關(guān)鍵詞:
Big Words
#1.Giant/Gigantic
"Giant" could be a noun or an adjective: "Giant" 可以是名詞(巨人), 也可以是形容詞
"Gigantic" is an adjective: “gigantic” 是個(gè)形容詞,巨大的意思
怎么用?
This building is gigantic!這個(gè)樓好大呀!
You've got a gigantic dog! 這只狗好大呀!
#2.Massive
"Massive":巨大的,但是用法比gigantic多;可以形容物體、人、錢(qián)
怎么用?
Shanghai is a massive city: 上海是一座巨型都市
Spencer is massive. He's got massive muscles: Spencer很壯, 肌肉超大塊
Massive debts:大筆債務(wù)
Massive profits: 豐厚利潤(rùn)
#3.Huge
特朗普特別愛(ài)用的詞:huge!
怎么用?
和massive一樣,用法也很廣泛
China is a huge country: 中國(guó)很大
Shanghai is a huge city: 上海很大
Yaoming is huge: 姚明個(gè)頭很大
Apple makes huge profits: 蘋(píng)果利潤(rùn)很豐厚
He's got a massive bank balance: 他銀行賬戶錢(qián)超多
美國(guó)食物超大份!
The portions are huge in American restaurants: 美國(guó)餐廳食物的份量都很大
Dongbei restaurants too: 東北菜也是
#4.Enormous
怎么用?
Enormous boats
Enormous buildings
Enormous profits
#5.Mega
美國(guó)的廣告宣傳特別愛(ài)用這個(gè)詞,比如:
mega savings: 超劃算!
mega stores: 超級(jí)大賣(mài)場(chǎng)
特朗普教你一個(gè)英語(yǔ)詞
Small Words
#1.Tiny/Teeny-tiny
Tiny is smaller than "small": tiny比small更小
怎么用?
The newborn baby is so tiny: 新生兒好小噢
The kittens are so tiny: 寶寶小貓好小
My apartment is tiny: 我房子好小
Teeny-tiny is even tinier than "tiny": 比"tiny" 更小
It also sounds cutesy: 而且聽(tīng)起來(lái)很可愛(ài)
#2.Micro
It's a prefix: 是個(gè)常用前綴,微小的意思
Not really used on its own: 不太單獨(dú)使用
Micro-常用詞:
Microsoft: 微軟
Microwave: 微波爐
Microscope: 顯微鏡
Microeconomics: 微觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)
Micro的反義詞是macro, 比如macroeconomics: 宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)
#3.Mini
Mini/miniature: 迷你
比如在電影《Austin Powers》有個(gè)角色叫:Mini-Me
和爸媽長(zhǎng)得很像的孩子,也可以說(shuō)mini me.
It's miniature version of me: 迷你版的“我”
主題公園里的縮小版景觀,也可以說(shuō):
Miniature Eiffle Tower: 縮小版的埃菲爾鐵塔
#4.Petite
Petite: 嬌小的
It's generally used to describe woman: 通常用來(lái)描述體態(tài)嬌小的女性
一些品牌的衣服尺寸也會(huì)寫(xiě)petite。
Petite和X Small有什么區(qū)別?
Extra small might mean you are very thin, but tall: x small形容瘦,但是可能挺高的
Petite means overall small: petite是嬌小,除了瘦,身高也不高
還有一種甜點(diǎn):
petit four: 四色小甜點(diǎn) (正式的法國(guó)大餐吃完時(shí),會(huì)附上四小樣; 注意在法語(yǔ)里是petit, 不是petite)
#5.Compact
Compact: 緊湊
Commonly used for gadgets and cars, even apartments: 通常用來(lái)形容科技產(chǎn)品、汽車(chē)、房子
怎么用?
compact cars: 緊湊型汽車(chē)
compact apartment: 緊湊型公寓
If something is compact, there's no waste of space: 緊湊就是不浪費(fèi)空間
#6.Cozy
Cozy: 除了溫馨,形容房子時(shí),它還有一個(gè)擴(kuò)展含義,就是非常小
When you see apartment listings, if it says "cozy", it mostly means it's very small: 租房廣告上如果寫(xiě)房子很cozy, 基本上意思就是非常小
Spencer最后還說(shuō)了一個(gè)詞:
gangantuan /ɡɑ??ɡantj??n/: 龐大、特別大
You've got a massive vocabulary: 你的詞匯量真大