rancid=rank;

用法学习: 1. rancid (ˈrænsɪd) adj I. 腐臭变质的, 腐烂的. 发臭的. (of butter, bacon, etc) having an unpleasant stale taste or smell as the result of decomposition. Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon". The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table. II. (of a taste or smell) rank or sour; stale. III. Repugnant; nasty. offensive. His remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left. rancid remarks. rank2 I. Growing profusely or with excessive vigor: rank vegetation in the jungle. II. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile: rank earth. III. 刺鼻气味的. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor. IV. Conspicuously offensive: rank treachery. V. Absolute; complete: a rank amateur; a rank stranger. profuse [prə'fju:s] adj. In great quantity or abundance. She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins. profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure. 2. clean up I. (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. Clean up your room. II. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) 打扮一新, 梳洗一新. To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such. He sure cleans up nice. III. (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house. Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table. The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year. clean up one's act (idiomatic) to reform; to improve one's habits. Someday I'm going to clean up my act and start researching more carefully. down to the short strokes 到了冲刺阶段了 adj. (idiomatic) In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious. "I would say we are down to the short strokes, down to the cleanup phase" of the investigation, said E. Campion Kersten, a Fox Point lawyer. Anyone who wants to vote on delegates who will then decide whether to ratify the deal must have a membership by the end of this week. "It's getting down to the short strokes," MacKay said. down to the wire (idiomatic) At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline. He was almost done with the paper, but tomorrow's due date meant it would be down to the wire. He was almost done with the paper, but tomorrow's due date meant it would come down to the wire. 4. cry/bawl your eyes out (bawl常被误拼为ball) (informal) to cry a lot and for a long time I cried my eyes out when my cat died. Don't just sit there crying your eyes out, Meg. Get out there and find a new boyfriend! "I can't take the least amount of criticism without balling my eyes out". bawl (bɔ:l) vb I. (intr) to utter long loud cries, as from pain or frustration; wail. II. to shout loudly, as in anger. n. a loud shout or cry. bawl someone out to scold someone in a loud voice. The teacher bawled the student out for arriving late. Principals don't usually bawl out students. 6. Let me know if the problem persists如果问题依然存在. In informal writing, "if" and "whether" are used interchangeably. This is not recommended because it creates ambiguity, but it is an unfortunate fact. Consequently, the statement can mean either: Let me know whether the problem persists. or: Let me know (only) if the the problem persists.

 关于游泳中tune/clean up one's stroke 雕琢技巧. 加强击水技巧(clean up something to remove dirt from something or make something neat: We need to do something to clean up this mess and then get out of there. I have to clean things up before the guests arrive. clean up (on something) 发大财 Fig. to make a lot of money on something. The promoters cleaned up on the product. Investors cleaned up when the company struck oil. If we get this invention to market soon, we can clean up. clear informal 净赚. 净胜. 税后工资. to earn a particular amount of money after paying taxes, charges, or costs. He clears about $500 a week.): With our straightforward approach to stroke correction, we'll show you the underlying causes of your stroke issues and how to fix them. Don't paper over the cracks 逃避问题, get to the root of your stroke problems. Swim Smooth's stroke correction methods are straightforward and to the point一语中的的, 切中要害的. We use our deep understanding of swimming technique to explain the underlying causes of your stroke issues. This is true whether you're an intermediate swimmer working on your body position, body roll and alignment or an advanced swimmer working on propulsion and your feel for the water. Most swimmers attempting stroke changes find it a frustrating experience, often feeling their stroke is deteriorating 变差 rather than getting better. Take a common problem for intermediate swimmers - a scissor kick that creates lots of drag. The obvious thing to do is determine that this person has a poor kick and therefore they should work on it with lots of kicking