slap in the face

短语

大跌眼镜

发音

AU

词形变化

slaps in the face 复数 slaps in the face slaps in the face 三单 slapping in the face 现在分词 slapped in the face 过去式 slapped in the face 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.

    大跌眼镜

    出其不意

    比喻

    That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was a slap in the face for Joan, and the girls are no longer friends.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados As things were, Ulric would probably renounce and marry ignominiously or die unmarried and the hated Michaels would step in, for, once king, the conventional Robert would never give his consent to such an alliance. Besides, it would be a 'damned slap in the face' to half the remaining royalty of Europe […]

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, in, the, face. (This sense is a translation hub.)

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    掌掴

v.
  1. 1.

    To insult or offend unnecessarily.

  2. 2.

    To be or suddenly become bluntly obvious to.