關于“媽咪”的10個英文俚語,你知道多少?

今天我們也給大家準備了一系列和“媽咪”有關的英文俚語,快來學習吧!

1、mother hen
關心他人冷暖的人;婆婆媽媽的人

Sandhu is like a mother hen, catering to the students' every need.
桑德胡就像個媽媽桑一樣,滿足學生們的各種需求。

2、mother figure
慈母般的人,母親的化身

It was similar to having a mother figure—but she was also our strength and conditioning coach.

她就像我們的母親一樣,同時還兼任我們的力量和健身教練。

3、mother-naked
(像剛出生時那樣)一絲不掛的,赤條條的

Dan was lying mother-naked.

丹赤條條地躺在那兒。

4、mother wit
天資,常識

When you have to live by your mother wit, old boy, I hope you may get on better than I do.

老兄,當你需要靠常識生存的時候,我希望你的境遇能比我好一些。

5、mother's milk hardly dries on lips
乳臭未干,形容人幼稚

Your mother's milk has hardly dried on your lips and you want to go into the army!

你還是個乳臭未干的小子呢,竟然想著要去參軍!

6、tiger mother
虎媽,對子女學業要求嚴厲的母親

My friend John has a tiger mother.

我朋友約翰有個虎媽。

7、yummy mummy
辣媽

Yummy mummy is a slang term used in the United Kingdom to describe young, attractive and wealthy mothers. A yummy mummy would have several children and yet remain a "girl-about-town", dressing fashionably and appearing well-groomed and carefree.

Yummy mummy是英國俚語,指那些年輕、漂亮又有錢的媽媽們。一位辣媽可能有好幾個孩子,卻還能保持著“城內名媛”的地位,衣著時尚,精心修飾,一副憂煩不擾的樣子。

8、mompetition
拼孩時代

Mompetition is the one-up rivalry that moms play making their child seem better, smarter, and/or more advanced than yours. These days the mompetition is much more overt. Moms make snide comments about snacks brought to the play date, outfits worn to the school sing along, or educational choices. They compete to prove their worth. They compete in an effort to prove that they are making the best choices every single day.

“拼孩”,是媽媽們之間的比拼,比誰的孩子看上去更好、更聰明,或比別人的孩子更超前,并且努力在這一競爭中搶占上風。現如今媽媽間的比拼更加公開化。媽媽們會對其他媽媽在游玩日帶來的點心,別人的小孩在學校合唱表演中穿的服裝,或別的媽媽給小孩選擇的學校發表尖刻的評論。她們競爭是為了證明自己的價值,證明自己每一次做的選擇都是最好的。

9、Sheep Mom
羊媽

Sheep Mom refers to an extensive way of education that sets only basic objectives but no core syllabus. Teachers can feel free to use any teaching method as long as most children can reach the goals.

羊媽,是種粗放式的教育方式,對一定年齡的孩子設有核心教學大綱,只提出基本教育目標,老師只要能讓多數孩子達到目標,具體采用什么方式教學完全自便。

10、Facebook mommy
臉書媽咪

Facebook mommy is a mom who spends 5 hours a night at the club, 10 hours a day asleep, 4 hours a day working, 2 hours a day shopping/eating/drinking coffee with her girls, an hour and a half showering and getting dressed, and 30 minutes with her kids taking "usies" and posting to Facebook using hashtags such as: #lovemybabies #kidsaremylife.

“Facebook媽咪”每天晚上有5個鐘頭泡夜店,白天10個小時睡覺,4個小時工作,2個小時購物、用餐、和閨蜜喝咖啡,一個半小時沖澡打扮,30分鐘和自己的孩子自拍“母子照”,然后把照片上傳到Facebook,貼上“愛我的寶貝”、“寶貝是我的生命”等標簽。

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