英语词汇中有28%是来自法语,所以大家会发现英语和法语里经常会出现长得很像,甚至是长得一模一样的单词和表达,这一系列的文章就给大家介绍一些英语里的法语单词,对大家学习英语和法语都很有帮助哦!
英语里的法语词汇(十三)
foie gras 鹅肝
fatty liver; usually the liver of overfed goose, hence: pâté de foie gras, pâté made from goose liver. However, "foie gras" generally stands for "paté de foie gras" as it is the most common way to use it.
folie à deux二联性精神病
a simultaneous occurrence of delusions in two closely related people, often said of an unsuitable romance.
gaffe 大错,蠢事
blunder
garçon 男孩
literally "boy" or "male servant"; sometimes used by English speakers to summon the attention of a male waiter (has a playful connotation in English but is condescending and possibly offensive in French)
garde manger 食物柜
literally "keeper of the food" or pantry supervisor, refers to the task of preparing and presenting cold foods.
gauche 左边
tactless, does not mean "left-handed" (which is translated in French as "gaucher"), but does mean "left"
gaucherie 笨拙的
boorishness
gendarme 警察
member of a gendarmerie; the word is often incorrectly used in English to refer to any French policeman.
genre 类型,类别
a type or class, such as "the thriller genre"
grâce à 多亏了
"thanks to", "by the grace of", naming credit or fortune