今天说的 shuffle /'ʃʌfl/ 一词多义,是个极好用的高级词汇。
词义:
shuffle 的第一个词义,形容走路动作懒散,小心或不情愿。
He shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his walking stick.
他拖着脚走进厨房,手里拄着拐杖。
shuffle 第二个词义指因为紧张,尴尬而不停地把脚在原地动来动去。
When I asked him what had happened, he just looked at the ground and shuffled his feet.
当我问他发生什么事了,他只是看着地面,不停地摆动着双脚。
shuffle 的第三个词义:把某人/物在两个地方来回转移。
She shuffled her papers nervously on the desk.
她紧张的把桌上的文件移来移去。
shuffle 的第四个词义,也是影视剧最常用的:洗牌。
shuffle the cards
洗牌
shuffle 的第五个词义:随机播放。
shuffle music / songs
随机播放音乐 / 歌曲
相关:
在莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet) 那段著名的生存还是毁灭 (To be or not to be) 的独白中,有这样两句:
△What dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.
这里的 shuffle off 意思是摆脱,mortal coil 指尘世之累,所以,shuffle off this / one's mortal coil 指撒手人寰,死亡之意。
△The Wolf of Wall Street (《华尔街之狼》)
影视:
△New York, I Love You (《纽约,我爱你》)
△Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (《查理与巧克力工厂》)
△Now You See Me (《惊天魔盗团》)
小说:
When my mother called that it was time to go, I went out in the hall with every intention of telling her that I would not, could not go to Loskis' for dinner, but she looked so lovely and happy that I couldn't. I just couldn't. I took a deep breath, wrapped up a pie, and shuffled across the street behind my brothers and parents.
- Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
当妈妈叫我们出发的时候,我踏进走廊,非常想对她说,我不想、不能去洛斯奇家吃晚餐,可她看起来那么漂亮,那么开心,我不能告诉她,就是不能。我深吸一口气,把派包起来,跟在哥哥和父母的后面慢吞吞地走过马路。
- 文德琳·范·德拉安南《怦然心动》
△以上文字描述对应的电影场景
形近:
与 shuffle 形近的是 shuttle /ʃʌtl/,除了航天飞机这个最常用的词义之外,其它词义与 shuffle 有些相似,作动词为往返,作名词指摆渡车。
△airport shuttle bus:机场摆渡车
苏菲?