中文翻译与英英解释 | n. 〔口语〕讨厌、尴尬的局面〔前面常加fine, pretty, nice 等形容词〕。 Here's a pretty [nice] how-do-you-do. 这可太糟了!这真叫人为难。
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| an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" 同义词:hello, hullo, hi, howdy,
| | an awkward situation; "that''s a fine how-d''ye-do" 同义词:how-d''ye-do,
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例句与用法 | 1. | Why, press, the moment they'd try to jump any of those ranches around here, they have six hundred rifles cracking at them as quick as how-do-you-do . 说真的,普瑞斯,只等他们来强占这一带随便哪个农庄,说时迟,那时快,它们马上就会挨到六百枝来复枪噼噼啪啪地朝他们射去。
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