“落湯雞”英語(yǔ)怎么說

中文和英文常常有異曲同工之妙，比如說“借酒消愁”，英文說''drown your sorrows''，直譯過來“把憂愁溺死在酒里”，挺有意思的。那中文說的“落湯雞”英語(yǔ)怎么說？還是“一只雞掉在水里”嗎？

正確的應(yīng)該是''look like a drowned rat''，可能老外認(rèn)為落水的老鼠也夠狼狽的。

由這個(gè)拓展開來，我們看看“濕透”還有哪些說法，畢竟不能老用''wet''和''look like a drowned rat''嘛。

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1. wet:

例：

His face was wet with sweat.（他臉上全是汗。）

I don't want to get my shoes wet.（我不想把鞋弄濕。）

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2. soaked：very wet or wearing very wet clothes經(jīng)常用來指“人或衣服”濕透了，一般做表語(yǔ)

例：

I was soaked and very cold. （我全身濕透了，而且好冷。）

It was raining so hard and we were quickly soaked through.（雨下得好大，我們瞬間濕透。）

Her shoes got soaked as she walked through the wet grass.（走過濕草地，她的鞋子全濕了。）

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3. drenched: very wet經(jīng)常指“人或地方”濕透了

例：

Come on--you're drenched. （快點(diǎn)兒！你身上全濕了?。?/span>

He changed out of his rain-drenched clothes.（他把被雨淋濕的衣服換了。）

Everyone got drenched when a huge wave hit the boat.（一個(gè)大浪打來，船上所有人都濕透了。）

The garden was completely drenched after the rain.（雨后整個(gè)公園都濕漉漉的。）

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4. soaking/sopping/dripping wet: very wet形容人或物濕透了，都能滴下水來

例：

We were soaking wet by the time we got out of the rain. （待到躲雨時(shí)，我們?nèi)硪褲裢?。?/span>

There's no way I can wear this shirt tonight--it's still sopping wet.（今晚沒法穿這件襯衫了，還很濕。）

Can I call you back in five minutes? I just got out of shower and I'm dripping wet.（我5分鐘后打給你好嗎？我才洗完澡，還沒擦干呢。）

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5.soaking，sopping，dripping :與4用法相同

例：

You're soaking, take off those wet clothes off before you catch a cold.（你全濕了，快把濕衣服脫了，以免感冒。）

Someone had pushed Sally into the swimming pool, so she's soaking.（有人把莎莉推到游泳池里，她濕透了。）

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6. soggy: unpleasantly wet and soft 令人不爽的濕、發(fā)軟

例：

The sandwiches have gone all soggy.（三明治都受潮了。）

Breakfast was terrible--the eggs were burnt and the toast was soggy.（早餐很糟糕——蛋是焦的，面包也受潮發(fā)軟。）

A soggy pile of old leaves lay in the corner of the yard.（一堆濕漉漉的落葉堆在院子的角落。）

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7.saturated: something that is saturated is so wet that it cannot hold any more water or liquid 浸滿水

例：

When the summer rains begin, the soil quickly becomes saturated.（夏天雨季一來，土地很快就喝飽了水。）

The bandage around his knee was already saturated with blood.（他腿上的繃帶很快浸滿了鮮血。）

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總結(jié)：除了saturated是比較正式的說法外，其他幾個(gè)在口語(yǔ)中都很常用。