用法学习: 1. with flying colors Cliché easily and excellently. John passed his geometry test with flying colors. Sally qualified for the race with flying colors. One man's meat is another man's poison. Prov. Something that one person likes may be distasteful to someone else. Fred: What do you mean you don't like French fries? They're the best food in the world! Alan: One man's meat is another man's poison. Jill: I don't understand why Don doesn't like to read science fiction. It's the most interesting thing to read. Jane: One man's meat is another man's poison. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Prov. Something that one person considers worthless may be considered valuable by someone else. Q: Why would anyone want to hang a picture like that on the wall? A: One man's trash is another man's treasure. A: Bob's uncle is always going through people's garbage, looking for old stuff. B: One man's trash is another man's treasure. 关于poison的例句: Poison the wells投毒于井中. poison one's mind毒害某人的思想, 使沾染上坏习气. poison a person's mind against sb 使对某人发生恶感. He got poisoned by eating....他由于吃...而中毒. His dog has been poisoned to death他的狗已被毒死. The soil has been poisoned with chemical waste from the factory土壤被工厂排出的化学废物污染. poison (someone or an animal) with something 下毒, 毒害 to render someone or an animal sick or dead with a poison. He intended to poison his wife with arsenic. Barry wanted to poison the cat with something that left no trace. He poisoned himself with the cleaning compound. She poisoned the soup with arsenic. They are poisoning our water supply with pollutants.. poison someone against someone or something 产生不好印象, 产生恶意 to cause someone to have negative or hateful thoughts about someone, a group, or something. You have done nothing more than poison Gerald against all of us! Stop talking to him! Your negative comments poisoned everyone against the proposal. What'll it be? and Name your poison.; What'll you have?; What's yours? Inf. What do you want to drink?; What do you want?; How can I serve you? (Typically said by a bartender or bar waiter or waitress.) Tom: What'll it be, friend? Bill: I'll just have a ginger ale, if you don't mind. Waitress: What'll you have? Bob: Nothing, thanks. a poison-pen letter 恶毒的匿名信 a letter that has no signature and says unpleasant things about the person it is sent to. After he was convicted, his family received a number of poison-pen letters. 2. Made to measure 订做的 typically refers to clothing that is sewn from a standard-sized base pattern. A tailored suit is a common example of a made-to-measure garment. The fit合身度 of a made-to-measure garment is expected to be superior to that of a ready-to-wear现成的衣服 garment, because ready-to-wear garments are constructed to fit the manufacturer's definition of an average customer, while made-to-measure garments are constructed to fit each customer individually. However, made-to-measure items are seen by many to involve less workmanship than bespoke or "custom made"量身订做的 garments, as made-to-measure garments always involve some form of standardization in the patterning and manufacturing processes, whereas a bespoke garment is made entirely from scratch based on a customer's specifications. Typically, a made-to-measure garment will be more expensive than ready-to-wear garment but cheaper than a bespoke one. measure I. A fitting amount: a measure of recognition. II. A limited amount or degree: a measure of good-will. III Extent or degree: The problem was in large measure caused by his carelessness. IV. Limit; bounds: generosity knowing no measure. know no measure 无可限量, 无止境, 无极限, 无限度 love knows no boundary. know no bounds (slightly formal) to have no limit. if an emotion or quality knows no bounds, it is not limited. Tom's loyalty to the company knows no bounds. Tom's determination to succeed knows no bounds. 3. slurry 泥浆, 浆. A thin mixture of a liquid, especially water, and any of several finely divided substances, such as cement, plaster of Paris, or clay particles. A slurry is, in general, a thick suspension of solids in a liquid. slush I. 雪泥. any watery muddy substance, esp melting snow. Partially melted snow or ice. II. Informal sloppily sentimental language. Maudlin speech or writing; sentimental drivel. III. Informal Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher. IV. A greasy compound used as a lubricant for machinery. V. Slush (person), a pejorative and slang combination of the likewise derogatory terms slut and lush. A promiscuous alcoholic person. VI. A slush, sometimes known as a slushie or slushy貌似奶昔的那种饮料, 五颜六色的, 冰粒似的, is a flavored frozen drink. There are a number of different kinds of slush drinks: Frozen uncarbonated beverages are made by freezing a non-carbonated juice or other liquid. Slush is made by a mixture of sugar and water. To prevent the mixture from freezing solid there must be between 12% - 22% of sugar present in the solution. The sugar acts as an anti-freeze