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“拗口”英语怎么说

发布时间：2015-11-16 编辑：查字典英语网小编

DONNY在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是吴琼要问的：拗口。

DONNY: 吴琼，What's up?

WQ: 我表姐要生宝宝了，发动全家给孩子起名儿呢，这不，我翻翻字典，找点灵感。

DONNY: Interesting! 我也来出主意!

WQ: 孩子姓唐，你说叫什么好?

DONNY: 唐?嗯……唐 - 老 - 鸭。

WQ: 啊?!

DONNY: Haha! I'm sorry, Wu Qiong. I know this is a terrible name, but when you mentioned the word“唐， the name rolled right off my tongue.

WQ: Rolled right off your tongue? 从舌头上滚下来?我明白了，就是顺口，脱口而出。你一听到“唐字，顺口就说出了唐老鸭。那……如果不顺口，也就是拗口，该怎么说呢?

DONNY: You can say it's a tongue twister.

WQ: 哦，tongue twister，就是说起来拗口的东西! This name is a tongue twister 这个名字真难念。

DONNY: 没错! Wu Qiong, you know the luxury car brand "Mercedes-Benz", do you?

WQ: Mercedes-Benz? 就是奔驰嘛!

DONNY: Right. The Chinese translation“奔驰rolls right off the tongue. However, if we call the brand 梅赛德斯·本兹， to me , that's a tongue twister! It's like I'm tripping over my own tongue when I try to say it.

WQ: Trip over your own tongue? 我知道trip是绊倒的意思，所以trip over one's own tongue 就是打磕巴，吃螺丝吧?

DONNY: Absolutely!

WQ: DONNY, We need to find a good name for this baby. We don't want people to trip over their own tongues when they say the baby's name!

DONNY: Of course, but first let's see what you've learned today!

WQ: 第一，顺口叫“to roll right off the tongue;

第二，拗口的东西则是“a tongue twister;

第三，打磕巴，吃螺丝，叫“to trip over one's own tongue。

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