地道英式惊叹词,你get了么
Likethepeopleofanycountry,theBritisharegiventoloudlyexclaimingsomethingwhenevertheyarestartled;unlikemostpeople,however,therestrictionsontheEnglishlanguagethatarecausedbyclassicBritishpolitenessmeanthatsuchphrasesareoftenabsolutenonsense
Let'stakealookatsome
和其他各国的小伙伴们一样,英国人在被震惊时也会大声惊呼
不过和大多数人不同,因为受传统英式礼貌的限制,这些表达震惊的短语通常被视作不雅的粗口
下面就一起来领略一下英式“卧槽”吧
BLOODYHELL
OneofthemostcommonandversatileofBritishexclamation,'Bloodyhell'iswhatwelinguisticscallamincedoath,astheword'bloody'isprobablyashorteningof'ByOurLady'(i
theVirginMary)
Originally,then,thisprobablymeantsomethinglike'byourLady,allHell'sabouttobreakloosebecauseofthisthingthat'ssurprisedme
'It'salittlebiteasiertosaythesedays
这是最常见并通用于各种场合的英式惊呼之一
从语言学上来说,“Bloodyhell”是一种避免爆粗的委婉表达
“bloody”应该是“ByOurLady”(即圣母玛利亚)的缩略语
这个词组最初的意思大概就是