单词用法: 1. shotgun I. NOUN. To ride shotgun means to ride in the passenger seat. This is desired especially when an excessive amount of people try to cram into a vehicle, as the person riding shotgun doesn't need to squeeze in with anybody. The shotgun seat also offers the best views, access to A/C and exudes an aura of preference over the other passengers. II NOUN. A shotgun wedding is a wedding hastily scrambled together to avoid some kind of embarassing prenuptial occurence-usually pregnancy. III. VERB. To shotgun a cigarette or cigarette smoke means to take an initial drag, and transfer the smoke from your mouth to another person. As in smoking herbal substance; to inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else's mouth. This term was developed by troops in Vietnam, who actually would put a marijuana cigarette into the open chamber of an unloaded shotgun and blow it into eachother's faces. IV. 预定一个, 要一个 To call the rights to anything in any given situation. When you shotgun something means you reserve it. But at 23 years old, you are too old enough to shotgun something. Guy 1 : I shotgun the seat in the bus stop Troll. Shotgun place on the bed. Shotgun not sitting next to Frenchy! Shotgun being first to rape harding. 2. IPAD2 发布: Wednesday's event was significant because it introduced the world to Apple's real vision for the foreseeable future, a theme the company has hinted at but never fully expressed. This week, Apple showed everyone where it was headed, challenged competitors on that direction, and made it clear that the company not only has staked a claim in that space, but is defining it. Asian electronics companies(Toshiba, sumsang, LG等提供了元器件给IPAD2) stand to(To take up positions for action.) benefit from a surge in demand for components元器件 in the new iPad but will see their already battered ambitions备受打击的野心 to make their own tablets challenged further. 3. fatal ['feitEl] 致死的, fatal concentration指明浓度, fatal dose致命剂量 I could be fatal sometimes. Don't do that cheeky laugh厚颜无耻的笑(一脸"没错我就是那么想的, 你怎么知道"的表情.). Don't covet /kovit/或/'k^vit/ (觊觎, 垂涎, 贪图) neighbour's wife. 4. subsidiary( [sEb'sid3Eri] 注意发音) company下属公司, 隶属公司(拥有超过对方50%所有权的) associate [E'sEusieit] company (拥有不超过50%所有权). 5. keep somebody on their toes不胜其烦, 怎么也弄不完, 忙不迭 to force someone to continue giving all their attention and energy to what they are doing He gave me a couple of extra things to do just to keep me on my toes. step/tread on somebody's toes to say or do something which upsets someone, especially by becoming involved in something which is their responsibility I'd like to make some changes to the working procedures, but I don't want to tread on anyone's toes. on one's toes 保持警惕, 保持警醒 Fig. alert. (*Typically: be ~; keep ~; keep one ~; stay ~.) You have to be on your toes if you want to be in this business. I have to stay on my toes to keep from getting fired. If you are on your back foot(heel)脚后跟, you are at a disadvantage and forced to be defensive of your position. 6. skim I. To give a quick and superficial reading, scrutiny, or consideration; glance: skimmed through the newspaper. I just skimed略读, 浏览 through the document. II. Slang 漏报税 To fail to declare part of (certain income, such as winnings) to avoid tax payment. III. To throw so as to bounce or slide 撇, 撇去: skimming stones on the pond. 7. a whining voice抱怨的声音 cupping拔罐 pinch捏, 掐, 拧 gran (grand mother on mothers' side), nana(grand mother on father's side) build-in内置的 modules on-board chips usually these titles were developped by the oldest kid to differentiate grans. Tooth fairy is like Santa, just to trick your kids. to twirl pen [在手里]转笔玩 Pen spinning is a form of object manipulation that involves the deft manipulation of a writing instrument with one's hands. Although it is often considered a form of self-entertainment自娱自乐(usually in a school/office setting), multinational competitions and meetings are sometimes held. It is a form of contact juggling. While its origins remain unclear, pen-twirling is quickly gaining international popularity through on-line video sharing and forums. 