in the solution. The slush machine stirs or rotates the mixture at a constant speed so that the sugar and water molecules bond together before the water gets a chance to freeze. In this way a soft wet slurry mixture is formed. slush up 变得泥泞 to become messy with slush. As the winter storm increases in intensity, the roads will slush up and become impassable. After an hour of snow and rain, the roads were so slushed up泥泞不堪 that we could not travel. wiki: Slush, also called slush ice, is a slurry mixture of small ice crystals (e.g. snow) and liquid water. In the natural environment, slush forms as ice or snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color. Often, solid ice or snow will block the drainage of fluid water from slushy areas, so slush often goes through multiple freeze/thaw融化 cycles before completely disappearing. In areas where road salt is used to clear roadways, slush forms at colder temperatures than it would ordinarily, and only in salted areas; this can produce a number of different consistencies over the same geographical area. Slushfall or slushing冰雨 is the action of a wet snow falling from the sky. A slush fund, colloquially, is an auxiliary monetary account or a reserve fund. However, in the context of corrupt dealings, such as those by governments or large corporations, a slush fund can have particular connotations of illegality, illegitimacy, or secrecy in regard to the use of this money and the means by which the funds were acquired. Political dealings with slush funds tend to create suspicions of quid pro quo (buying political favors), and can be viewed on the surface as corrupt and subversive of the democratic process. For example, Richard Nixon's "Checkers speech" of 1952 was a successful effort to dispel a scandal concerning a rumored slush fund of campaign contributions. Years later Nixon's Watergate scandal did involve slush funds to buy the silence of the Watergate Plumbers. A slush fund can also be connected to amateur level athletics. In the past fifty years, there have been multiple occurrences where boosters and supporters of a collegiate sport program provide the school and coaches with extra money. This money is then distributed to a number of athletes in order to compensate them for their participation and commitment to their program. 4. first port of call 第一站, 第一个要去的地方 I. (nautical) The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage. After leaving from Southampton, our first port of call will be Gibraltar. II. (idiomatic) The first place to go to start a process. a place where you stop for a short time, especially on a journey. Our first port of call was the delightful town of Bruges. When you move to a new country, your first port of call is often the local police. To find the meaning of a word, your first port of call should be a decent dictionary. The first place you stop to do something is your first port of call. China to become first port of call for SMEs. Chino cloth ([,tʃi:nou]) 那种哔叽布料的颜色各异的裤子 is a twill斜纹织物 fabric, originally made of 100% cotton. The most common item made from it, trousers, are widely called chinos. Today it is also found in cotton-synthetic blends. Developed in the mid-19th century for British and French military uniforms, it has since migrated into civilian wear. Trousers of such a fabric gained popularity in the U.S. when Spanish-American War veterans returned from the Philippines with their twill military trousers. 5. someone's dirty laundry 私密事 Fig. someone's unpleasant secrets. I don't want to hear about her dirty laundry. Why do you feel it necessary to gossip about things like this? in the laundry with the clothes that are waiting to be washed. Is my blue shirt clean or is it in the laundry? All my socks are in the laundry. What shall I do? a laundry list (mainly American) a long list of subjects (usually + of ). It wasn't much of a speech - just a laundry list of accusations against the government. wash your dirty laundry/linen in public (British & Australian) also air your dirty laundry/linen in public (American & Australian) to talk to other people about personal things that you should keep private. I was brought up to believe that it was wrong to wash your dirty linen in public. 6. scrub: I. scrub suit 医生的手术服 A two-piece garment of lightweight cotton, worn by hospital staff especially when participating in surgery. II. the scrub Austral informal a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided. III. Slang To cancel or abandon; drop: We had to scrub our plans for vacation. IV. To clean or wash something by hard rubbing: Don't forget to scrub behind your ears. scrub up I. Lit. to clean oneself up. You have to scrub up before dinner. Please go scrub up before you come to the table. II. Fig. to clean oneself, especially one's hands and arms, as a preparation for performing a surgical procedure. The surgeon scrubbed up thoroughly before the operation. When you finish scrubbing up, someone will help you on with sterile clothing. 