Walking encyclopedia¹“书也能走路”？其实，这一搭配并不是说书会行走，而是强调一个人学识丰富、知识面广泛，什么都懂，就像一部活生生的百科全书。

 

Walking 这个词的意思是“行走着的”，也常与“dictionary 词典”和“disaster 灾难”搭配。Walking dictionary 指“词汇量渊博的人”，而 walking disaster 是“灾星，总给人带来灾难的人”。

 

例句

Nancy is a walking encyclopedia of British history. She wrote five books about the Victorian era alone.

南茜是一部活生生的英国历史百科全书。仅以维多利亚时期为题材，她就写过五部相关的书籍。

 

My father is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to current affairs – he reads the papers every day.

只要是说起当今时事，我的父亲就活像一部百科全书。他每天都会读各类报纸。

 

When my phone crashes, it's quite handy to have my sister around. She knows everything there is to know about smartphones – in fact she's a walking encyclopedia!

每次我的手机死机时，我妹妹在就好了。她对智能手机的功能无所不知，她就是个活生生的百科全书！

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