VOA一分鐘英語(yǔ)：Doozy

Doozy 非常特別的，不同尋常的（通常指不好的事物）

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歡迎來(lái)到《一分鐘英語(yǔ)》欄目。
A "daisy" is a kind of flower.
雛菊是一種花。
But what do you think a "doozy" is?
那你覺(jué)得“doozy”又是什么意思呢?
Wow, Dan. That is a big book!
哇，丹。那本書很大啊!
It's called War and Peace. I'm reading it for my book club. It's over 1,000 pages.
書名是《戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)與和平》。我是為我的讀書俱樂(lè)部讀的。它有1000多頁(yè)。
Wow, that is a doozy of a read! Does it at least have pictures?
哇，那讀起來(lái)應(yīng)該很有難度吧!至少會(huì)有插圖吧?
Not one! And carrying it around is starting to hurt my back.
一張也沒(méi)有!背著它走路已經(jīng)讓我的背開(kāi)始疼了。
A "doozy" means something that is extraordinary and unusual.
“doozy”指的是特別的、不尋常的東西。
It can also mean difficult to deal with.
它也可以表示很難處理的東西。
The word comes from "daisy".
這個(gè)詞來(lái)自“daisy”。
In the past, "daisy" describes something unusually good.
在過(guò)去，“daisy”是用來(lái)形容特別好的東西。
But today, doozy has a much different meaning.
但是今天，“doozy”有了一個(gè)完全不同的含義。