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【English Corner 快樂英語角Week 67】

單元2. Idioms of the Week (俗諺俚語)

He hadn't shaved, and there was a hint of a five o'clock shadow on his face。(123RF)
He hadn't shaved, and there was a hint of a five o'clock shadow on his face。(123RF)
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單元2. Idioms of the Week (俗諺俚語)

five o'clock shadow
五點鐘的陰影?

英解:
a slight growth of hair on a man's face in the afternoon when he has shaved in the morning

解釋:鬍渣

例句:
He hadn't shaved, and there was a hint of a five o'clock shadow on his face. (他沒有刮鬍子,所以臉上有一點點鬍渣的樣子。)

用法:
你一定很好奇,為什麼男生的「鬍渣」有這麼有趣的叫法?想像一下,男士們通常在一早出門前才刮好鬍子,但經過一天的活動,到「傍晚五點」左右,似乎就又長出一些細細短短的鬍渣,所以因而得名。◇