用法学习: 1. not bat an eyelid/eye/eyelash 眼睛都不眨一下, 丝毫不觉得奇怪的, 眼皮都不抬一下 Fig. to show no signs of distress even when something bad happens or something shocking is said. to show no sign of surprise or worry when something unexpected happens. Sam didn't bat an eyelid when the mechanic told him how much the car repairs would cost. The pain of the broken arm must have hurt Sally terribly, but she did not bat an eyelid. She told him she'd spent all her savings but he didn't bat an eyelid. cut out I. [transitive] to remove something from a larger piece by cutting. cut something out of something: I cut this article out of a magazine for you. a. to make something by cutting it from a larger piece. cut something out from something: Using the 5cm cutter, cut out six circles from the rectangular cake. II. 删戏. 删掉. [transitive] same as cut1 (sense 7a) They've cut out several scenes in which I appeared. III. [transitive] 停止吃. 不要再吃 to stop eating something or doing something, especially because it is bad for your health. You should cut out eating ice cream and get more exercise. We cut out cable TV and have saved a lot of money. She wants to cut meat out of her diet altogether. I've cut out chocolate completely. IV. [transitive] to stop something such as noise or light from reaching a place. V. [transitive] to not allow someone to do something or get something. cut someone out of something 剔除, 排除在外: I don't want to cut the children out of our plans. cut someone out of your will (=not leave them anything when you die): Frank's mother cut him out of her will. VI. [intransitive] if an engine or machine cuts out, it suddenly stops working. My calls and video calls have begun cutting out断线(电话掉线是drop out, you dropped out, the call dropped out.). Green strength bars suddenly become RED and the call is cut out. Every time the video and sound cuts out after a while. Skype says there is a problem and is trying to rectify it. I have been a Skype computer user for years so I decided to download the Android app for my phone. That said, whenever I've called friends lately, both voice and video calls consistently cut out总是掉线. Then, when my friend tries to call me back I literally can't answer the call because the app has frozen and I often need to sign out and sign back in again. VII. [intransitive] mainly American 突然变线. to suddenly leave a line of traffic and join another one. VIII. cut it/that out 住手, 停止. spoken used for telling someone to stop doing something that you do not like. Will you cut it out – I'm trying to sleep here! not be cut out for something/to do something 生来就不是, 天生就不是 to lack the right qualities or character for doing something. Bill was never cut out to be a parent. have your work cut out (for you) to have a difficult job to do. We'll have our work cut out for us if we want to maintain sales at this level. cut out the middleman to deal directly with someone instead of talking to their representatives, or to avoid unnecessary stages in a process. Why don't you cut out the middleman and tell him what you think yourself? make short/light/quick work of someone 轻松击败 to defeat an opponent quickly and easily. make short/light/quick work of something to deal with or get rid of something quickly and easily. You made short work of that sandwich! the (whole) works informal everything. They ordered porridge, kippers, eggs, and bacon – the works. They've got guns, grenades, rockets, the whole works. cardboard cut-out I. a picture of a person or object stuck on a piece of card that has been cut so as to fit it exactly. a life-sized cardboard cut-out of a police officer. II. a person in a book, play, film etc who does not seem very real. wiki: In espionage parlance, a cut-out 掩藏身份的交流 is a mutually trusted intermediary, method or channel of communication, facilitating the exchange of information between agents. Cutouts usually only know the source and destination of the information to be transmitted, but are unaware of the identities of any other persons involved in the espionage process. Thus, a captured cutout cannot be used to identify members of an espionage cell. Some computer protocols, like Tor, use the equivalent of cutout nodes in their communications networks. Due to the use of multiple layers of encryption, nodes on networks like this do not usually know the ultimate sender or receiver of the data. In computer networking Darknets can and do have some cut out functionality. Darknets are distinct from other distributed P2P networks as sharing is anonymous (that is, IP addresses are not publicly shared and nodes often forward traffic to other nodes). Thus, with a Darknet, users can communicate with little fear of governmental or corporate interference. For this reason, Darknets are often associated with dissident political communications, as well as various illegal activities. More generally, the term "darknet" can be used to describe all non-commercial sites on the Internet, or to refer to all "underground地下工作" web communications and technologies, most commonly those associated with illegal activity or dissent. A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items between two individuals using a secret location and thus does not require them to meet directly. Using a dead drop permits a case officer and agent to exchange objects and information while maintaining operational security. The method stands in contrast to the live drop, so called because two persons meet to exchange items or information. 