drills踢腿训练. This is unlikely to work because a scissor kick is an effect of something else, not a cause in itself本身不是问题. SAG award: The SAG win confirms her as an almost unbackable favourite最大热门(Newsflash for Sernena Williams - you're the unbackable favourite in the Australian Open. BACK where it all really began for her, Serena Williams insists she doesn't see herself as the almost unbackable favourite for a sixth Australian Open crown. Well, here's a newsflash ( (Broadcasting) a brief item of important news, often interrupting a radio or television programme. a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story. ) , sister: everybody else does. Federer the unbackable favourite: AS ROGER Federer attempts to break his tie with Pete Sampras by winning a 15th grand slam title, some of his peers - all-time greats史上最伟大的球员 and former Wimbledon champions - will look on. Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg will be there. So too Ilie Nastase and Guillermo Vilas. Sampras was himself considering whether to make the trip to witness the historic moment历史性的, 具有历史意义的. Given Federer's opponent will be career whipping boy陪读 Andy Roddick, no one has considered the possibility the Swiss champion will not reach the incredible milestone tonight. Indeed, the general consensus 一般认为, 大家一致同意 is that we would get a better contest if Roddick handed his racquet up to the royal box(包厢 A state box or royal box is sometimes provided for dignitaries.) and let the "Rockhampton Rocket" or the "Ice cool Swede" have a crack.) for the best actress Oscar at the Academy Awards on March 2. It is also a great omen( omen (ˈəumən) n. I. A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign. II. Prognostication; portent: birds of ill omen. tr.v. To be a prophetic sign of; portend.). In 2005, when Blanchett won the supporting actress SAG award, she went on to win her first Oscar, best supporting actress for The Aviator. Blanchett, who played a New York socialite (ˈsəuʃəˌlaɪt) reduced to slumming with her sister( slum v. To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement. slum it To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.) in Blue Jasmine, said it had been an extraordinary year - decade, even - for female roles in cinema. Blanchett's sweep of awards 横扫各种颁奖礼 season comes despite competition from some acting greats.

 归来: KYLE and Jackie O's first day of breakfast radio on KIIS FM hasn't got off to a smooth start, with the shock jock accidentally saying he was on his old radio station of 2 Day FM. Sandilands was throwing to a Jessica Mauboy song(throw to the wolves I. (idiomatic) To sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself. II. (idiomatic) To remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators. throw to the dogs I. (idiomatic) To throw away as useless. Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it. II. (idiomatic) To remove or cast out someone or something from one's protection, such as into the streets. III. (idiomatic) To give up on something valuable. Let's hope it will not throw "to the dogs" its new-found opportunity for winning back public favor and respect. ) when he made the slip up说错了, before he quickly interrupted the song to clarify his mistake. The famous radio pair made the controversial and highly publicised move from 2 Day FM to a rebranded KIIS FM late last year. It was an expensive shift for the Australian Radio Network station, so the verbal trip 口误 would have no doubt had executives cringing. The breakfast duo slip into their new pad as comfortably as a pair of Kyle Sandilands' sweatpants, with the exception of a momentary lapse of memory when Sandilands plugged 2Day FM instead of Kiis. "It's a history-making day for us on Kiis FM," crows Kyle Sandilands. Indeed, the promos for the rebranded radio station bill its new breakfast team alongside the invention of radio, manned flight, the Sydney Opera House and the opening of the M7. Welcome to the new Kyle and Jackie O show. Just like the old one, except Sandilands has a brand new black T-shirt. They're "broadcasting live from Sydney and around the world", and all within cooee of (cooee (ˈku:i:) or cooey interj I. a call used to attract attention, esp (originally) a long loud high-pitched call on two notes used in the Australian bush. vb I. (intr) to utter this call. n. Austral and NZ calling distance (esp in the phrase within (a) cooee (of)). ) Macquarie Shopping Centre. Welcome to the "home of the world's biggest exclusive events", "home to the biggest stars". Home, be it ever so humble(The expression comes from the saying "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." The meaning is that though home may not be elegant or rich (it is ever so humble - very humble) it is still home.). The top-rating FM breakfast duo debuted in their new home this morning. In the small world of Sydney breakfast radio - where men have first names and women have initials - they don't come any bigger. Hours from now people will still be tweeting about the return of Kyle and Jackie O. Sandilands has spent the summer slagging off ((UK, Australia, slang, transitive, idiomatic) To talk insultingly to or about someone or something. ) people at his old radio station 2Day FM - who, in turn, have called him fat, out-of-date and a "wounded narcissist". As stoushes (stoush (stauʃ) vb (tr) to hit or punch. n. