點滴英語天天學第62期:戀之語(拓展語彙7)

從古至今，戀愛有3個階段。第一階段是“尋求戀情”，第二階段是“戀情帶來的興奮和激動”，第三階段是“戀情的終止”。既然戀愛是我們生活中的一個重要部分，當然有很多表示關於愛情的俚語。下面，我們就繼續來學習它們。

1. cuddle up

解析：It means to snuggle with someone. （擁抱，依偎在一起）

例句：Sally and I woke up at seven o'clock, but we stayed in bed, cuddling until noon.（Sally和我七點鐘就醒了，可我倆抱着躺在牀上，知道中午才起。）

I left the room in disgust when my sister and her boyfriend started cuddling up to each other. （當我姐姐和他的男友開始相互擁抱的時候，我厭惡離開了房間。）

2. meal ticket

解析：It means a person or thing used to provide permanent financial income. （賴以爲生的工作，提供生活來源的人）

例句：The only reason Ann is staying with Tim is because he's her meal ticket. She doesn't have any emotional feelings for him. （Ann和Tim在一起的唯一原因就是Tim是他的金庫，她對Tim一點感情也沒有。）

This new business was supposed to be my meal ticket, but it's costing me more money than I'm making. （新的生意應該是我賴以生存的來源，但投資比我掙的錢還多。）

I'm a model, so my face is my meal ticket, and I can't afford to have a blemish! （我是一位模特，所以我的臉就是我的生活來源，我的臉不能有一點瑕疵。）

3. lovey-dovey
解析：It is used to express affection in an extravagantly sentimental way; mushy. （恩恩愛愛的，多情的）

例句： Jack and Irene have been married for thirty years and they'er still lovey-dovey. （Jack和Irene結婚已經三十年了，但還是那麼地恩愛。）

How can I tell him that I just don't like being lovey-dovey? （我就是不喜歡卿卿我我的，我該怎麼告訴他呢？）

今天，我們學習了3個可以用於戀情中的俚語：lovey-dovey，cuddle up，meal ticket。Hope that you can keep them in your mind and make use of them in your daily life.