垂涎三尺的英文怎么說
2012-06-27 03:40
垂涎三尺的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
hang/saliva/three/foot
One's saliva droops as long as three feet.
[解釋]
流出的口水有三尺長。形容嘴饞或者貪婪。
[Explanation]
gluttonous or greedy
[例子]
文物販子早就對他家里那件商朝青銅器垂涎三尺了。
[Example]
The bronze cauldron of Shang Dynasty in his house has made the antique vendors' mouth water.
[英文等價詞]
to make sb.'s mouth water
- Make one's mouth water
使人垂涎三尺 - His mouth watered at the sight of roast.
他看見烤肉就垂涎三尺。 - "When he smelled the delicious food, he smacked his lips."
聞到美味的食物令他垂涎三尺。 - Pygmalion, who coveted his treasures, caused him to be put to death
皮格馬利翁對他的財寶垂涎三尺,把他置于死地。 - Denmark, Poland, and Russia each desired parts of Sweden's exposed baltic empire
丹麥、波蘭和俄國都對它們面前的這個波羅的海帝國瑞典的某些部分垂涎三尺。