英语俚语习语小对话第347期: "逗某人笑"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

第347期:逗某人笑

英语情景对话：

A: I often recalled the days when Tom and I were madly in love.
我经常回忆起我和Tom热恋的日子。

B: Very romantic?
非常浪漫吗？

A: Yeah. He always tickled my finny bone with his college stories.
对，他总是用大学的笑话逗我笑。

B: You married him for that reason.
你就因此而嫁给他。

A: Definitely not. The most important thing was we loved each other.
当然不是，最主要的是我们彼此相爱。

地道表达

【地道短语】
tickle someone’s funny bone

【解词释义】
funny bone是指“尺骨端”，即通常说的“麻经儿”，这里是尺神经极为敏感处，碰撞时产生的麻醉感。动词tickle的意思是“胳肢”，因此，此语的意思是“胳肢某人使得某人发笑”。

【支持范例】
For 50 years,"Peanuts"has tickled America's funny bone.
50年来，《花生》逗得美国人发笑。

词海拾贝

1. madly in love

【释义】
热恋

【范例】
Griffiths did not know the delight of being so madly in love.
格里菲思不懂得疯狂地堕入情网的喜悦。

If I said I was madly in love with you, you'd know I was lying.
如果我说我很疯狂地爱你，那我肯定是在说谎。

2. for that reason

【释义】
因此

【范例】
For that reason I wish to keep him in prison, as an example to evil-doers.
正因为那个原因，我希望让他呆在监狱里，给干坏事的人做个反面教员。

And for that reason his grandmother dotes on him.
因而乃祖母便先爱如珍宝。