Quid – Equal to ￡1. The word doesn't change in the plural¹, so ￡50 is fifty quid。

 

一英镑。这个词没有复数形式，所以50英镑就是fifty quid。

 

Skint, Broke – Poor or lacking money 很穷、没钱

 

E.g. "I can't come to the restaurant as I'm skint this week."

 

我不能下馆子，本周是穷光蛋一个。

 

Minted, Rolling in it – Rich 有钱

 

E.g. "It was my birthday last week and I got some money off my family, so I am minted now!"

 

上周我过生日，家里人给了些钱，我现在发达了。

 

Splashing out – Spending a lot of money 花大笔钱

 

That's as cheap as chips – That is very cheap 非常便宜

 

That costs a bomb – That is too expensive 太贵了

 

That's a rip-off – That is not worth the price 抢钱呢吧

 

Cough up! – Pay your share of the bill! 快掏钱付你自己那份账单！

 

 

Brolly – Umbrella 雨伞

 

Telly – Television. Some people also say "What's on the box?" to mean "What's on TV?"电视。一些人也说"What's on the box?"，表示电视上在演什么。

 

Loo – Toilet 厕所

 

Mobile – Mobile telephone. It is unusual to say cellphone in the UK。手机。在英国说cellphone会很奇怪。

 

 

Bloody² – One of the most useful swear words in British English. Mostly used as an exclamation³ of surprise e.g. "bloody hell".Something may be "bloody marvelous" or "bloody awful". It is also used to emphasize almost anything, e.g. "you're bloody mad", "not bloody likely"。

 

英国英语里最有用的脏话。多用于表达惊讶之情，如bloody hell(该死、见鬼、我的天)。某事物可以是bloody marvelous(超赞的)，也可以是bloody awful(糟糕透了)。它还以用来强调几乎任何事情，如you're bloody mad(你简直疯了)、not bloody likely(没门儿)。

 

In the UK, you may hear people use the slang terms "well", "dead" or "mega" instead of "very" or "really". For example, "It was dead good" or "That exam was well difficult!"

 

在英国，你可能会听见人们使用俚语用法的well、dead、mega来代替very或者really。如It was dead good(棒极了)，或That exam was well difficult。(考试好难。)

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