8. An old wives' tale老奶奶的故事 is a type of urban legend, similar to a proverb, which is generally passed down by old wives to a younger generation. Such "tales" usually consist of superstition, folklore or unverified claims with exaggerated and/or untrue details. Today old wives' tales are still common among children in school playgrounds. Old wives' tales often concern pregnancy, puberty and nutrition. In this context, the word wife means woman rather than married woman. Most old wives' tales are false and are used to discourage unwanted behavior, usually in children, or for folk cures for ailments ranging from a toothache to dysentery. 9. 眉心放血的描述 Why, after a headache, do I have stubborn好几天去不掉的 dark mark between eyebrows? Every so often(every now and then/again) I get a headache (what with me getting married and everything else). On some ocasions, not always, after the headache is gone, I am left with a dark, bruise-like mark on my forehead, usually between my eyebrows. I have seen my father has the same issue sometimes. I'm curious to know what's causing it. Does anyone else experience this? Is it common? Is there anything I can do to prevent it? I do not compress(pinch) my forehead when I have headaches. The mark just appears. Also, I'd like to think I don't frown a lot我自己觉得自己不经常皱眉头, even when I have the headache. Since I have seen my father having this issue since I was a little kid, I haven't really thought of checking with a doctor about this. I don't get them frequently, but if the big one hits, it leaves a mark. 10. Old Wives Tales说: If you pull a funny face and the wind changes, it will stay like that/ stay that way. No, this saying is an old wives tale that has been handed down from family to family and mothers and fathers having been saying it for generations the wind cannot change your face. My mum used to say it to me when I was a kid. If this warning (I see it as more a blessing than a warning!!) is true then where is the best place to change my face, would it be in a very windy place such as a hilly area, or perhaps a wind farm?
Anyone who believes we're nearing some sort of saturation point饱和状态 with the two hottest device classes of the moment -- smartphones and tablets -- ought to check out this latest data from investment bank RBC Capital Markets. It shows an estimated 394 million people already possess one of these newfangled新鲜时尚的 gadgets, and -- while we don't consider the world's population a relevant metric(衡量标准, 尺度) here -- sets that number up against some other illustrative图表的 stats. The most important one for smartphone growth is the tally刻度值 of mobile subscribers, which stands at just over five billion presently and dwarfs any inroads(I. 侵略, 破坏, 侵袭, 侵占 A hostile invasion; a raid. II. 进展, 侵入 An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment. Often used in the plural: Foreign products have made inroads into the American economy. ) that smart mobile devices have made to this point到目前为止. The total of nearly 1.3 billion PCs should also be encouraging欢欣鼓舞的, 鼓舞人心的 for companies seeking a market for their tablets, as it quantifies the sheer volume of computers we use and need. So, next time anyone asks you if it's "too late" for Nokia to right its smartphone strategy or HP to deliver its tablets, you can juice up ( II. to make something more interesting or exciting The team's new forward has juiced up their games with fast passing and running. She finds songs no one remembers and juices them up with modern rhythms. II. to make something more powerful. How much did it cost to juice this thing up? Wally juiced up his car. III. Sl. to turn on the electricity to something. It's time to juice the stage lights up. Juice up the stage lights.) your negatory response by dropping this statistical knowledge bomb.