7. quail [kweil] v. To shrink back in fear; cower. n. 鹌鹑. quail eggs鹌鹑蛋. In Vietnam, bags of boiled quail eggs are sold on street stalls as inexpensive beer snacks零食小吃. In South Korea, large, inexpensive bags of boiled quail eggs are sold in grocery stores. In Indonesia, small packages of hardboiled quail eggs are often found to be sold by street vendors as snacks. Quail eggs are often believed to be high in cholesterol, but evidence shows their cholesterol levels are that of chicken eggs quail at someone or something to show fear at someone or something; to shrink from someone or something. Todd quailed at the thought of what he had to do. The students quailed at the teacher who had been so hard on them in the past. quail before someone or something to cower before or at the threat of someone or something. The students quailed before the angry principal. They quailed before the thought of punishment. quill [kwil] I. The hollow stemlike main shaft of a feather. II. Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. III. A writing pen made from the shaft of a feather. IV. A toothpick made from the stem of a feather. V. One of the sharp hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog. VI. A spindle or bobbin around which yarn is wound in weaving. VII. A hollow shaft that rotates on a solid shaft when gears are engaged. A quill pen is a writing implement made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen蘸笔, 毛笔, the metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. The hand-cut goose quill is still used as a calligraphy tool, however rarely because many papers are now derived from wood pulp and wear down the quill very quickly. It is still the tool of choice for a few professionals and provides an unmatched sharp stroke as well as greater flexibility than a steel pen.
关于发型和光头: 1. skinhead: I. 光头或者平头. a person with a bald or shaved head or closely cropped hair. II. an antisocial person who affects a hairless head as a symbol of rebellion, racism, or anarchy. a member of a group of White youths, noted for their closely cropped hair, aggressive behaviour, and overt racism. shaven head剃光头. bald head秃头, 光头(balide 秃子): I. A person whose head is bald. Also called baldpate( ['bɔ:ld,peit] ). II. Any of several birds having white markings on the head. bare head: 光着头的, 没戴东西的: With no covering on the head: walking bareheaded in the rain; a bareheaded pedestrian. slaphead I. 光头或者秃头, 秃子. (UK, pejorative) A bald person; somebody with a shaved or hairless head. II. (UK, slang) A euphemism for getting caught doing something stupid; any individual who annoys and frustrates others to the point of making them want to slap their own heads. 2. A skinhead光头党 is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in London, England in the 1960s and then soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, and later to other countries around the world. Named for their close-cropped ( 寸头的, 平头的, 短头发的. describes hair or grass that has been cut very short. ) or shaven heads光头的, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian (specifically Jamaican) rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle. Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race. Since then, however, attitudes toward race and politics have become factors by which some skinheads align themselves. The political spectrum within the skinhead scene ranges from the far right to the far left, although many skinheads are apolitical反政治的. Fashion-wise, skinheads range from a clean-cut 1960s mod-influenced style to less-strict punk- and hardcore-influenced styles. In the United Kingdom in the 2000s, the terms rude boy and rude girl (rudie, rudi) have become slang which mainly refer to people (largely youths) who are involved in street culture, similar to gangsta or badman. 3.关于发型: A crop(女孩的短头发发型) is a short hairstyle worn with the hair cut very close to the head. It is frequently sported by both men and women, though the style is usually only named as a crop when sported by a woman. Men entering the armed forces in many countries have their hair cropped during Recruit Training. In the Western world, cropping the head of a prisoner was traditionally a symbol of their subjugation and a deterrent to escape. A crop involves layering and tapering of the hair so it will be closely cut to the head. The hair is typically pre-cut to a short length, and then cut shorter from there using either scissors, a razor, or sometimes clippers, depending on what the person is looking for (more of a choppy look, super short length, etc.) A crop will usually require regular trims (usually between 4 to 6 weeks) to keep its shape. A buzz cut男士短头发的总称 is any of a variety of short hairstyles usually designed with electric clippers电推子. Buzz cut styles include the butch cut, crew cut, flattop and ivy league. The top of a buzz cut style may be