nit这个词有很多含义但只专注于一个学英文又中w3d3.pdfVIP

挑剔陳淑莊的英文

The word nit has many meanings but Ill focus on just one. A nit is a tiny white insect

egg sometimes found in peoples hair. Nits hatch into insects called lice. The singular for lice

is louse which is where the slang lousy–which means bad–comes from. Racists sometimes

say flied lice instead of fried rice to make fun of people who cant pronounce the

r alpha.

•Hatch: the eggs hatch.

Hatch也指“谋划“， hatch a plan/plot/scheme

•Lousy/nasty/messy/obnoxious/filthy

补充：Lice-ridden; lousy deal

•IPA － 国际音标 –International Phonetic Alpha

People in less developed societies often do not have medical shampoo to get rid of the

nits in their hair. They have to pick out the nits with their fingers or a comb. This has created

the slang nitpick which means to find fault with even small details, or to over-criticize. You

can say: My bossy girlfriend always nitpicks about my clothes. I am going to nitpick now

with English-language mistakes made recently by legislator Tanya Chan Suk-chong， Health

Secretary Dr York Chow Yat-ngok, and MTR projects director Chew Tai-chong. I hope they

dont mind!

•Comb 注意发音，b是不发音的。Comb through指的是“在信息中寻找”.

•Nitpick：鸡蛋里挑骨头; 名词用nitpicking –吹毛求疵 也都可以写成nit-pick; nit-

picking. 挑剔的人也可以说成nitpicker.

类似的表达还有niggle; petty; fussy; anal

•Detail:发音有两种，重音在前在后都可以.

•Bossy：总是使唤别人的； 常用的一个短语是boss someone around

When talking about the lousy landfill smell in Tseung Kwan O, Tanya Chan Suk-chong

said: This is a long-term suffering of the vicinity. It is the people in the vicinity– or area–

who suffer, not the area itself! She should have said: This is a long-term suffering of the

people in the vicinity. In explaining the governments proposed health insurance plan Dr

Chow said: There is enough competition to ensure the price wou