點滴英語天天學第249期:雅思詞彙(89)
1. 詞彙：full of beans
釋義：Very energetic. （精力旺盛的，精力充沛的，生龍活虎的）
例句：Whenever my daughter is full of beans, I have her run around and play in our back yard.
每當我的女兒精力充沛時，我就讓她在我們的後院跑來跑去，玩個痛快。
I had a good night's sleep in a hotel and was feeling very full of beans.
我在旅館裏睡了一個好覺，感到精神好極了。
The child seemed rather ill in the morning, but by tea time he was full of beans again.
那孩子上午看起來病得很重，但到了晚飯時又生龍活虎起來。
The children were too full of beans to sit still.
孩子們精力過於旺盛，無法安靜地坐着。
Albert has been walking for almost six hours and he is still full of beans.
艾伯特已連續走了差不多６個小時，但他仍然精力充沛。
2. 詞彙：as cool as a cucumber
釋義：Calm and composed, especially in times of stress. （泰然自若，極爲冷靜，從容淡定）
例句：I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was as cool as a cucumber.
我一上臺就嚇呆了，但愛麗絲卻鎮定自若。
Practicing meditation has helped me to be as cool as a cucumber in times of trouble.
練習冥想幫助我在困難的時候保持冷靜。
It's not everybody who can keep as cool as a cucumber in an emergency.
並不是人人都能在危急時刻保持鎮定自若的。
He kept as cool as a cucumber as the newspaper reporters shouted questions at him at once.
在報社記者七嘴八舌地高聲向他提問時，他始終表現得鎮定自若。
