物復(fù)蘇，小草萌芽。春天簡直是最美的季節(jié)了!

　　那么關(guān)于spring這個英文單詞，除了春天，它還有什么意思呢?我們來一起學(xué)習(xí)一下吧!

 

　　1.Spring 本意春天，彈簧

　　Bed springs 指床墊彈簧。

　　例句：

　　The old mattress has no spring at all.

　　那個舊床墊一點(diǎn)彈性也沒有了。

　　2. spring for means :to pay for or buy something, often for someone else.

　　意為“支付，請客”

　　例句：

　　Thank you for springing for the dinner tonight. It's very nice of you .

　　謝謝你今天晚上請客吃飯，你真好。

　　Bob is very generous.He often springs for meals for his friends.

　　Bob 很慷慨，他經(jīng)常請他的朋友們吃飯。

　　

 

　　3. spring chicken means: "a young person"

　　意為：年輕人，初來乍到到人。也就是我們現(xiàn)在常說的“小鮮肉”，電視熒屏上出現(xiàn)的年輕演員可以稱為“spring chicken”，辦公室里新來報道的同事也可以稱為“spring chicken”。可不能翻譯為春天的雞呀!

　　反義詞：no spring chicken means ：be no longer young 意為再也不年輕了。

　　例句：

　　I am forty years old now ，so I am not a spring chicken any more.

　　我現(xiàn)在40歲了，所以我再也不年輕了。

　　Don't worry.She's not a spring chicken!She can deal with it by herself.

　　別擔(dān)心，她不是小孩子了。她可以自己處理這件事的。

　　

 

　　4. a spring in your step

　　If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident.

　　這個短語意為：走路非常輕快，也代表你心情很開心并且很自信。

　　例句：

　　Something really good must have happened to Shelly! She's walking with a spring in her step today!

　　Shelly好像發(fā)生了很好的事情啊!她的步子非常輕快!

　　I am sure that you'll walk with a spring in your step when you know this news.

　　我相信你知道這個消息后，你走路都會很輕快的!