細說英語粗話:29. Fatso

29. Fatso

fatso 胖子，肥仔，大塊頭

Fatso一字僅有名詞形態(tài)，于1933年始見于英文文獻，是對人的肥胖者扣上的綽號，尤為青少年男女取笑同輩時用之。在美國，一般胖妞視fatso這個稱呼為一種侮辱，其不受歡迎可想而知。

Fatso 當名詞 胖妞，肥仔(男女共用)

A. Fat.A funny word. It’s a short word，not unlike tall or black or thin. It’s an adjective that describes a noun. Like：The fat feather floated over the telephone…. Of course，fat is also a noun，as in，She can have three fats a day. In our world，fat is also an insult，as in“Hey，F(xiàn)atso，”….

(Radiance-The Magazine for Large Women，3／1／94)

Fat是逗人的字眼，字很短，像tall或black或thin一樣，是修飾名詞的形容詞，如豐羽飄在電話上空。當然啰，fat也可以當名詞，如她一天能吃三份含油質的食物。在胖女人的世界中，fat也是個侮辱，如同在說“喂，胖妞啊!”……

A. (at a class reunion)Remember Al?

(在畢業(yè)班友聚會上)記得艾勒嗎?

B. Sure do. He was the one we called “fatso”. He didn’t like it at all.Because most members of his family are fat，he decided to go into genetics. His research on families of fat people show that genetics does indeed play a part in determining obesity.

當然記得!他是班上被稱為“肥仔”的那個。他很不喜歡這個稱呼，因為他家人多為胖子，所以他決定鉆研基因學。他的研究顯示，在胖子的家庭中，基因的確扮演決定性的角色。

A. And all along I thought he just loved to eat!

而且我一直都認為他貪吃哩!

A. Drew already knows a life of dieting and exercise.“Kids called me names like fatso and tub of lard.” Now，he lifts weights every day，plays indoor soccer and rides his bike a lot. At2 5 feet 4 inches and 140 pounds，“I don’t get called fatso anymore.”

(USA Weekend，5／3／98)

杜路已經體會到節(jié)食和運動的生活方式了。［他說］，“小孩子罵我胖子和油桶”。他現(xiàn)在每天舉重，踢室內足球，并常常騎腳踏車。現(xiàn)在五尺四寸高，一百四十磅重，［他說］“我不再被人稱為胖子啰!”。

注：

1. 本文主角為十三歲的男孩。

2. at+引出的短語表示狀態(tài)，另有sell it at ＄50 a share(以每股＄50賣出。)Aim at the target. (對準靶子。)She will arrive at 5:15 p.m. (她將于下午5:15到。)at home(在家)at her request(按她所托)等。At在此引出來的短語，多為副詞功能。