喝的英语怎么说 喝汤不是drink soup, 翻译错就尴尬了

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记得刚学英语时，我们最先掌握的几个动词就是“吃，喝，睡，走，看”等。那么问题来了，你知道“喝汤”用英文怎么说吗？
有同学可能会说，喝=drink，汤=soup，“喝汤”就是drink soup，要是真这么翻译，就错啦！
其实正确的表达是：
eat soup
为什么“喝汤”用eat不用drink呢？还是来看词典中对 eat 和 drink 的定义吧：
Eat
:
To put or take food into the mouth, chew it (= crush it with the teeth), and swallow it.
Drink
:
(An amount of) liquid that is taken into the body through the mouth.
eat 相比 drink 多了一个chew（嚼）的动作。而老外做的汤很浓郁，有肉有菜，得用勺子挖着吃，所以“喝汤”就是eat soup啦~
在美剧《破产姐妹》中也多次出现这个表达：Earl的儿子是个脱口秀演员，为了表现自己的幽默细胞，看到Caroline后他说：
Look at blondie, here. She's like, "Oh my God, do black people even eat soup?"
瞧这位金发妞，她一定在想："老天啊，黑人也喝汤的吗？"
如何实在分不清怎么办？没关系，可以用万能的have代替，说成
have soup
.
在美剧《生活大爆炸》中，Sheldon病了还非要到餐厅喝汤，于是跟Penny有了下面的对话：
Penny
: Why didn't you just have soup at home?
Sheldon
: Penny, I have an IQ of 187. Don't you imagine that if there were a way for me to have had soup at home, I would have thought of it?
Penny
: You can have soup delivered.
-为什么你不在家弄汤喝？
-潘妮，我的智商是187，你不会想想，如果我在家有办法喝汤的话，你觉得我会来这里么？
-你可以叫外卖啊。
以上就是今天的内容啦
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