交通工具类英语单词有哪些

1. miss the boat

boat是船，但是miss the boat可不仅仅是错过了一趟船这么简单，它指的是错失良机。

例句：You'll miss the boat if you don't buy this car now.

翻译：如果你现在不买这辆车，你会错失良机的。

2. burn one's boats

指的是某人做事情时不给自己留后路，也就是破釜沉舟，背水一战的意思。这个短语里面的boats也可以换成bridges，意思不变。

例句：If you want to finish the task, you must burn your boats / bridges.

翻译：如果你想完成这项工作，就必须有破釜沉舟的决心。

3.  two lamps burning and no ship at sea

直译过来是“两盏亮着的灯，海上却没有船”，这样的翻译让人有点摸不着头脑啊，就感觉翻译了，但又没完全翻译。其实，这个短语是形容一个人过度浪费，挥霍无度。

例句：I'm not surprised that Tom is in the poorhouse these days, because he always had two lamps burning and no ship at sea.

翻译：汤姆这些天住进救济院，我一点也不惊讶，因为他这个人总是挥霍无度。

4. a face that launched a thousand ships

形容某人拥有令人难以置信的美貌。

例句：When I looked in the mirror, I didn't see a face that launched a thousand ships. I just saw an exhausted old woman.

翻译：当我照镜子时，我并没有看到一张漂亮的脸蛋。我只看到了一个疲惫不堪的老妇人。

5. drive the big bus

可不单纯指“驾驶一辆大巴士”哦，它通常指人们由于一些原因（尤指饮酒）而在厕所里呕吐。想想看，双手抓着马桶边（呕吐）的样子是不是有点像双手握住方向盘的样子呢？

例句：He spent the rest of the night driving the big bus.

翻译：他那一晚上剩下的时间全在厕所里呕吐。

6. gravy train / the gravy train

gravy通常指调味用的肉汁。那gravy train难道是运送肉汁的火车？你要是这样想可就错啦，gravy train其实指的是财源或者是能轻松赚到钱的美差。

例句：Financial services produce very high earnings, so many people are trying to get onto the gravy train.

翻译：金融服务业的收入很高，因此很多人都想得到这种美差。

7 on your bike

直译过来是“（骑）上你的自行车”，可以引申为让别人快点走开。

例句：All right kids, on your bikes! You're starting to get on my nerves!

翻译：好了，孩子们，快点走开！你们开始让我心烦了！