点滴英语天天学第62期:恋之语(拓展语汇7)

从古至今，恋爱有3个阶段。第一阶段是“寻求恋情”，第二阶段是“恋情带来的兴奋和激动”，第三阶段是“恋情的终止”。既然恋爱是我们生活中的一个重要部分，当然有很多表示关于爱情的俚语。下面，我们就继续来学习它们。

1. cuddle up

解析：It means to snuggle with someone. （拥抱，依偎在一起）

例句：Sally and I woke up at seven o'clock, but we stayed in bed, cuddling until noon.（Sally和我七点钟就醒了，可我俩抱着躺在床上，知道中午才起。）

I left the room in disgust when my sister and her boyfriend started cuddling up to each other. （当我姐姐和他的男友开始相互拥抱的时候，我厌恶离开了房间。）

2. meal ticket

解析：It means a person or thing used to provide permanent financial income. （赖以为生的工作，提供生活来源的人）

例句：The only reason Ann is staying with Tim is because he's her meal ticket. She doesn't have any emotional feelings for him. （Ann和Tim在一起的唯一原因就是Tim是他的金库，她对Tim一点感情也没有。）

This new business was supposed to be my meal ticket, but it's costing me more money than I'm making. （新的生意应该是我赖以生存的来源，但投资比我挣的钱还多。）

I'm a model, so my face is my meal ticket, and I can't afford to have a blemish! （我是一位模特，所以我的脸就是我的生活来源，我的脸不能有一点瑕疵。）

3. lovey-dovey
解析：It is used to express affection in an extravagantly sentimental way; mushy. （恩恩爱爱的，多情的）

例句： Jack and Irene have been married for thirty years and they'er still lovey-dovey. （Jack和Irene结婚已经三十年了，但还是那么地恩爱。）

How can I tell him that I just don't like being lovey-dovey? （我就是不喜欢卿卿我我的，我该怎么告诉他呢？）

今天，我们学习了3个可以用于恋情中的俚语：lovey-dovey，cuddle up，meal ticket。Hope that you can keep them in your mind and make use of them in your daily life.