wormy blond thing/cropped close/battling headlice

Chinese translation: TRY

06:37 Mar 26, 2004
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: wormy blond thing/cropped close/battling headlice
He was a little wormy blond thing, his hair cropped close as if he had recently been battling headlice.
panyuan
Chinese translation:TRY
Explanation:

wormy blond thing 长虱子的金发男人
wormy 多虫的, 这里的虫显然是虱子。

用THING 表示人, 很常见, e.g., you little poor thing (你这个小可怜儿)

/cropped close 头发剪得很短 (新英汉词典, 郑易礼)


battling headlice 与虱子斗争, 战斗 (这是留短发的目的)

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Note added at 25 mins (2004-03-26 07:03:11 GMT)
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好像理发之前一直与虱子斗, 头发理得短短的, 虱子不就无出藏身了吗?

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Note added at 26 mins (2004-03-26 07:04:52 GMT)
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虚拟语气, 是说话人的想像。 怎么就那么短? 肯定与虱子干仗来着。
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TRY


Explanation:

wormy blond thing 长虱子的金发男人
wormy 多虫的, 这里的虫显然是虱子。

用THING 表示人, 很常见, e.g., you little poor thing (你这个小可怜儿)

/cropped close 头发剪得很短 (新英汉词典, 郑易礼)


battling headlice 与虱子斗争, 战斗 (这是留短发的目的)

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Note added at 25 mins (2004-03-26 07:03:11 GMT)
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好像理发之前一直与虱子斗, 头发理得短短的, 虱子不就无出藏身了吗?

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Note added at 26 mins (2004-03-26 07:04:52 GMT)
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虚拟语气, 是说话人的想像。 怎么就那么短? 肯定与虱子干仗来着。

jyuan_us
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  daveyan (X)
1 hr

agree  Danbing HE
5 hrs

neutral  chica nueva: wormy = looks like a worm,or looks worm-infested. (eg wormy wood = chewed into by worms (borer); wormy sheep = unhealthy because infested by worms (internal parasites of the gut)
18 hrs
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