3. Coccinellidae 瓢虫([ˌkoksɪˈnɛlɪdaɪ]) are a family of small beetles, ranging from 0.8 to 18 mm (0.0315 to 0.708 inches). They are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, heads and antennae. They are known colloquially as ladybirds (in Britain, Ireland, the Commonwealth, and some parts of the southern United States), ladybugs (originating in North America) or lady cows, among other names. When they need to use a common name, entomologists in the United States widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs. 4. Showing emotion真情流露 is a sign of weakness示弱. stand for something 不会忍受 I. to be willing to accept something that someone does. No one makes a fool of me. I won't stand for it! II. if someone stands for a particular principle, they believe that principle is important. I hate them and everything they stand for. III. BRITISH to try to get chosen in an election for a particular position or as a member of aparticular institution. In American English, you say that someone runs for office. Malcolm McLaren stood for Mayor of London in 2000. She is intending to stand for parliament. flap around [for a sheet of something] to blow, flop, or slap around, perhaps in the wind. The sails flapped around, making a lot of noise. The awning flapped around during the night. Sparkler is a type of hand-held firework that burns slowly while emitting colored flames, sparks, and other effects. In the United Kingdom, a sparkler is often used by children at bonfire and fireworks displays on Guy Fawkes Night, the fifth of November, and in the United States on Independence Day (United States). It is called as Phool Jhadi in India and is popular during Diwali festival. An optical fiber 光导纤维(Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information.) (or optical fibre) is a flexible, transparent fiber made of extruded glass (silica) or plastic, slightly thicker than a human hair. It can function as a waveguide(An optical waveguide is a physical structure that guides electromagnetic waves in the optical spectrum. Common types of optical waveguides include optical fiber and rectangular waveguides. Optical waveguides are used as components in integrated optical circuits or as the transmission medium in local and long haul optical communication systems.), or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. Power over Fiber (PoF) optic cables can also work to deliver an electric current for low-power electric devices. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibers is known as fiber optics. Optical fibers have a wide number of applications. They are used as light guides in medical and other applications where bright light needs to be shone on a target without a clear line-of-sight 视野路径 path. In some buildings, optical fibers route sunlight from the roof to other parts of the building. Optical fiber lamps are used for illumination in decorative applications, including signs, art, toys and artificial Christmas trees. Swarovski boutiques use optical fibers to illuminate their crystal showcases from many different angles while only employing one light source. Optical fiber is an intrinsic part of the light-transmitting concrete building product, LiTraCon. Optical fiber is also used in imaging optics. A coherent bundle of fibers is used, sometimes along with lenses, for a long, thin imaging device called an endoscope万花筒, which is used to view objects through a small hole. Medical endoscopes探视镜 are used for minimally invasive exploratory or surgical procedures. Industrial endoscopes (see fiberscope or borescope) are used for inspecting anything hard to reach, such as jet engine interiors. Many microscopes use fiber-optic light sources to provide intense illumination of samples being studied. 5. Are you a hardline parent or a soft pushover被欺负的人, 心软. far-gone I. Very close to or nearing the end: a drug addict too far-gone for rehabilitation. II. 烂醉如泥, 喝太多了. extremely drunk. to be so totally drunk that your practically passing out. Phoebe: I'm far gone mate. Alice: I'm so far gone im lost. III. 陷得太深. 回不去了. 没有回头路了. It means you are beyond help, if you are too far gone it is often a way of implying that their is no hope for you. For example, if you had been smoking all your life and couldn't quit, one may refer to you as 'to far gone'. keep count (or a count) 计数. 数数. Take note of the number or amount of something: you can protect yourself by keeping a count of what you drink. to have a weak moment, to catch someone in a moment of weakness 最脆弱的时候, 乘虚而入, 在最需要的时候. For some reason, either physical or emotional, you were in a moment of weakness when he saw your, or encountered you = caught you. Perhaps you are on a diet, but starving between meals. He offered you an ice cream cone. He caught you in a moment of weakness (as opposed to a moment of resolve, for example, when you would have found it easier to refuse the offer). Or your love life has just collapsed. Your lover of 10 years has just run off with your best friend, and took your life savings and the cat with them. And then "He" shows up, the UPS Delivery Man you've always wanted to hire to clean your pool. He offers you his shoulder to cry on. He caught you in a moment of weakness. 