clipped a uniform short length producing a butch cut寸头, into one of several geometric shapes that include the crew cut and flattop, as well as other short styles. The back and sides are tapered short, semi-short, or medium. Buzz cut styles can make the face look more defined. Buzz cuts are popular with men and boys who want a short, low-maintenance hairstyle. In many countries, armed forces recruits are given buzz cut styles when they enter training, originally to prevent the spread of lice, but now for ease of maintenance, cooling, and uniformity. A flattop is a type of crew cut where the hair on the top of the head is graduated in length from the front hairline back through the crown头顶 to form a flat deck, of level, upward sloping or downward sloping inclination. When a flattop is viewed from the front, varying degrees of squarish appearance are achieved by the design of the upper sides as they approach and round or angle on to the flat deck. Possibilities, somewhat limited by skull脑壳, 脑袋 shape, the density of the hair and the diameter of the individual shafts of hair include: boxy upper sides with rounded corners; boxy upper sides with sharp corners; rounded upper sides with rounded corners; rounded upper sides with sharp corners. The hair on the sides and back of the head is usually tapered short, semi-short or medium. A flattop might be graduated in length on the top of the head from one and a half inches at the front hairline to about a quarter inch at the crown to a half inch as it starts curving down the back of the head, tapering to the skin near the middle of the ears. A variant form known by several names including flattop with fenders and flat top boogie has long sides known as fenders with or without a ducktail. A crew cut is a type of haircut额头头发长然后向后逐渐变短的发型 in which the hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short, graduated in length from the longest hair at the front hairline to the shortest at the back of the crown. The hair on the sides and back of the head is usually tapered short, semi-short, or medium. A short crew cut is sometimes referred to as a butch, though with the exception of variant forms, a butch differs from a crew cut in that the top hair is cut a uniform short length. A long crew cut can be referred to in the US as an ivy league crew cut or ivy league. The high and tight( 又叫skin fade. 头顶留一片头发, 两边和后边剃光的发型.) is a military variant of the buzz cut. It is a very short hairstyle most commonly worn by men in the armed forces of most countries. Due to the functionality of this hairstyle, it is also popular with law enforcement officers and other public safety personnel. Members of the United States Marine Corps have been called "jarheads(茶壶盖头)" because the hairstyle resembles a mason jar(A Mason jar储物玻璃罐 is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food保存储存食物. The mouth of the jar has screw threads on its outer perimeter to accept a metal ring (or "band"). The band, when screwed down, presses a separate stamped steel disc-shaped lid against the rim of the jar. An integral rubber ring on the underside of the lid creates a hermetic seal to the jar. The bands and lids usually come with new jars, and bands and lids are also sold separately; while the bands are reusable, the lids are intended for single use when canning. While largely supplanted by other methods for commercial mass production, they are still commonly used in home canning. The Mason jar was invented and patented in 1858 by Philadelphia tinsmith John Landis Mason. Among other common names for them are Ball jars, after Ball Corporation, an early and prolific manufacturer of the jars; fruit jars for a common content; and simply glass canning jars reflecting their material.). While many variations of the style exist, the one common feature is that all of the hair on the sides and back of the head is clipped 推短 very close, usually 1⁄16 inch (1.5 mm) or shorter, up to a point above the temples太阳穴, referring to the "high" part of its name. A sharp line delineates the boundary between the close-cut sides and back and the longer top portion, referring to the "tight" part of its name. The crown of the head is spared the closest shaving to safely accommodate the weight of a combat helmet. The length of the top portion may vary, usually being 5–10 mm (1⁄4 to 3⁄8 inch), but sometimes left long enough to comb. Sometimes the back and sides of the head are shaved completely with a razor. Beginning in the late 1980s, it crossed over into civilian life进入平民生活, being embraced first by mostly young African-American males (see hi-top fade), then spread to like-aged men in other groups. Although "high and tight" is a term commonly used within the military and law enforcement communities, the same haircut is sometimes referred to by civilians as a "skin fade", meaning that the back and sides are shaved to the skin and the top is blended or faded into slightly longer hair.
