"路痴"用英语怎么说

"路痴"用英语怎么说

Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。

今天是琼燕要问的：路痴。

 　　

Donny: Hey, 琼燕! You went hiking over the weekend, right? How was it?

QY: The view was breathtaking!

我跟朋友去了一个国家公园，可气的是，我们都是路痴，走错了好几回，1个小时的路足足走了3个小时!

 I'm such a road idiot.

 

Donny: Road idiot? (诡异的笑) That's not how we say it! You can say, I have no sense of direction. 　　

QY: 哦，direction 是方向，所以No sense of direction 就是没有方向感——路痴啦！

　　

Donny: Right! People with no sense of direction can easily get lost. 路痴经常迷路。

　　

QY: 这说的不就是我么？下礼拜我们要开车去南京，一定又会迷路……哎，Donny，你原来是不是在南京住过？

　　

Donny: Yep! I lived in Nanjing for 3 years. I know that city like the back of my hand. 　　

 

QY: Like the back of your hand? 了如指掌？ 　　

 

Donny: Exactly! It basically means that I know Nanjing really well. You can also say: I know every nook and cranny of Nanjing. 　　

Where is my destiny? Who am I and where should I go?

QY: Wait! Every nook and cranny? nook 一定是 n-o-o-k, 那 cranny 要怎么拼呢？ 　

　

Donny: Cranny is spelled c-r-a-n-n-y. When people say "every nook and cranny," they're talking about every tiny corner and out-of-the-way place. 　

　
QY: 我明白了，every nook and cranny 就是所有边边角角，犄角旮旯。对了，既然你对南京这么熟，你一定要跟我们去！这样我们就不会走丢了。 　　

 

QY: 第一：形容路痴可以说：somebody has no sense of direction；

第二，对一个地方了如直掌，是 know somewhere like the back of one's hand；

也可以说 know every nook and cranny of a place。