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gold-brick是什么意思

gold-brick

v. 逃避勤务；装病

英文词源

gold-brick (n.): "gold in the form of a brick," 1853, from gold (adj.) + brick (n.). Meaning "shirker" is from 1914, World War I armed forces slang, from earlier verb meaning "to swindle, cheat" (1902) from the old con game of selling spurious "gold" bricks (attested by 1881).

双语例句

1. They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.: 他们偶然来到一个居住着一位狡诈的淘金者的废墟之城。

2. He entered for many competitions, winning several gold medals.: 他参加过多次比赛，赢得了数枚金牌。

3. This little ball of gold weighs a quarter of an ounce.: 这个小金球重0.25盎司。

4. The boys were as good as gold on our walk.: 我们散步的时候，这帮小男孩表现得很乖。

5. It was an unbelievable moment when Chris won the gold medal.: 克里斯赢得金牌的那一刻令人不可思议。