rhyming slang

常見例句

• Read on, to learn more about Cockney rhyming slang.
  接著讀一讀吧，來更多地了解一下老倫敦的押韻俚語。
• It sounds inoffensive but it’s actually rhyming slang for something rude.
  這聽起來并沒用什么，但實(shí)際上這是一個(gè)押韻俚語，非常粗魯。
• Many people say Strine rhyming slang is evidence of Australia’s convict past!
  幾百年前，英國的罪犯曾被流放到澳大利亞服刑，所以現(xiàn)在有許多人認(rèn)為這種同韻俚語就是澳大利亞作為流放地的語言見證。
• Every so often a phrase from Cockney rhyming slang grabs public attention and becomes a part of popular speech all over Britain, as has happened recently with "porky pies".
  東倫敦土話的同額俚語間或吸引住公眾的注意力并成為整個(gè)英國流行語言的一部分，如最近發(fā)生在“porky pies”這個(gè)詞的現(xiàn)象。
• Cockneys traditionally speak in a rhyming slang which supposedly originated among barrow boys who didn't want their customers to understand what they said to each other.
  倫敦人傳統(tǒng)上會(huì)使用俚語，這大概來自于那些經(jīng)營流動(dòng)售貨車的男孩，他們不想顧客明白他們彼此說話的內(nèi)容。
• "Porky pies', comes from Cockney rhyming slang (East London slang in which a rhyming phrase is substituted for a word, e. g., "apples and pears" means "stairs", "frog and toad'" means "road").
  “Porky pies”來源于倫敦東區(qū)土話的同音俚語(東倫敦俚語中的同音俚語是字的替代，例如，“apples and pears”的意思是“stairs”；“frog and toad”的意思是“road”)。
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