Pregnancy Euphemisms | Learn English Idioms

Hi there. I'm Sarah.

你好呀。我是莎拉。

And I'm going to explain some euphemisms to you for the word 'pregnant'.

我将向您解释一些“怀孕”一词的委婉说法。

So maybe if your friend or somebody is pregnant, people will ask and you'll say, "Oh, she's pregnant".

因此，如果您的朋友或某人怀孕了，人们会问，您会说，“哦，她怀孕了”。

But the word 'pregnant' might be a little bit too direct.

但“怀孕”这个词可能有点太直接了。

So we have some euphemisms that we can use to  say 'pregnant' without saying 'pregnant'.

因此，我们可以使用一些委婉说法来表示“怀孕”，而不用说“怀孕”。

So, let's look at the board.

那么，让我们看看主板。

So, right up front, "She's pregnant."

所以，就在前面，“她怀孕了。”

That is how you would say it. And everybody knows what it means.

你会这么说。每个人都知道这意味着什么。

"She's pregnant."

“她怀孕了。”

Down here are euphemisms.

下面是委婉说法。

So the most common one,

最常见的就是

"She's expecting."

“她在怀孕”。

So she's expecting a baby in the future.

所以她将来会生孩子。

You can just say, "Oh, she's expecting," and everybody knows  what that means.

你可以只是说，“哦，她正在怀孕”，每个人都知道这意味着什么。

Very, very common.

非常非常常见。

Number two.

第二。

"She's preggers."

“她怀孕了。”

So preggers is like a shortened form of pregnant.

所以怀孕者就像怀孕的缩写形式。

It's less serious. It's kind of funny.

情况没那么严重。这有点好笑。

"She's preggers."

“她怀孕了。”

"Eating for two."

“两个人吃。”

"Eating for two," is she's got a lot of food on her plate.

“两个人吃”，她的盘子里有很多食物。

She's eating for her and she's eating for the baby.

她吃饭是为了自己，她吃饭也是为了孩子。

"She's eating for two."

“她吃的是两个人的饭。”

These two are idioms.

这两个是习语。

So "Knocked up."

于是“被打倒了”。

"Knocked up," is a little bit negative.

“被击倒”有点消极。

In the past, it was used for somebody who's unmarried.

过去，它用于未婚的人。

So, "She's knocked up."

所以，“她被击倒了。”

The baby wasn't expected. She's not married. It's a little bit of a surprise.

没想到宝宝来了。她还没结婚。有点意外。

So that wasn't a good feeling with 'knocked up,' but now people say it all the time.

因此，“一夜暴富”的感觉并不好，但现在人们总是这么说。

So, "She's knocked up." It's not negative anymore.

所以，“她被击倒了。”它不再是负面的了。

"She has a bun in the oven."

“她烤箱里有一个面包。”

This one's kind of funny. So you need to imagine that the woman's body is an oven.

这个有点好笑。所以你需要想象女人的身体是一个烤箱。

And inside there is a baby. The baby is the bread.

里面还有一个婴儿。婴儿就是面包。

It's a little bun, just a little bun. And it's going to grow.

这是一个小馒头，只是一个小馒头。而且它会增长。

And babies grow, bread grows in the oven. So 'bun' is the baby 'in the oven', which is the 'stomach'.

婴儿长大了，面包在烤箱里长大了。所以“bun”就是“烤箱里”的婴儿，也就是“胃”。

So those are euphemisms for pregnancy. I hope they help you. I'll see you next time.

所以这些都是怀孕的委婉说法。我希望他们能帮助你。下次见。