(形容詞) 敏捷的；動作快速的。
- Is the car nippy? (這部車跑得快嗎?)
(形容詞) (天氣) 寒冷的，刺骨的。
- It’s nippy outside tonight. (今晚外面寒冷刺骨)
No comments
分類: 俚語-N
no-show
(名詞) 放人家鴿子的人；爽約的人。
- I arranged to meet Joe at the library at 8:00, but he stood me up. He was a no-show. (我安排 8 點和喬在圖書館見面，但他放我鴿子。他爽約了)
nuthouse
(名詞) 瘋人院，精神病院 (insane asylum)。
- Andy was just sent to the nuthouse because he was defecating in public while proclaiming the end of the world was near. (安迪剛被送往精神病院，因為他公然便溺，同時又宣稱世界末日近了)
night and day
(形容詞) 截然不同的 (completely different)。
- Rachel is generous in giving help and night and day (=completely different) from any other student in her class. (瑞秋樂於助人，與她班上其他學生截然不同)
(副詞) 完全沒有，完全不，一點都不 (far from)。
- His work is night and day from (=far from) satisfactory. (他的工作一點都不令人滿意)
nest egg
(名詞) 為特定用途儲存的錢，通常指為買房子而存的錢。
- The nest egg is not enough for us to buy a house. (這筆錢還不夠我們買屋)
north of
(片語) 超過 (more than)。
- Bruce makes north of $100,000 a year. (布魯斯的年收入超過 10 萬美元)
no dice
(感嘆詞) 不行，門都沒有。
- Boy: Will you go out with me? (男孩：妳會跟我交往嗎?)
Girl: No dice! (女孩：門都沒有!)
(感嘆詞) 功敗垂成。
- You almost got it but no dice. (你幾乎就要得到了，但功敗垂成)
nut hut
(名詞) 精神病醫院 (psychiatric hospital)。
- Jack threatened to kill himself, so they put him in the nut hut for two weeks. (傑克鬧自戕，所以他們就將他送進精神病醫院兩個禮拜)
no call no show
(名詞) 曠職；曠工。字面意思為「未上班亦未打電話說明原因」。
- Jason got fired for too many no call no shows. (傑森因曠職太多而遭到開除)
no-brainer
(名詞) 容易解決或處理的問題 (easy-to-solve problem)。
- That’s a no-brainer. (那是個容易解決的問題)