英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-30 grin like a Cheshire cat

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【字面理解】像柴郡貓那樣咧開嘴笑

【英文解析】to grin broadly, showing great amusement; to smile widely，in such a way that one shows all one’s teeth

【中文解析】咧嘴傻笑;露齒嬉笑

【典型例句】① She，s a real nitwit. She would now and then burst out grinning like a Cheshire cat for no reason at all.她真是個傻帽，時常無緣無故地就傻笑起來。

② He sat there grinning like a Cheshire cat while we tried to put the tent up.我們搭帳篷時，他坐在那里咧著嘴笑。

【注釋】本語略帶貶義。據(jù)說，英國柴郡盛產(chǎn)干酪，當(dāng)時 人們喜歡把干酪做成咧嘴笑的貓形，所以柴郡貓就被 傳會“笑”了。在英國數(shù)學(xué)家和童話作家劉易斯?卡 洛爾(Lewis Carroll)所寫的童話《愛麗絲漫游奇境 記》(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)里，愛麗斯在 公爵家的廚房里看見一只大貓咧著嘴笑，使她著實吃 了一驚，公爵夫人告訴她：“這只貓嘛，可是只柴郡 貓! [1]”這個習(xí)語從此就隨著《愛麗絲漫游奇境記》流 傳開來。變體：to wear or have a grin like a Cheshire cat; to smile like a Cheshire cat。出自《愛麗絲漫游奇境記》第6章，原文如下：“Please，would you tell me，” said Alice a little timidly, “Why your cat grins like that?” “It’s a Cheshire cat"，said the Duchess, “and that’s why.”