spam; presage,bellwether;Mystery meat;

用法学习: 1. 澳洲福利乱象Half of Aussie families pay no net tax: A new picture has emerged of the country's level of welfare dependence, with half Australian families believed to be receiving more in handouts ( handout I. a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar. II. a press release. III. any copy of a speech, fact sheet, etc., distributed at a meeting. IV. anything given away for nothing, as a free sample of a product.  ) than they pay in income tax. It shows any tax that is paid, is offset by family tax benefits, the pension, or childcare rebates. The results show as many as 85 per cent of single-parent families pay no tax, once welfare benefits are deducted, while 55 per cent of single-person households pay no tax. 2. Dave Franco谈他的哥哥: Forget "brotherly love", Dave has totally paid out James ( To 'pay someone out' or a 'pay out' means 'insulting someone". A 'payout' is an 'insult'. to pay someone out: Why did you pay him out, that was seriously uncalled for. Don't pay someone out because of their race, that's just pathetic... Paid him out, real good. ) for his weird antic奇怪行径(antic (ˈæntɪk) n. I. behaviour that is funny or silly in an enjoyable way. II. A ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture; a caper. behaviour that is considered to be deliberately stupid and likely to cause problems. Community leaders condemned the antics of right-wing extremists. adj. Ludicrously odd; fantastic. fantastic; grotesque. fanatic [fəˈnætɪk] 狂热分子 I. someone who has very strong religious or political beliefs that often make them behave in an unreasonable way. attacks by religious fanatics. II. someone who likes a sport or activity very much. a film/football/crossword fanatic: Ask George, he's a film fanatic.): Appearing on Conan this week, Dave was questioned about 被问到 the seriously disturbing nearly-nude selfie James recently posted on Instagram. "I don't know, compared to some of the other weird things he's doing, this seems like kind of a refined act," Dave said. "He's pulling it in a little bit.(pull one's head in (figuratively, Australia, New Zealand) To withdraw; to discontinue what one is doing or saying; to back off.  Primarily Australian: Usually used in an annoyed or confrontational manner, meaning both shut up and/or mind your own business. I've heard just about enough out of you mate, you'd best pull your head in. I really should have pulled my head in once they produced that evidence. Etymology: Perhaps from the habit of soldiers poking their heads out of army troop trains to make smart remarks, or in reference to a turtle drawing its head inside its shell for protection. Australian from circa 1930. stick one's neck out 枪打出头鸟, 出头椽子 (idiomatic) To take a risk, putting oneself in a vulnerable position. Get your head out (of your arse) To wake up to yourself or come to your senses. Get your head outta your arse, mate! put/get something out of your mind/head to stop thinking about something I can't get that image out of my mind. If you're afraid of flying, you have to put that fear out of your mind. Get your head out of the clouds! Inf. Stop daydreaming! Get your head out of the clouds and watch where you are driving! You're going to kill us all. pull in I. pull in(to some place) to drive into some place. to arrive at a place. if a vehicle or driver pulls in somewhere, they stop there. We pulled in at the side of the road. We got to the station just as his train was pulling in. A strange car just pulled into our driveway. Some stranger just pulled in. Usage notes: used of vehicles or the people in them. II. (pull in or pull) 吸引. to attract things or people, esp. in large numbers. if a performer or a performance pulls an audience, a large number of people come to watch them. [transitive] mainly American if a politician pulls votes, a lot of people vote for them. The new law is designed to pull in more imports from poor countries. The show has been pulling the crowds in since it opened. III. 挣钱, 吸金. to earn an amount of money. (pull down or pull in. pull down/in something mainly American to earn a particular amount of money. pull down 的另一个意思是: to destroy a building, especially because it is very old or dangerous. The old warehouse has been pulled down.) She's pulling in at least six figures (=£100,000). The film was a big hit this weekend, pulling in $11 million at the box office. The show pulled millions in, and still lost money. pull [transitive] to suck smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc into your mouth or lungs. pull on/at: Mrs Harris stood at the door pulling on a cigarette. pull a fast one informal to trick someone. pull someone's leg to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke. I think he was just pulling your leg. pull the other one (it's got bells on) British informal used for telling someone that you do not believe what they are saying. pull out