Goodies英文學堂︱Stick out like a sore thumb是甚麼意思?即睇idiom意思/例句/小測驗

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英文詞彙眾多,用法非常豐富,如果只是記着某個單字的意思,往往難以理解整句句子。《星島教育》精選多個有趣的Idioms(慣用語),拆解含義之餘,亦提供例句與小測驗,方便小朋友增進語文知識。今期將會介紹「 Stick out like a sore thumb」,表面意思是「一隻疼的大拇指向外突出」,聽起來非常奇怪!但實際意義卻不是如此!

意思

To have something very noticeable or be obviously different from your surroundings (格格不入;很顯眼)

例句

  • Rachel's pink hair made her stick out like a sore thumb. (Rachel 那頭粉紅色頭髮讓她格外突兀。)
  • His broken shoes made him stick out like a sore thumb in P.E. lesson. (體育課上,他那雙破鞋格外顯眼。)

小測驗

Dylan says he wore black today because he didn’t want to “stick out like sore thumb” at the party. He means:

  1. He doesn't want his thumb to hurt
  2. He doesn't want a stick on his thumb
  3. He doesn't want to stand out at the party

答案:3

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