什么是名词作动词用？

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

名词也可作动词用,动词也可作形容词用,这叫词类活用.英语里边把动物用做动词的是最多的.

dog：狗 跟踪，尾随
Whenever I go，my little brother dogs my footsteps．

．monkey猴：耍弄，乱搞
Don’t monkey with my television．

．snake蛇：蜿蜒而行；拖拉(地上某物)
Since the train was snaking along at a brisk clip，the diner
swayed from side to side．

．wolf：狼
The starving man wolfed down the food。

．fish：鱼 与取出(某物)；捕捞
He fished out a coin for the boy．

pig：猪(在肮脏处)挤、睡在一块儿
The hotels were all full so we had to pig it in an old hut for the night．
旅馆都客满了，我们只得在旧棚子里对付它一夜。

．chicken：鸡 退缩，害怕
All the boys ran to put out the fire，but Mike chickened out．
男孩都跑去救火，迈克却退缩了。

．parrot：鹦鹉学舌般地复述
On the whole，the students seemed serious and hard-working，but they
confined themselves to parroting textbooks。
总的来说，学生看来认真又用功，但是他们只是死背教科书。

．beetle：(像甲虫一样)匆忙行走
After work we all beetled off for a drink．
下班之后，我们都匆匆忙忙去喝点什么。

．worm：(虫一般)慢慢爬行；慢慢钻营
The soldier wormed his way toward the enemy’s lines．
士兵慢慢向敌人的防线爬去。

．fox：狐狸 行骗
To his mind everybody was dodging and foxing．
在他看来，人人都在搞鬼和行骗。

Answer 2

名词作动词是指在翻译的时候由于语法结构和英语习惯表达的需要将名字译作动词。举例：
大自然对人的恩赐，无论贫富，一律平等。
People,poor or rich, are equally favored by Nature.(恩赐由名词译为动词)
同学们的精彩表演给校领导留下良好的印象。
The school leaders were favorably impressed by the excellent performance of the students.(印象由名词译为动词，impress 不用impression)