6. Acacia ([əˈkeɪʃə] or [əˈkeɪsiə]), known commonly as acacia, thorntree, whistling thorn, or wattle, is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not. All species are pod-bearing, with sap and leaves often bearing large amounts of tannins and condensed tannins that historically found use as pharmaceuticals and preservatives. ring in someone's ears/mind 余音不绝, 余音绕梁, 久久不能忘怀 Fig. [for words or a sound] to linger in one's consciousness. Her words rang in my ears for days. The sound of the choir rang in their minds long after they had finished their anthem. joint adj. involving two or more people, or done by them together. a joint bank account. a joint decision. The two presidents issued a joint statement. My sister and I had a joint birthday party. joint favourite: Bates and Morgan are joint favourites to win the competition. joint effort (=something that is done by two or more people): The homework looked as if it had been a joint effort. a jointly owned property. an aircraft that is being developed jointly with the US. n. I. informal a restaurant, bar, or club, especially one that is cheap and not very nice. I met him at some grotty little joint in town. The burger joint owner told the interviewer who asked if she can try one of the burgers: "I would love to see my meat in your mouth, I've already wrap up one and ready to go. II. informal a cigarette that contains cannabis. III. a place where two parts of something are connected. Make sure you seal the joints of the pipes with waterproof tape. translucent [trænsˈlu:s(ə)nt] 透光的, 透亮的, transparent透明的 I. clear enough for light to pass through but not completely clear. the translucent wings of an insect. II. a translucent colour is very pale or light. Things that are transparent are so clear you can see through them as if there's nothing there. Things that are translucent allow light through but with significant diffusion or distortion. So if you hold something transparent—say, a square of flat, clear glass—in front of these words, you'll be able to read them. If you hold up something translucent—say, a tinted or decorated glass with water in it—you'll see the glow of your screen but probably won't be able to read the words. Oozing confidence is the secret when you get on that stage. I don't mind splurging 花大钱, 大手大脚 on cloths. 7. band together (against someone or something) 齐心协力 = team up to do sth to unite in opposition to someone or something; to unite against someone or something. We must band together against the enemy. Everyone banded together to finish the cleanup work. You are too much of a princess太娇气了, 娇小姐, 爱撒娇. Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of dolls created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978. It was originally called "Little People". The original dolls were all cloth and sold at local craft shows, then later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. The doll brand went on to become one of the most popular toy fads of the 1980s and one of the longest-running doll franchises. The name change to Cabbage Patch Kids was instigated by Roger Schlaifer before he secured the worldwide licensing rights to "Little People", and was the basis of the story co-authored in 1982 by Roger and his wife, Susanne Nance Schlaifer. An abbreviated version of the story 删减版的 was reproduced on every Cabbage Patch Kids product from 1983 onward. Parker Brothers published the original story retitled "Xavier's Fantastic Discovery" in 1984 and their Parker Records produced a Gold Album using the characters. The characters appeared in many other Cabbage Patch merchandising products ranging from animated cartoons to board games. at loggerheads (with someone) over sth Fig. in conflict with someone; having reached an impasse (about something). Tom is at loggerheads with Bill. We are at loggerheads with each other. The twins were at loggerheads over who should take the larger room. 8. soft spot n. I. A tender or sentimental feeling. a sentimental fondness (esp in the phrase have a soft spot for). has a soft spot for stray animals. II. A weak or vulnerable point: a soft spot in the nation's defense strategy. who leave us in hardness. III. A fontanelle (or fontanel) (colloquially, soft spot) is an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising any of the soft membranous gaps (sutures) between the cranial bones that make up the calvaria of a fetus or an infant. Fontanelles allow for rapid stretching and deformation of the neurocranium as the brain expands faster than the surrounding bone can grow. Premature complete ossification of the sutures is called craniosynostosis.
