快乐生活：美国俚语70条

 　　American slang is different from British slang because of the evolution of American English ……

　　When the pioneers living in the new world had children， they taught their children to pronounce words the way they were written， in order to keep things simple. This was the first break from British English.

　　As the nation grew，so did its own casual variety of the English language，which was influenced by cowboys，sports，the building of the railroad，the card game of poker，African-American culture，immigrants，natives，etc.

　　The words of this website are not bad words or swear words - they are common American slang words that are acceptable in any conversation

　　AMERICAN SLANG ADJECTIVES

　　1. awesome¹ （or wicked） = amazing

　　That was an awesome movie.

　　That was a wicked movie.

　　2. beat = tired

　　Sam is beat today because he didn't sleep much last night.

　　3. blue （or down） = sad， depressed²

　　Mary is feeling blue because her cat died.

　　Mary is down because her cat died.

　　4. brainy = very intelligent， like a genius

　　Sue always does well on tests because she's brainy.

　　5. broke = without money

　　Lou spent all his money at the casino so now he's broke

　　6. fishy³ = suspicious

　　Mrs. Smith thought it was fishy that her neighbor had so many visitors at night

　　7. hammered = drunk

　　Jim had nine beers so now he's hammered.

　　8. hot = sexy or stolen！

　　= sexy

　　Sam says his new girlfriend is hot.

　　= stolen

　　That stereo is hot！

　　9. hungover = tired from drinking too much the day before

　　Al's bachelor party was last night. He's really hungover！

　　10. loaded = rich

　　Many people who live in Beverly Hills are loaded

　　11. nuts （or nutty） = crazy

　　That lady keeps talking to herself. Do you think she's nuts？

　　12. on cloud nine = very very happy

　　Chris just won a million dollars so he's on cloud nine！

　　13. super = great

　　Tom is a super singer.

　　14. ticked = angry

　　He's really ticked because his friend had a party but didn't invite him.

　　15. upbeat = positive

　　Theresa is very upbeat

　　16. ace⁴ = to finish something easily， with success

　　Tammy aced⁵ her math test！

　　17. boogie = to dance

　　Rick likes to boogie for hours！

　　18. check out = to look at， watch， examine

　　We're going to check out that new movie tomorrow after work.

　　19. chicken out = to lose the courage to do something

　　Mary was planning to enter the car race but then she chickened out.

　　20. gab⁶ = to chat

　　Amy likes to gab on the phone with her best friend.

　　21. grab a bite to eat = to go out to a restaurant

　　I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat somewhere.、

　　22. kick the bucket = to die

　　John's neighbor just kicked the bucket！

　　23. lift = to steal

　　While Bob was on the train， someone lifted his wallet.

　　24. take off = to leave

　　Ann took off before the meeting was announced.

　　25. snooze = to sleep

　　I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes this morning！

　　26. whine⁷ = to complain

　　I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines⁸ about everything！

　　27. He who laughs last laughs longest！

　　= the person who plays the last joke （trick） has the longest laugh！

　　Bob made fun of Lou's pronunciation but the next day， Lou put a toy snake on Boob's chair.

　　Bob thought it was real and screamed when he sat on it. Lou thought it was really funny. He who laughs last laughs longest！！！

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

3 fishy   

adj. 值得怀疑的

参考例句：

• It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
• There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。

4 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

5 aced   

vt.发球得分（ace的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• I don't know how I aced in, I was lucky enough. 我不知道这好事怎么让我给碰上了，我够幸运的。 来自互联网
• He aced every physical fitness test they gave him. 他顺利通过了他们对他所作的每项体格检查。 来自互联网

6 gab   

v.空谈，唠叨，瞎扯；n.饶舌，多嘴，爱说话

参考例句：

• The young man had got the gift of gab.那个年轻小贩能说会道。
• She has the gift of the gab.她口才很好。

7 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

8 whines   

n.悲嗥声( whine的名词复数 )；哀鸣者v.哀号( whine的第三人称单数 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The colony whines a centerless loud drone that vibrates the neighborhood. 蜂群嗡嗡喧闹的哀鸣振动邻里。 来自互联网
• The web whines with the sound of countless mosquitoes and flies trapped in its folds. 蜘蛛网内发出无数只被困在蜘蛛丝间的蚊子与苍蝇所发出来的声音。 来自互联网