| 释义 |
bean /biːn/ n. | vt. | int. | phr.
I n.
1. 豆；蚕豆；菜豆属植物；豆科植物；(尤指幼嫩可食的)豆荚
2. 豆形种子；产豆形种子的植物
a coffee bean 咖啡豆
a field of castor beans 蓖麻田
3. (水禽上嘴的)嘴峰
4. 〈口〉头，脑袋
be dead to the world from a sock on the bean 因头部被猛击了一下而不省人事
Use your bean, man! 老兄，要动动脑子!
5. 〈俚〉(一文)钱；[beans] 〈美口〉毫无价值的东西
The state didn't make a bean out of it. 国家没有从中得到一个子儿。
He broke my beans a little, but I think it was worth it. 他使我稍有破费，不过我想这也划得来。
The ring is beans compared with the crown jewels. 与王冠上的宝石相比，这只戒指是不值分文的东西。
6. [亦作 beans] 〈口〉[一般用于否定句]一点，丝毫
not care beans (或 a bean) about sth. 对某事满不在乎
He doesn't know beans about foreign policy. 他对外交政策一窍不通。
7. [beans] 〈美俚〉弹药
8. 〈美俚〉讲西班牙语的美洲人(尤指奇卡诺人)
II vt.
〈美口〉(尤指用抛投物)击…的头部
bean sb. with a ball 掷球击某人的头
He was beaned by a book that fell from the third floor. 他的头部被从三楼落下的一本书击中。
III int.
[beans] 〈美口〉胡说!
[<ME bene < OE bēan] phr. a hill of beans 〈俚〉＝ a row of beams
a row of beans 〈口〉[一般用于否定句]一点，丝毫；无价值的东西
It's not worth a row of beans. 这一文不值。(或：这毫无价值。)
This does not add to a row of beans. 这丝毫无济于事。
Every bean has its black. 〈谚〉凡人各有其缺点。
full of beans 1. 〈口〉精力充沛的；兴高采烈的
2. 〈美俚〉错误的，弄错的
give sb. beans 严厉对待某人；严惩某人；狠狠打击某人；申斥某人
know how many beans make five 〈英口〉精明，不会上当
know one's beans 〈美俚〉了解情况；熟悉自己从事的一行
spill the beans 〈俚〉泄漏秘密；坦白交代
spill the beans to sb. 向某人泄密 (或坦白)
three blue beans in a (或 one) blue bladder 〈俚〉虚张声势的空话 |