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fight, an argument. fighting, violence, or a fight.) go, it has all the significance of the Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896. Perhaps weary from battle, Kyle lost himself momentarily on air this morning. When throwing to a Jessica Mauboy song, he accidentally says he is still on 2Day FM instead of Kiis 1065 (formerly known as Mix 106.5). He soon realised his blunder(verbal slip 口误), interrupting the song to say: "OK, wow, I meant Kiis FM. Big mistake. Big mistake." That's Kiis with two "i's", named in honour of either the Kiev International Institute of Sociology or the Kentucky Institute for International Studies, whose courses include ornithology and animal behaviour in Argentina. "You look great," he tells Jackie O. "So do you," she says. In truth, no one looks good at 6am in Macquarie Park. Not even you. The traffic announcer warns of a "sloppy start ( sloppy I. Very wet; covered in or composed of slop. The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen! II. Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful. The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase. III. Imprecise or loose. A sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit! sloppy seconds (vulgar, plural only) Having sex with someone soon after the person has had sex with someone else. ) to your Monday morning". Kris Jenner, matriarch of the Kardashian clan, talks about "keeping it real". Kylie Minogue talks about camping and how hard it is to change a tyre. "It's hard, it's really hard," says Jackie O in sympathy同情的说. Moments later, Minogue pops up on the 2Day FM breakfast show, where she fails to mention motor mechanics. Flicking between the two radio stations can be confusing. The same celebrity guests, the same air "kiises", the same ads for fertility specialists生育专家 promising help with the "baby-making equation". The 2Day FM team is talking about parents who lie to their children. Back on Kiis, Jackie O is talking about a woman who loves sniffing and chewing soiled (=dirty) nappies. "The heavier ones that have more pee smell better." Sandilands and Jackie O are at their best when talking about themselves, or, better still, what other people are saying about them. An announcer reads out comments made on social media about Jackie O's "horse face" and "helicopter facepad". And comparisons between Sandilands and a minke whale. "You have a great nose and slitty eyes( slitty = slitlike 一条缝似的. slit n. A narrow cut or opening; a slot. II. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina. III. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. )," Jackie O tells Sandilands. I almost feel sorry for the guy who once strapped a 14-year-old girl to a lie detector to quiz her about her sex life. A mess of media is at the studio to capture the moment Sandilands uses a ruler to measure his co-host's forehead (seven centimetres, apparently). Outside on the footpath, two Kiis people greet guests and advertisers. Three more welcoming staff are stationed at the front door, plus one lonely guy in the lift. "I have a double degree双学位," he confides. In the studio, the show's executive producer Simon Greally is picking which caller to put on air. "We don't want everything about Kyle and Jackie O," he says. "Maybe one [caller], possibly two. I would prefer to have something else that is happening in the world." Instead, we hear from "huge fan" Matt from Hamlyn Terrace, who promises he will get a "Kiis" tattoo on his shoulder. "I'm not afraid," he says. Joanne calls in for help with spicing up her love life, prompting Sandilands to run through his preferred sexual positions. At 9.30am, show over, Sandilands and Jackie O emerge from the studio and walk up to the rooftop, where there is a swimming pool and a big cake to be cut. "I resigned from learning years ago," says Sandilands, over the sound of the pool cleaner scrubbing scum from the tiles. Downstairs, Chrissy Amphlett is singing "Get me out of here" over and over on the radio.