传说,每个去澳洲留学的宝宝们,都会受到澳洲俚语的困惑~
麦当劳不叫McDonald’s叫Maccas,
Barbie不是芭比娃娃而是烧烤,
就更不用说澳洲人热衷的缩写了,
例如救护车ambulance是ambo~
好不容易过了雅思托福,万万没想到,到了澳洲还要适应澳洲口音,澳式英语,宝宝心里苦!
不过,小伙伴们表着急,总结在澳洲可能遇到的澳式俚语,教你如何表达,吃饭,工作,留学党必备,赶紧mark吧~!
表达自己
ExpressAggro: Angry 生气
Full on: Intense/Wild 强烈的,紧张的;
Heaps: A lot or very i.e. “heaps good” 很,非常
No worries: Don’t worry about it/It’s OK 没关系,没事;
She’ll be right: It will be fine 没事的;
______ as: Almost anything could go here; Busy as, awesome as, tired as. To understand the speaker, just cut off the ‘as’ and add ‘very’ to the front and you’ll get what they mean
基本上任何词都可以搭,要理解,只要把句子中的as去掉,前面加Very就可以了,例如busy as=very busy,很忙的意思
在学校
Biro: pen 笔
Dodgy: Poor quality/Not reliable/Suspicious 狡猾的,躲闪的;
How ya going/How’s it going?: How are you? 你好吗?
How good is that?: This is a rhetorical question so you don’t have to answer. It just means ‘that’s good’这是一个反问句,不用回答,意思是这很好
Mobile/Mobes: Cell phone 手机
Rubber: Eraser 橡皮
Pacer: Mechanical/refillable pencil 自动铅笔
Reckon: Think/Figure,/Assume 估计,认为;
Uni: University 大学
Wag: To skip class 翘课
Zed: The letter ‘Z’ 字母Z;
外出/吃饭
Arvo: The afternoon 下午
ATM: Teller Machine/Electronic banking outlet. Stands for Automatic Teller Machine 自动取款机
Avo: Avocado 鳄梨
Barbie: BBQ 烧烤
Bottle-o: Liquor store 卖酒的店;
Brecky: Breakfast 早餐
Bucks: Dollars 美元
Cuppa: A hot beverage 热饮
Chemist: Drug store/pharmacy 药店
Dunny: Toilet 厕所
Durry: Cigarette 烟
Esky: Ice cooler 冰桶
Flat White: Coffee with milk or cream 一种咖啡
Footy: Football (the game or the ball) 足球
Goon: Cheap wine in a bag 一种用袋子装的廉价红酒
Kiwi: A New Zealander (but also a fruit and a bird) 新西兰人(也是一种水果或鸟类)
Knock: To criticise something 批评
Macca’s: McDonald’s 麦当劳
Mate: Friend (this can be used passive-aggressively though so pay attention to the situation) 对别人的称呼
Mozzie: Mosquito 蚊子
Petrol: Gas 气
Pokies: Poker Machine 扑克机
Sanger: Sandwich 三明治
Servo: Service station/gas station 服务站/加油站
Straya!: Australia 澳大利亚
Stubbie: A bottle of beer 一杯啤酒
Snag: Sausage 香肠
Spud: A potato 马铃薯
Vegies: Vegetables 蔬菜
Woop woop: The name of an imaginary town, used to indicate a place far away/ in the country 一个虚拟小镇的名字,用来指一个遥远的地方
在办公室
ASAP: As soon as possible 尽快
Bludger: A lazy person 懒人
Call it a day: Finish what you’re doing 收工
Fair go: A fair chance 一次公平机会
FYI: For Your Information 供你参考
Give someone a bell/a holler: Call someone on the phone 给某人打电话
Lift: Elevator 电梯
Reach out: Get into contact with 达成协议
Sickie: A day off work due to illness (related: Chuck a sickie: To pretend to be sick to get a day off work) 病假
Winger: Someone who complains a lot. 爱抱怨的人
所以,澳式英语,你get 到了吗?
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