PETS－2语法讲解(248)

I began to feel really queasy.
　　对 话 　　Kevin: You don't look as if you've had a very good flight. How was it?
　　Jane: A bit grim, because we hit a lot of turbulence about an hour from touchdown.
　　Kevin: That couldn't have been much fun.
　　Jane: It certainly wasn't. After about ten minutes I began to feel really queasy and had to ask the cabin attendant for some seasick pills.
　　Kevin: Did they help?
　　Jane: Yes they did, although they took about twenty minutes to work. I certainly don't want to go through that again.
　　凯文：看你的样子，这次飞行似乎不太舒适，旅程怎样？
　　珍：有点难受，因为降落前一小时左右，遇上不少乱流。
　　凯文：那可不怎样有趣。
　　珍：当然不有趣。过了大约十分钟，我就开始作呕，得请服务员给我些晕船药。
　　凯文：有用吗？
　　珍：有，但要二十分钟左右才见效。我真不想再有一次这样的经历。
　　想呕吐，英文叫做sick，另一常用说法是queasy。I am feeling queasy或My stomach is feeling queasy都是‘我想吐’的意思。The queasy passenger vomited则是‘那个乘客呕吐了’。
　　晕船、晕车、晕机等，英文叫seasick、carsick、airsick，例如：(1) The sea was so rough that many became seasick（海涛汹涌，不少人都感到晕船）。(2) With turbulent winds buffeting the plane, I soon felt airsick（飞机受到猛烈气流吹袭，我不久就感到晕机）。Turbulent是‘（气流、水流等）猛烈而不稳定的’，buffet则是‘（风、浪等）撞击’。但无论你是晕船、晕车还是晕机，都可以服seasick pills（晕船丸）。
　　珍用了三个字形容飞机航程：A bit grim。Grim本来是‘可怕’、‘严肃’的意思，例如：(1) The judge looked grim（法官－脸严肃）。(2) After working in the slaughterhouse for a few weeks, he became inured to his grim job（他在屠宰场工作了几个星期之后，就习惯了这份可怕的工作）。俗语还以grim解作‘（身体）不舒适’或‘没趣的’，例如：(1) I felt rather grim after the bumpy bus ride（那班巴士颠簸得很，我下车后感到很不舒服）。(2) The basketball game was a bit grim（那场篮球比赛颇为乏味）。珍说The flight was a bit grim，也是取‘没趣’、‘令人不快’的意思。留意上文例句中inure、bumpy二字：inure是‘使习惯’，一般指习惯不愉快的事物；bumpy则是‘崎岖的’或‘颠簸的’。