banana skin

英 [bəˈnɑːnə skɪn]

美 [bəˈnænə skɪn]

n.  造成麻烦(或使人当众出丑)的事物

牛津词典

noun

• 造成麻烦（或使人当众出丑）的事物
  something that could cause difficulty or embarrassment, especially to sb in a public position

柯林斯词典

• 香蕉皮
  The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called abanana skin.

in AM, use 美国英语用 banana peel


• N-COUNT 引起麻烦（或使人出丑）的事物
  If an important or famous person slips on abanana skin, they say or do something that makes them look stupid and causes them problems.
  1. ...waiting for the government to slip on this week's banana skin.
     等着政府这周的洋相

in AM, use 美国英语用 banana peel

英英释义

noun

• the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)
  1. he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell
  Synonym:banana peel

双语例句

• Pre-experiment of chemical composition of banana skin and its primary antibacterial effect
  香蕉皮化学成分的预试验及抑菌初探
• The experiments showed that the organic acid in the banana skin has the function of bacteriostasis.
  结果表明：香蕉皮中的抑菌成分主要是有机酸。
• I was unlucky to slip on a banana skin and fall over.
  我真倒霉，踩在香蕉皮上滑倒了。
• An American officer slipped on a banana skin.
  一个美国军官踩在香蕉皮上滑倒了。
• Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road?
  当你看见有人踩上香蕉皮滑倒，或看到有人在拐角处撞到另一个人身上，或看到有人掉进路中的一个洞里时，你会觉得滑稽可笑吗？
• A banana skin walked on the road, suddenly she fell down.
  一只香蕉皮走在路上，突然它滑倒了。
• Studies on identification and anti-oxidative action of banana skin melanin
  香蕉皮黑色素的鉴定及其抗氧化作用研究
• Trying to keep the story out of the newspapers turned out to be another banana skin for the prime minister.
  首相企图阻止报界报道这件事，结果却使自己再次陷入窘境。
• A banana is mainly pulp, except for its skin.
  香蕉除了果皮外大都是果肉。
• The Foreign Secretary slipped on a banana skin when he accidentally referred to foreigners as wogs.
  当外交大臣无意中把外国人称为外国佬时，他失言了。