LTE iPhone noise(纷纷扰扰, 谣言) builds steam( 甚嚣尘上 build/get/work up a head of steam to get enough energy, support, or enthusiasm to do something effectively Usage notes: A head of steam is the pressure that is needed in the engine of an old-fashioned steam train to make it start moving. In the last three months the campaign has built up a good head of steam. a head of steam: energy to quickly make progress There's no question, though, that the drive to stop capital punishment has picked up a head of steam. full steam ahead 全速前进, 全力前进 with all possible energy and enthusiasm full speed ahead The real estate market has heated up, and building is going full steam ahead. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form it's full steam ahead: It's full steam ahead for Internet service providers today. Etymology: based on the literal use of full steam in ships, which makes them go at their top speed) with a grain of一丝 Wang(中移动王建宙透露了一点iphone 4G的可能性): Has it got the fourgees? Well, if you're talking about Apple's iPhone and believe what you hear from China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou, it very soon will. Following in the well publicized footsteps of Verizon CEO Dan Mead, Mr. Jianzhou tells us that Steve Jobs himself "has expressed his interest in an LTE iPhone and is willing to start the development at an early date." Of course, the crux(I. 核心, 症结, 关键 The basic, central, or critical point or feature: the crux of the matter; the crux of an argument. often in the phrase the crux of the matter问题的关键 II. 未解之谜, 难题 A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.) of the issue will be in ascertaining查明, 确定 how early "an early date" might be, but it's not completely out of the realm of(不外乎, 跑不出范围) reason to believe that Apple may already be cranking away on an LTE-capable iPhone 5. We all know how much Steve loves to compare measurements with the competition and the iPhone's lack of a fourth G will probably be driving him mad by the time the summer rolls around. Either way不管怎样, we've now got two extremely senior dudes claiming LTE is on Apple's roadmap.
Purée水果泥或蔬菜泥 and (more rarely) mash are general terms for cooked food, usually vegetables or legumes, that have been ground, pressed, blended, and/or sieved to the consistency of a soft creamy paste or thick liquid. Purées of specific foods are often known by specific names, e.g., mashed potatoes or apple sauce.
软件发布: The term release candidate (RC) refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. In this stage of product stabilization, all product features have been designed, coded and tested through one or more beta cycles with no known showstopper-class bug. Apple Inc. uses the term "golden master" for its release candidates, and the final golden master is used as the general availability release. A release is called code complete when the development team agrees that no entirely new source code will be added to this release. There may still be source code changes to fix defects. There may still be changes to documentation and data files, and to the code for test cases or utilities. New code may be added in a future release. Open and closed beta Developers release either a closed beta or an open beta; closed beta versions are released to a select group of individuals for a user test, while open betas are to a larger community group, sometimes to anyone interested. The term "release to manufacturing" or "release to marketing" (both abbreviated RTM, initials also commonly used for the quite different "return to manufacturer" of faulty goods)—also known as "going gold"—is a term used when software is ready for or has been delivered or provided to the customer. RTM precedes general availability (GA) when the product is released to the public. General availability or general acceptance (GA) is the point where all necessary commercialization activities have been completed and the software has been made available to the general market either via the web or physical media.
Apple chief Steve Jobs gets off his sick bed to launch iPad2: AILING Apple CEO Steve Jobs defied expectations to launch the company's long-rumored iPad2 today. To a thunderous round of applause, Jobs took the stage in his trademark black turtleneck高龄毛衣 and jeans, returning to the spotlight after a brief medical absence. "Didn't want to miss today," he joked, before giving Apple addicts苹果迷 what they wanted - a new iPad. Jobs told the packed auditorium in San Francisco that the iPad2 was 33 per cent thinner than the first generation released last year, and, more importantly, much, much faster. Billing the new device as the "third post-PC blockbuster", Jobs took a dig at (take a dig at someone and take a jab at someone; take digs at someone 调侃, 揶揄, 讽刺, 讥讽, 挖苦 Fig. to insult or pester someone. Why did you take a jab at Sam? You're always taking digs at people who think they're your friends. Jane is always taking digs at Bob, but she never really means any harm. ) Apple's rivals: "Is 2011 the year of the copycats? Most of these tablets aren't even catching up with the first iPad. We think 2011 will be the year of the iPad2." Among the new tablet's features are two cameras, a new gyroscope陀螺仪, which will allow for precise GPS movements, and a new dual-core processor, long the standard in full-size laptops. It also comes in black and white. Prices will be the same as for the original iPad as will battery life. Despite giving a performance Apple investors and fans will applaud, Jobs still appeared gaunt and thin on stage. He went on medical leave in January for an undisclosed condition and there had been concerns that his cancer had come back in an aggressive form癌症复发. Apple shares were up less than one percent to $351.54 after the announcement, despite briefly spiking higher when Jobs stepped on stage.The 56-year old was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in June 2008.