Snoop Dogg Not Backing Down in Iggy Azalea Feud: back down 屈服让步, 服输, 停手, 歇手, 服软 to stop asking for something, or to stop saying that you will do something, because a lot of people oppose you. Neither side is willing to back down. back down on: We will not back down on the decision to strike. After I. Rapper Snoop Dogg is reportedly refusing to back down in his feud with Iggy Azalea, taking to social media today in order to further aggravate the Australian entertainer. A member of Tha Dogg Pound, an American rap duo who have extremely close ties with Snoop Dogg himself, has given an exclusive statement to popular gossip website TMZ in which he rallies in support 寻求支持, 征集支持 for the rapper, offering his opinion that Azalea is nowhere near on the level ( nowhere near not in any way. Not nearly: It was a long list and it was nowhere near complete. The movie was nowhere near as bad as Erin said it was. Holzman was nowhere near the player Carey is. He's nowhere near as popular as he used to be. ) she believes she is. Daz Dallinger says that the 24-year-old has absolutely no business starting conflict ( have no business doing something to be wrong to do something; to be extremely unwise to do something. to have no right to do something: You have no business bursting in on me like that! You have no business spending money like that! You had no business reading my private letters. ) with top-tier rappers such as Snoop Dogg, as she has not yet earned the privilege of even being considered in the same category. He claims that the rapper could care less about the fact that Azalea is upset with him, and plans to pay (pay no mind 看轻, 看淡, 根本不关心, 不在乎: ignore; make light of.) her upset towards his Instagram diss absolutely no mind whatsoever. Dallinger also puts the singer on blast for reportedly telling a lie ( put someone on blast I. to tell someone's information to others without their consent. I told you that in confidence, not for you to put me on blast. Man... you just put me on blast. II. when someone tells your business to everyone. Why did she put me on blast?!) that her bodyguard had saved the life of Snoop Dogg's friend while he was residing in a Canadian hotel that had caught on fire, claiming that he was actually the one to kick the room's door and pull the man from the potentially fatal flames. He goes on to allege that Azalea and her bodyguard had already left the premises by the time knowledge broke out that there was a dangerous situation at hand. Dallinger finished the interview by stating that Azalea had better learn her place 知道自己的位置 soon, or else he and others would set fellow rapper Nicki Minaj on her to inform her of ( put/set someone straight to make certain that someone knows the real facts about a situation: Don't worry, I set him straight (on this matter).) where she truly belongs in the rap world. The feud began during this past weekend, when Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to post a picture of an albino ( albino [ælˈbi:nəu] a person or animal with very pale skin, white hair or fur, and pink eyes caused by a medical condition that they were born with. Albinism 白化病 is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin. It is the opposite of melanism. Albinism results from inheritance of recessive gene alleles and is known to affect all vertebrates(脊椎动物an animal with a backbone, for example a mammal, a bird, or a fish.), including humans. While an organism with complete absence of melanin is called an albino (UK [ælˈbi:nou], or US [ælˈbaɪnou]) an organism with only a diminished amount of melanin 黑色素 ([ˈmelənɪn] a dark substance in the skin, eyes, and hair that gives them their colour. ) is described as albinoid白癜风. Poliosis头发白斑症. It can give rise to a "Mallen Streak(white patches on the hair)" that can be hereditary.) woman he compared to how Azalea looked without makeup. The Australian rapper hit back almost instantly via Twitter, where she posted an update detailing her fury at the image and at the California rapper for posting such a mean image and claiming the two had a similar likeness. She went on to claim that he got his bodyguards to request pictures be taken with her whenever the two were at the same event, questioning why he would make such an effort to be around her and then follow it up by posting such a mean-spirited picture for no apparent reason. She finished the post by calling him an a**, and informing the rapper that she was incredibly disappointed in his actions. The retort 还嘴, 回击 was deleted from the social media website shortly after it had been published, a PR move that was not returned by Snoop Dogg's camp, who allowed him to leave the aforementioned image up on his Instagram account where it still currently remains. He chose to take the conflict even further in the early afternoon of October 14th, posting yet another picture that yielded his view of Azalea's likeness to various other individuals, this time posting a composite picture of the rapper and one of the lead characters from the highly rated comedy White Chicks, whom he says shares an uncanny resemblance ( uncanny [ʌnˈkæni] strange and mysterious. He predicted the winners of each race with uncanny accuracy. ) to Azalea herself. It remains to be seen how Iggy Azalea feels regarding Snoop Dogg's latest dig at her appearance, or Daz Dallinger's statement that she does not know where she belongs in the rap industry. The singer has yet to give any statement regarding the matter, whether via interview or further social media retort.
