作者:Alice的学习笔记
单词
seaside
(尤指作为度假地的)海滨,海边rocky
多岩石的,遍布岩石的,也可以表示局势、关系不稳定的,不稳固的,困难重重的,英文解释为:A rocky situation or relationship is unstable and full of difficulties.
After a rocky start, the show is now very popular.
这档节目一开始并不顺利,但现在已经很受欢迎了。
Greenspan predicts a rocky road ahead for the economy.
格林斯潘预言经济会面临重重困难。rock pool
(海边岩石间的)潮水潭
glitter
闪烁,闪亮,复习一下:
All that glitters is not gold.
会发光的不一定是金子。pinch
可作动词表示拧,捏,掐,也可作名词,表示一撮,少量:
……a pinch of nutmeg
一撮肉豆蔻
有一个很有意思的短语——
You have to take what he says with a pinch of salt.
他的话你可不能全信。
sideways
副词,表示往(从、向)一侧
She twisted her head sideways and looked towards the door……
她侧头朝门看去。
He looked sideways at her.
他斜着眼看她。fossil
化石
trap
作动词表示抓捕,诱捕,使困住,使受限制
I feel trapped in my job.
我觉得被工作缠住了。
也可以作名词,表示困境,窘境。
The Government has found it's caught in a trap of its own making.
政府发现自己 作茧自缚。lean
前俯(或后仰),倾斜:When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction。
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capsule
(口服)胶囊;(医用或科学研究用的)密封小容器comic
作形容词表示滑稽的,好笑的,喜剧的,作名词表示连环画杂志,漫画书,或者叫comic bookdig
挖,挖掘,还有一个引申短语叫dig deep(into sth),表示细查,探究……
The enquiry dug deeper into the alleged financial misdeeds of his government……
这一调查对其政府涉嫌的财政违规行为展开了进一步深究。
I want you to dig deep. Find out who she is, and where she came from.
我想让你彻底调查一下,弄清她是谁,从哪里来的。videotape
录像带,录影带,也可以作动词表示把……录在录影带上。
She videotaped the entire trip.
她录下了整个行程。squeaky
嘎吱作响的,发出刺耳声音的
……squeaky floorboards
嘎吱作响的地板
He had a squeaky voice.
他的声音很尖。
短语
happen to sb
尤指不愉快的事情发生在……身上,(某人)遭到,遇到……
If we had been spotted at that point, I don't know what would have happened to us……
如果当时我们被发现了,我不知道会有什么后果。a stroke of luck
一件(幸运的)事儿,也可以说a piece of luck, 或a bit of luck
It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
天没下雨,结果成了件幸事。
By a stroke of luck, she had spotted the book on a colleague's bookshelf.
真巧,她在一个同事的书架上找到了那本书。