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1、澳洲英语俚语澳洲英语+澳洲俚语 A Ace! : Excellent! Very good! Aerial pingpong: Australian Rules football Amber fluid: beer Ankle biter: small child Apples， shell be: Itll be alright Arvo: afternoon Aussie (pron. Ozzie): Australian Aussie salute: brushing away flies with the hand Avos: avocados B B & S: Bachelors a

2、nd Spinsters Ball - a very enjoyable party usually held in rural areas Back of Bourke: a very long way away Bail out: depart， usually angrily Bail (somebody) up: to corner somebody physically Barbie: barbecue (noun) Banana bender: a person from Queensland Barrack: to cheer on (football team etc.) Ba

3、stard: term of endearment Battler: someone working hard and only just making a living Beaut， beauty: great， fantastic Big-note oneself: brag， boast Bikkie: biscuit (also it cost big bikkies - it was expensive) Billabong: an ox-bow river or watering hole Billy: large tin can used to boil water over a

4、 campfire for tea Bities: biting insects Bitzer: mongrel dog (bits of this and bits of that) Bizzo: business (mind your own bizzo) Black Stump， beyond the: a long way away， the back of nowhere Bloke: man， guy Bloody: very (bloody hard yakka) Bloody oath!: thats certainly true Blow in the bag: have a

5、 breathalyzer test Blowie: blow fly Bludger: lazy person， layabout， somebody who always relies on other people to do things or lend him things Blue: fight (he was having a blue with his wife) Blue， make a: make a mistake Bluey: pack， equipment， traffic ticket， redhead Bluey: blue cattle dog (named a

6、fter its subtle markings) which is an excellent working dog. Everyones favourite all-Aussie dog. Bodgy: of inferior quality Bog in: commence eating， to attack food with enthusiasm Bondi cigar: see brown-eyed mullet Bonzer: great， ripper Boogie board: a hybrid， half-sized surf board Boomer: a large m

7、ale kangaroo Booze bus: police vehicle used for catching drunk drivers Boozer: a pub Bored shitless: very bored Bottle-o: liquor shop Bottle shop: liquor shop Bottler: something excellent Bottling， his bloods worth: hes an excellent， helpful bloke. Bourke Street， he doesnt know Christmas from: hes a

8、 bit slow in the head. (Bourke Street is a brightly lit Melbourne street) Brass razoo， he hasnt got a: hes very poor Brekkie: breakfast Brickie: bricklayer Brizzie: Brisbane， state capital of Queensland Brown-eyed mullet: a turd in the sea (where youre swimming!) Brumby: a wild horse Buckleys， Buckl

9、eys chance: no chance (New Zealand stands Buckleys of beating Australia at football) Brick shit house， built like a: big strong bloke Bucks night: stag party， male gathering the night before the wedding Bull bar: stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos Bundy

10、: short for Bundaberg， Queensland， and the brand of rum thats made there Bunyip: mythical outback creature Bush: the hinterland， the Outback， anywhere that isnt in town Bushie: someone who lives in the Bush Bushranger: highwayman， outlaw Bush telly: campfire B.Y.O.: unlicensed restaurant where you h

11、ave to Bring Your Own grog， also similar party or barbecue C Cactus: dead， not functioning (this bloody washing machine is cactus) Captain Cook: look (noun) (lets have a Captain Cook) Cark it: to die， cease functioning Cat burying shit， as busy as a: busy Cats piss， as mean as: mean， stingy， unchari

12、table Chewie: chewing gum Chokkie: chocolate Chook: a chicken Chrissie: Christmas Christmas: see Bourke Street Chuck a sickie: take the day off sick from work when youre perfectly healthy Chunder: vomit Claytons: fake， substitute Click: kilometre - its 10 clicks away Clucky: feeling broody or matern

13、al Cobber: friend Cockie: farmer. Also a cockatoo Cockroach: a person from New South Wales Coldie: a beer Come a gutser: make a bad mistake， have an accident Compo: Workers Compensation pay Cooee， not within: figuratively a long way away， far off - England werent within cooee of beating Australia at

14、 cricket Cook (noun): Ones wife Corroboree: an aboriginal dance festival Counter lunch: pub lunch Cozzie: swimming costume Cranky: in a bad mood， angry Crack a fat: get an erection Cream (verb): defeat by a large margin Crook: sick， or badly made Crow eater: a person from South Australia Cut lunch:

15、sandwiches Cut snake， mad as a: very angry D Dag: a funny person， nerd， goof Daks: trousers Damper: bread made from flour and water Date: arsehole (get off your fat date) Dead dingos donger， as dry as a : dry Deadset: true， the truth Dero: tramp， hobo， homeless person (from derelict) Digger: a soldi

