These uses are occasionally criticized as redundant on the grounds that have alone expresses the meaning adequately, but they are well established and fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. In some contexts in American English, substituting gotten for got produces a change in ...
(第13集) 1.straight up 完全正确 (is a slang phrase meaning "absolutely"or "correct") 2. You could do better! 你可以找到更好的。 3. Would you stop feeding her perfectionism? You did the same thing with Larry. feed 助长 perfectionism 完美主义例句:You have to feed your dreams.(你要让...
· In colloquial use and in numerous nonstandard varieties of American English, the past tense formgothas the meaning of the present. This arose probably by dropping the helping verbhavefrom the past perfectshave got, has got. We've got to go, we've got a lot of problemsbecameWe got ...
Passage TwoAll right let's get started. Today we'l be talking about slang in English. First we'l look atthe meaning of slang, and then we'll look at two reasons why we have slang.So the firstthing is: Whatis slang? Slang is a special word for words and phrases that arenot conside...
In literal terms, “strap” means a gun so “get the strap” would mean, “get the gun” but that is now how it’s used in slang. It basically means “get the work done” or when someone has ticked you off so much you want to “get the strap.” Meaning, you want ...
She adds that sex slang illustrates the absence of any demonstrable pleasure in sexual encounters. She presents her views about the meaning of the phrase "get it in" used by the cast of the show.SeifertChristineBitch Magazine: Feminist Response to Pop Culture...
many words have different shades of meaning for different people. But to be added to the dictionary, a word must have a shared meaning (that is, it must communicate a widely agreed-upon meaning from one person to the next). If everyone used a word in a completely different way, we woul...
8. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal: savvy. Slang: dig. Chiefly British: twig. Scots: ken. Idioms: get a handle on, get the...
英语俚语:get it 明白 When someone uses slang while speaking do you, do you always get it or does it confuse you? Take a look at this graphic for the meaning of this phrase and an example sentenc...
(vulgar slang)(of a man) achieve an erection (粗俚)(男子)勃起 get one's own back (Brit. informal)have one's revenge; retaliate (英,非正式)复仇;报复;反击 get-rich-quick (derogatory)designed or concerned to make a lot of money fast (贬)想暴发致富的,以暴发致富为目的的 getting on for...