all the stops to make a big effort so that something happens or is successful. We're going to pull out all the stops to get this show ready in time. pull rank (on someone) 以势压人, 仗势欺人 to use the fact that you are more important or powerful than someone in order to force them to do what you want. pull your socks up British informal used when you are telling someone that they are not doing a job well enough and that they must do better. pull strings 动用影响力 to use your influence in order to get something that you want or to help someone, especially when this is unfair. He had pulled strings in order to get his son into the college. pull the strings if someone is pulling the strings, they are controlling a situation and the people in it, especially secretly. It's the record company, not the band, that is really pulling the strings. pull something to pieces/apart/to bits 拆开, 拆碎, 撕个粉碎 I. to separate the connected pieces of something. They're pulling that plane apart to find out what's wrong. II. to show very clearly that what someone has said or written is badly done or not true. My lawyer is pulling their case to pieces. pull to a stop/halt to stop moving. The car pulled to a stop and a woman got out. pull a trick/stunt informal to do something silly or dangerous, especially in order to trick or impress someone. Why on earth would he pull a stupid stunt like that? pull the wool over someone's eyes to try to trick or cheat someone by giving them wrong information. You're not pulling the wool over my eyes – I know what you're trying to do. pull yourself together to control your emotions and behave calmly after being very upset, angry, shocked etc. You have to pull yourself together, go out there and talk to them. )". LOL! Got to love a bit of a brotherly dig兄弟间的挖苦, right? We don't blame him, it's been a tumultuous few months for James Franco. The A-list actor has been embroiled in an Instagram scandal, where he tried to hook up with a 17-year-old Scottish girl. 3. Spam is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation, first introduced in 1937. The labeled ingredients in the classic variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat, with ham meat added, salt, water, modified potato starch as a binder, sugar, and sodium nitrite as a preservative. Spam's gelatinous ( gelatinous [dʒəˈlætinəs] 胶状的 in a wet sticky state between solid and liquid. gelatin 凝胶. [ˈdʒelətɪn]) glaze, or aspic, forms from the cooling of meat stock. The product has become part of many jokes and urban legends about mystery meat, which has made it part of pop culture and folklore. Through a Monty Python sketch, in which Spam is portrayed as ubiquitous and inescapable逃不开的, 避无所避的, its name has come to be given to electronic spam, especially spam email. "Spam" is a popular Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970. In the sketch, two customers are in a greasy spoon café trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam in almost every dish. The term spam in the context of electronic communications is derived from this sketch. The sketch was written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Mystery meat is a disparaging term for meat products, typically ground or otherwise processed, such as chicken nuggets, Spam, Salisbury steaks, sausages, or hot dogs, that have an unidentifiable source. Most often the term is used in reference to food served in institutional cafeterias, such as prison food or an American public school lunch. The term is also sometimes applied to meat products where the species from which the meat has come is known (e.g., cow or pig), but the cuts of meat (i.e., the parts of the animal) used are unknown. This is often the case where the cuts of meat used include offal and mechanically separated meat, where explicitly stating the type of meat used might diminish the perceived palatability of the product to some consumers. 4. bellwether [ˈbelweðə(r)] 领头羊, 领军人物 something that is considered to be a sign of what is likely to happen. A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence trends or to presage ( presage [ˈpresɪdʒ] to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad. An artificially strong peso货币 may presage serious problems for the country.) future happenings. The term is derived from the Middle English bellewether and refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram (a wether) leading his flock of sheep. The movements of the flock could be noted by hearing the bell before the flock was in sight. The performance of the banking sector is a good bellwether of the economy generally. Emirates is an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases, having purchased 200 aircraft in 2013 alone. Emirates has built up a strong brand name as a leader in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of service excellence, and its very rapid growth, coupled with consistent profitability.