动物名词作动词时的理解和翻译

Understanding and Translating of Animal Verbs

在英语中,许多动物名词可以转化为动词,并隐含该动物的某一特征。本文从最常用的动物词中选出35个,分析这些动物词的国俗语义,及其作动词时的具体语境,并给这些动词予以正确翻译。

Many animal verbs,which imply some feature of their relevant animals,are converted from their respective nouns in English language.With the help of dictionaries,we get such a verb into perspective and translate it into Chinese beginning with analyzing the animals semantic meaning of national custom and considering its specific context.35 animal words which are selected from those most frequently used are discussed combining with practical examples.