《KUSO英文小辭典》He is in a cranky mood. 他奇檬子不好
2012-08-27
當有人跟你說他今天「奇蒙子」(日文心情、感受kimochi諧音)不好,指的是他心情不好。英文怎麼說?你可以用cranky(脾氣壞的;易激怒的)、grouchy(愛抱怨的;不高興的)或grumpy(性情乖戾的),這些發音聽起來就不怎麼「奇蒙子」的字:He’s in a cranky mood today. He is in a grouchy mood today. He is in a grumpy mood today. 都是說某人今天心情不佳。此外也可直說:He is in a bad mood today. He is not in a good mood today.
例句:
A:What’s with Lisa? She gave me that face and even swore at me!
B:She’s in a cranky mood today. You’d better stay away from her.
A:麗莎怎麼了?為什麼給我一張大便臉,還對我罵髒話?
B:她今天「奇蒙子」不好。你最好離她遠一點。
資料來源:台科大應用外語系助理教授黃玟君
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