现代英语词汇学概论.ppt

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1、Chapter10EnglishIdiomsI.WarmingupWhatdoesthismeanreally?HurryupWhataboutthisone?disgustsomeoneTheseidiomsareallaboutfood.Canyouexplainwhattheyreallymean?goingbananasI'mgoingbananasoverthenoiseintheapartmentnextdoor.Theyplaytheirtelevisionloudenoughforthewholebuildingtohear.An

2、dtheyneverturnitoffuntiloneo'clockinthemorning!"这个人抱怨说：“隔壁人家的闹声真快把我逼疯了。他们把电视机开得那末响，整个楼都听见了。而且，不到半夜一点他们从来不关电视机。”sellinglikehotcakesFakeiPadssellinglikehotcakesinBeijing热卖playinggooseberryOn,youtwogobyyourselves!Youdon'twantmecomingalongplayinggooseberry.啊，你们俩还是单独去吧！你们不想我硬夹在你们中

3、间吧。Idon'twishtoplaygooseberry.我不想当不识趣的人。陪伴两个想单独在一起的人Numbersupdresseduptothe______(打扮得极为入时,衣着华丽)talking_______tothedozen(不停地说；唠唠叨叨)oneina________playing______fiddle(居次位；当副手)inthe________heaven(极乐世界)ninesnineteensecondsevenththousandAnimalCrackersIt’sraining____anddogs!I’vegota

4、_______inmythroat.我得了咽喉炎。Thosearejust________tears.He’stakenthe_____share.最大的份额Icansmella___.感到不妙catsfrogcrocodilelion‘sratII.DefinitionAnidiomisanexpression,word,orphrasethathasafigurativemeaningthatiscomprehendedinregardtoacommonuseofthatexpressionthatisseparatefromtheliter

5、almeaningordefinitionofthewordsofwhichitismade.Idiomsaresetphrasesandshortsentencesmadeupoftwoormorewords;itfunctionsasaunitofmeaningwhichcannotbepredictedfromtheliteralmeaningofitscomponentwords.1.Semanticunity语义的整体性Eachidiomisasinglesemanticunity.Themeaningofanidiomisnotthe

6、totalsumofthemeaningofitsconstituents.tillthecowscomehome:Theidiomfunctionsasoneword—anadverbmeaning“forever”.showthewhitefeather—functionsasaverbmeaning“toshowfear”.III.CharacteristicsofidiomsOtherExamples:Tostickyourneckoutistosayordosomethingthatisboldandabitdangerous.Asim

7、ilaridiomis"gooutonalimb".Tobreaktheiceistobethefirstonetosayordosomething,withtheexpectationthatotherswillthenfollow.Asimilaridiomis"gettheballrolling."打破冷场；打破僵局,抛砖引玉Tohaveachiponone’sshoulderistodescribeapersonwhoactsrudelyoraggressively.Thepersonseemsalwaysreadyforafight.T

8、ogetlonginthetoothmeanstogetold.2.Structuralstability结构的固定性Thestruct