中文翻译与英英解释

n.
〔口语〕讨厌、尴尬的局面〔前面常加fine, pretty, nice 等形容词〕。 Here's a pretty [nice] how-do-you-do. 这可太糟了!这真叫人为难。

an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"
同义词：hello, hullo, hi, howdy,

an awkward situation; "that''s a fine how-d''ye-do"
同义词：how-d''ye-do,

例句与用法

Why, press, the moment they'd try to jump any of those ranches around here, they have six hundred rifles cracking at them as quick as how-do-you-do .
说真的，普瑞斯，只等他们来强占这一带随便哪个农庄，说时迟，那时快，它们马上就会挨到六百枝来复枪噼噼啪啪地朝他们射去。