Third wheel,in english :One who deters the socialization of a couple, perhaps when being invited out of pitty or through a feeling of duty. The third wheel may feel uncomfortable about watching the couple canoodle on his her her sofa,
Third wheel呢,是這樣的一個人,他妨礙到了一對夫婦或者男女朋友的交往,經(jīng)常呢,他是出于同情或者責(zé)任而被邀請。電燈泡看到別人一對在一起親熱,經(jīng)常會感到不舒服;
舉例:
1. Well, if your bring your girlfriend, I'll have to take my cousin with me, cause I don't wanna be the third wheel.
不行,如果你帶了你的女朋友,那么我就要帶我的表妹,因為我可不想當電燈泡。
2. I'm not going to the movies with you guys tonight, I don't want to be a third wheel. It is like watching a poorly scripted romance movie!
今晚我不和你們?nèi)タ措娪傲?,我才不要做電燈泡。我看你們在一起就好比在看一場很糟的愛情電影?/p>