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万万没想到:出国旅游不能乱说的21个单词

沪江2015-05-18 14:34

  Germany

  德国

  Gift: ‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth’, we’re told; perhaps more so in Germany where the word means ‘poison’.

  Gift:我们都被教育“馈赠之物,切莫挑剔”;可能在德国更是这样,在那儿,这个单词的意思是“毒药”。

  Latte: In Germany, latte doesn’t mean the frothy, milky concoction you get from your local Starbucks. It means ‘erect penis’ in some German quarters.

  Latte:在德国,latte(拿铁)不是指你从当地星巴克买到的泡沫多的、含牛奶的混合物,而是在一些地区指“勃起”。

  Korea

  韩国

  Salsa: Out for a Mexican in Korea? It’s probably best not to ask for salsa: it means ‘diarrhoea’ in Korean.

  Salsa:在韩国想追求一个墨西哥人?最好不要请她跳salsa(萨尔萨舞),它在韩语中的意思是“腹泻”。

  Sweden

  瑞典

  Speed: Try not to talk about speed when in the company of others in Sweden. It means ‘fart’.

  Speed:在瑞典,和别人在一起时不要讨论speed(速度),它的意思是“放屁”。

  Bump: If you’ve had the misfortune of a bump on your car, note that the word ‘bump’ in Swedish means ‘dump’.

  Bump:如果你不幸把车撞了,要注意在瑞典bump(碰撞)这个词的意思是“倒垃圾”。

  Speed bump: Put the above two words together and you have the phrase ‘speed bump’, which in Swedish means fart dump.

  Speed bump:把上面两个词连一起,就是speed bump(减速带),在瑞典语中的意思是“放屁倒垃圾”。

  Kiss: If you ask your Swedish host or hostess for a kiss, they might very well direct you to the toilets. In Swedish, the word means ‘pee’.

  Kiss:如果你向瑞典的男女主人索吻的话,他们很有可能会带你去厕所。在瑞典语中,这个词是“尿”的意思。

  Portugal

  葡萄牙

  Pay Day: If you’re in Portugal, refrain from singing with happiness that it’s ‘pay day’. No one will be impressed. In Portuguese it means “I farted”.

  Pay Day:如果你在葡萄牙,不要听到pay day(发薪水的日子)就开心得不得了,别人不会对你有好印象的,在葡萄牙语中,pay day 的意思是“我放屁了”。

  Exquisite: Extend a compliment to your Portuguese host by describing something belonging to them as ‘exquisite’ and you might be met with askance looks: ‘esquisito’ in Portuguese means ‘weird’.

  Exquisite:称赞葡萄牙的男主人时,要是说他的某个东西很exquisite(精致),他会投来怀疑的目光:这个词在葡萄牙语里的意思是“怪异的”。

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