16、er Dill: an idiot Dingos breakfast: a yawn， a leak and a good look round (i.e. no breakfast) Dinkum， fair dinkum: true， real， genuine (Im a dinkum Aussie; is he fair dinkum?) Dinky-di: the real thing， genuine Dipstick: a loser， idiot Dob (somebody) in: inform on somebody. Hence dobber， a tell-tale D

17、ocket: a bill， receipt Doco: documentary Dog: unattractive woman Dogs balls， stands out like: obvious Dole bludger: Somebody on social assistance when unjustified Donger: penis Doodle: penis Doozey: something very pleasant， significant， large Down Under: Australia and New Zealand Drink with the flie

18、s: to drink alone Drongo: a dope， stupid person Drum: information， tip-off (Ill give you the drum) Duchess: sideboard Duffer， cattle: rustler Dummy， spit the: get very upset at something Dunny: outside lavatory Dunny budgie: blowfly Dunny rat， cunning as a: very cunning Durry: cigarette E Earbashing

19、: nagging， non-stop chatter Esky: large insulated food/drink container for picnics， barbecues etc. Exy: expensive F Face， off ones: drunk (He was off his face by 9pm) Fair dinkum: true， genuine Fair go: a chance (give a bloke a fair go) Fair suck of the sav!: exclamation of wonder， awe， disbelief (s

20、ee also sav) Fairy floss: candy floss， cotton candy Figjam: F*ck Im good; just ask me. Nickname for people who have a high opinion of themselves. Fisho: fishmonger Flake: sharks flesh (sold in fish & chips shops) Flick: to give something or somebody the flick is to get rid of it or him/her Flick it

21、on: to sell something， usually for a quick profit， soon after buying it. Fly wire: gauze flyscreen covering a window or doorway. Footy: Australian Rules football Fossicking: searching， rummaging (fossicking through the kitchen drawers) Franger: condom Freckle: anus Frog in a sock， as cross as a: sou

22、nding angry - a person or your hard drive! Fruit loop: fool Full: drunk G Galah: fool， named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere Garbo， garbologist: municipal garbage collector GDay: hello! Give it a burl: try it， ha

23、ve a go Gobful， give a: to abuse， usually justifiably (The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful) Going off: used of a night spot or party that is a lot of fun - the place was really going off Good oil: useful information， a good idea， the truth Good onya: good for yo

24、u， well done Goog， as full as a: drunk. Goog is a variation of the northern English slangword goggie meaning an egg. Greenie: environmentalist Grinning like a shot fox: very happy， smugly satisfied Grog: liquor， beer (bring your own grog， you bludger) Grouse (adj.): great， terrific， very good Grundi

25、es: undies， underwear (from Reg Grundy， a television person) Gutful of piss: drunk， hes got a gutful of piss Gyno: gynaecologist H Handle: beer glass with a handle Heaps: a lot， e.g. thanks heaps， (s)he earned heaps of money etc. Hoon: hooligan Hooroo: goodbye (? Don Burke) Hotel: often just a pub H

26、ottie: hot water bottle I Icy pole， ice block: popsicle， lollypop J Jackaroo: a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property) Jillaroo: a female station hand Joey: baby kangaroo Journo: journalist Jumbuck: sheep K Kangaroos loose in the top paddock: Intellectually inadequate (hes got

27、kangaroos loose in the top paddock) Kelpie: Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie Kero: kerosene Kindie: kindergarten Knock: to criticise Knock back: refusal (noun)， refuse (transitive verb) Knocker: somebody who criticises L Lair: a flashily dressed young man of brash and vulgar

28、behaviour， to dress up in flashy clothes， to renovate or dress up something in bad taste Lair it up: to behave in a brash and vulgar manner Larrikin: a bloke who is always enjoying himself， harmless prankster Lend of， to have a: to take advantage of somebodys gullibility， to have someone on (hes hav

29、ing a lend of you) Lippy: lipstick Liquid laugh: vomit Lizard drinking， flat out like a: flat out， busy Lob， lob in: drop in to see someone (the rellies have lobbed) Lollies: sweets， candy London to a brick: absolute certainty (its London to a brick that taxes wont go down) Loo: toilet Lucky Country

30、， The: Australia， where else? Lunch， who opened their?: OK， who farted? Lurk: illegal or underhanded racket M Maccas (pron. mackers) : McDonalds (the hamburger place) Mallee bull， as fit as a: very fit and strong. The Mallee is very arid beef country in NSW/SA. Mappa Tassie: map of Tasmania - a woma

31、ns pubic area Mate: buddy， friend Mates rate， mates discount: cheaper than usual for a friend Metho: methylated spirits Mexican: a person from south of the (Queensland) border Mickey Mouse: excellent， very good. Beware though - in some parts of Australia it means inconsequential， frivolous or not ve

