句子+翻译
His bark is worse than his bite. 他是刀子嘴,豆腐心。
讲解
这个句子其实和动物有关,bark,是指狗的叫声,狗叫,比如这只狗在对我叫,The dog is barking at me. 叫完之后它还咬了我一口,这个咬,就是bite,The dog gave me a bite. 那这个句子,The bark is worse than his bite. 字面意思是,叫声比咬了一口更糟糕,那这是为什么呢,其实是因为它只是叫一叫,并不是真的咬了,所以这就是我们常说的刀子嘴,豆腐心。比如说,你别看Max很凶,他其实很温柔,我们就可以说 His bark is worse than his bite.
发音
这两个单词我们注意一下读音,bark,不要读成巴克,巴克,元音是/ɑ/,bark,bark;bite 双元音/a?/,bite,bite, the bark is worse than the bite。