儿中英惯用短语:
  • adj.  他忙於照料三个小孩儿.   with three small children
  • v.  他想到面试时自己表现得那麽差劲儿, 心里真不是滋味儿.   It made him squirm to think how he'd messed up the interview
  • v.  他想抓住那男孩儿, 然而那孩子还是跌倒了.   He grabbed at the boy, but could not save him from falling
  • n.  他打了这男孩儿耳光以教训其不懂羞耻.   He boxed the boy's ears for being cheeky
  • v.  他把婴儿哄得安然入睡.   He hushed the baby to sleep
  • n.  他把婴儿放在膝上颠著玩.   on his knee
  • v.  他把生意移交给女儿管理.   He turned the business over to his daughter
  •   他把部分财产转让给儿子了.   He settled part of his estate on his son
  • v.  他抛弃了妻子儿女, 出国去了.   He deserted his wife and children and went abroad
  •   他整个儿星期都在这 .   week
  • v.  他整天坐在那儿傻里傻气张著大嘴看电视!   He just sits there gawping at the television all day
  • v.  他无聊地坐在那儿翻著书.   He sat there idly turning the pages of a book
  •   他是她两个儿子中的长子.   He was the elder of her two sons
  • n.  他是独生子, 是父母的宠儿.   As an only child he was the idol of his parents
  •   他晚礼服衬衫领口上的摁扣儿   the press stud on the collar of his evening shirt
  • n.  他最好保持沉默, 否则...! leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth => leave1. live from hand to mouth => live2. look a gift horse in the mouth => gift. out of the mouths of babes and `sucklings (saying 谚) children often speak wisely 黄口小儿的话也常有道理. put one's money where one's mouth is => money. put words into sb's mouth => word. shoot one's mouth off => shoot1. shut one's mouth/face => shut. shut sb's mouth => shut. take the bread out of sb's mouth => bread. take the words out of sb's mouth => word.   He'd better keep his mouth shut, or else...!