俚语a third wheel难道是说第三条轮子？其实它是指情侣间的电灯泡
多尼英语课堂2020-07-27 14:16
a third wheel情侣间的电灯泡。这个习语起源于17世纪的马车。四轮马车会多准备一个轮胎，以备不时之需，称为fifth wheel，当时也有两轮的轻便马车，third wheel的概念就是由此引申而来，取其“多余的”概念，来比喻“打扰人约会的电灯泡”
看看老外聊天时怎么用a third wheel：
Tom: I want to ask your brother to be my best man.
Lucy: My brother, Joe? The one who often joined us on our dates?
Tom: Yeah. Who else knows us better than him?
Lucy: Wow. He'd be thrilled.
Tom: Same here. Finally, he's not going to be a third wheel anymore.
汤姆：我想请你弟弟来做伴。露西：我弟弟？经常跟着我们约会的乔吗？
汤姆：是啊，还有谁比他更了解我们呢？
露西：哇，他会开心死的。
汤姆：我也是，他终于不会再当我们的电灯泡了。
a third wheel例句精选：
I'd love to go out with you, but I hate to be a third wheel.
我想和你们一块出去，可我不想当电灯泡。
You do not have to feel like a third wheel.
你不用觉得自己是第三者。
You two go ahead, I don't wanna be the third wheel.
你们两个去吧，我不想当电灯泡。
Larry and Jenny asked me to go out for dinner yesterday, but I said no, because I didn't want to be a third wheel.
赖瑞和詹妮昨天叫我跟他们一起出去吃饭，但是我没去，我可不想当电灯泡。
Lucy：Sorry.I have to baby-sit my brother tonight.
Tom：It's OK.You can bring that third wheel along.
露西：抱歉，我今晚得照顾我弟弟。
汤姆：没关系，你可以带着那个电灯泡一起来。
拓展学习：
intrude 打扰
lovebirds 一对情侣
accompany 陪同
pout 板起脸
go on a date with sb. 与某人约会
behind the wheel 开车
oil the wheels 使顺利进行
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