32、ry good! Middy: 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales Milk bar: corner shop that sells takeaway food Milko: milkman Mob: group of people， not necessarily troublesome Mob: family or herd (?) of kangaroos Mongrel: despicable person Mozzie: mosquito Muddy: mud crab (a great delicacy) Mug: friendly insul

33、t (have a go， yer mug)， gullible person Mull: grass (the kind you smoke) Muster: round up sheep or cattle N Nasho: National Service (compulsory military service) Naughty， have a: have sex Never Never: the Outback， centre of Australia Nipper: young surf lifesaver No-hoper: somebody wholl never do wel

34、l Not the full quid: not bright intellectually No worries!: Expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes， Ill do it) Nuddy， in the: naked Nuns nasty， as dry as a: dry O Ocker: an unsophisticated person Offsider: an assistant， helper Oldies: parents - Ill ha

35、ve to ask my oldies O.S.: overseas (hes gone O.S.) Outback: interior of Australia Oz: Australia! P Pash: a long passionate kiss; hence pashing on Pav: Pavlova - a rich， creamy Australian dessert Perve (noun & verb): looking lustfully at the opposite sex Piece of piss: easy task Pigs arse!: I dont ag

36、ree with you Piker: Someone who doesnt want to fit in with others socially， leaves parties early Piss: beer. Hence hit the piss， sink some piss Plate， bring a: Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesnt mean theyre short of crockery! Plonk: cheap wine Pokies: poker mach

37、ines， fruit machines， gambling slot machines Polly: politician Pom， pommy: an Englishman Pommy bastard: an Englishman Pommy shower: using deodorant instead of taking a shower Pommys towel， as dry as a: very dry - based on the canard that Poms bathe about once a month Port: suitcase (portmanteau) Pos

38、tie: postman， mailman Pot: 285 ml beer glass in Queensland Pozzy: position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium Prezzy: present， gift Q Quid， make a: earn a living - are you making a quid? Quid， not the full: of low IQ R Rack off: push off! get lost! get out of here! also rack off hairy legs!.

39、 Rage: party Rage on: to continue partying - we raged on until 3am Rapt: pleased， delighted Ratbag: mild insult Raw prawn， to come the: to bullshit， to be generally disagreeable Reckon!: you bet! Absolutely! Reffo: refugee Rego: vehicle registration Rellie: family relative Ridgy-didge: original， gen

40、uine Right: okay (shell be right， mate) Ripper: great， fantastic - it was a ripper party Rip snorter: great， fantastic - it was a rip snorter of a party Road train: big truck with many trailers Rock up: to turn up， to arrive - we rocked up at their house at 8pm Rollie: a cigarette that you roll your

41、self Roo: kangaroo Root (verb and noun): synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: I feel rooted; this washing machine is rooted; (s)hes a good root. A very useful word in fairly polite company. Ropeable: very angry Rort (verb or noun): Cheating， fiddling， defrauding (expenses， the system etc.). Us

42、ually used of politicians Rotten: drunk - I went out last night and got rotten Rubbish (verb): to criticize S Salvos， the: Salvation Army， bless them Salute， Aussie: brushing flies away Sandgroper: a person from Western Australia Sanger: a sandwich Sav: saveloy (see also fair suck of the sav!) Schoo

43、ner: large beer glass in Queensland; small beer glass in South Australia Scratchy: instant lottery ticket Screamer: party lover; two pot screamer - somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol Servo: petrol station Shark biscuit: somebody new to surfing Sheila: a woman Shell be right: itll turn ou

44、t okay Shonky: dubious， underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice， shonky business etc. Shoot through: to leave Shout: turn to buy - a round of drinks usually (its your shout) Sickie: day off sick from work (chuck a sickie = take the day off sick from work when youre perfectly healthy!) Skite: boast， brag

45、 Slab: a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer Sleepout: house verandah converted to a bedroom Smoko: smoke or coffee break Sook: person or animal who is soft， tame， inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.) Snag: a sausage Spag bol: spaghetti bolognese Spewin: very angry Spit the dummy: get very upset at some

46、thing Sprung: caught doing something wrong Spunk: a good looking person (of either sex) Squizz (noun): look - take a squizz at this Station: a big farm/grazing property Stickybeak: nosy person Strewth: exclamation， mild oath (Strewth， that Chris is a bonzer bloke) Strides: trousers Strine: Australia

47、n slang and pronunciation Stubby: a 375ml. beer bottle Stubby holder: polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby Stuffed， Ill be: expression of surprise Stuffed， I feel: Im tired Sunbake: sunbathe Sunnies: sunglasses Surfies: people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work! Swag: roll

48、ed up bedding etc. carried by a swagman Swaggie: swagman Swagman: tramp， hobo T Tall poppies: successful people Tall poppy syndrome: the tendency to criticize successful people Taswegian: a person from Tasmania Technicolor yawn: vomit Tee-up: to set up (an appointment) Thingo: Wadjamacallit， thingummy， wha