日用品英语趣说之iron熨斗

Iron 熨斗 You use the iron to make cloth or clothing smooth. But you must be careful some materials cannot be ironed. Generally ，damp clothes iron more easily. Have you learned to iron your own clothes? Just as we can iron out wrinkles in a dress or shirt, we can“ iron out ”problems, differences, difficulties ，and the like. The idiom means“ to remove or find an answer to ”. Mr. Thompson has many irons in the fire.” Is his job. ironing clothing？ Not at all. What the sentence means is that he is doing many things at the same time. His case is not an admirable one，for few people can have many irons in the fire and manage to keep all of them hot. 你用熨斗将布料或衣服熨平，但你得当心有些面料是不能熨烫的。一般来说微湿的衣服更容易熨烫。你学会了自己熨衣服了吗？ 正如我们能够熨平（iron out）外衣或衬衫的褶皱一样，我们也可以 iron out问题、差别、困难等。短语iron out的意思是消除或解决。 Mr. Tthompson has many ions in the fire，是不是汤姆森先生的工作是熨衣服的呢！一点也不是的，这句话的意思是他在同一时候做很多事情。他的情况并不值得赞赏，因为很少人能够同时处理很多事情而又全都做得好的。