用法学习: 1. A changing room, locker room, dressing room (usually in a sports, theater or staff context) or changeroom (regional use) is a room or area designated for changing one's clothes. Changing rooms are provided in a semi-public situation to enable people to change clothes in privacy, either individually or on a gender basis. Separate changing rooms may be provided for men and women, or there may be a non-gender specific open space with individual cubicles or stalls. Sometimes a person may change his or her clothes in a toilet cubicle of a washroom. Changing stalls are small stalls where clothes can be changed in privacy. They are used for swimming purposes. Locker rooms are usually gender-specific spaces where clothes are changed and stored in lockers. They are often used for swimming or other sporting purposes. They are open spaces with no stalls. Fitting rooms 试衣间 (服装店)更衣室, or dressing rooms (体育赛事的更衣室) (Thus fitting rooms may be used for changing, or just for fitting without changing.), are usually small single-user cubicles where a person may try on clothes. These are often found at retail stores where one would want to try on clothes before purchasing them. Green rooms and trap rooms(舞台的更衣室) are usually mixed-gender backstage or under-stage changing spaces found at theaters and other similar venues. 2. How can I get rid of a spider infestation in my car?: There's one back there now, haven't got around to flooding him out冲走 – take the hose to it and flush it out. cobweb [ˈkobˌweb] a net that a spider makes out of thin sticky strings. tongue-tied 舌头打结的, 紧张的说不出话来的 adj unable to speak because you are nervous or embarrassed. tongue-lashing an occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. tongues wag 说三道四 if tongues wag, people say unkind things about someone. set/start tongues wagging: Leaving his car parked outside her house was bound to set tongues wagging. watch your tongue spoken used for saying that someone is being rude and should not say any more. Being tongue tied, medically defined as having ankyloglossia, is a condition in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane 膜, 薄膜, 细胞膜 that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short, causing restricted movement of the tongue. Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a congenital 天生的 oral anomaly which may decrease mobility of the tongue tip and is caused by an unusually short, thick lingual frenulum, a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. Ankyloglossia varies in degree of severity from mild cases characterized by mucous membrane bands to complete ankyloglossia whereby the tongue is tethered to the floor of the mouth.
澳房价: The big concern, Mr Lawless said, is that the ratio of housing debt 住房贷款 to disposable income可支配收入 had reached a record level at 137 per cent. "Therefore it is no surprise that the Reserve Bank, together with the Australian Prudential (prudential I. Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation. II. 谨慎小心的. Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious. III. advisory; superintending or executive. a prudential committee.) Regulation Authority, is now contemplating the likelihood of introducing macroprudential ( The term macroprudential regulation 宏观调控 characterizes the approach to financial regulation aimed to mitigate the risk of the financial system as a whole (or "systemic risk"). In the aftermath of the late-2000s financial crisis, there is a growing consensus among policymakers and economic researchers about the need to re-orient the regulatory framework towards a macroprudential perspective. ) tools to reduce some of the exuberance( exuberant [ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt] 过度乐观 happy, excited, and full of energy. an exuberant crowd. a. showing happiness, excitement, and energy. exuberant designs by a local artist. ) in the housing market and rebalance investor demand," he said. 美国第一例伊波拉病毒: Authorities with the Centres for Disease Control 疾病控制中心, 疾控中心 (CDC) revealed the finding a day after the unidentified patient arrived at a Dallas hospital with suspicious symptoms. Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas put the man into "strict isolation严格隔离" and sent a specimen to the CDC in Atlanta for testing. The CDC said preliminary results初步结果 show the man has the deadly disease which has been linked to more than 3000 recent deaths in Africa. According to the World Health Organisation, there have been more than 6500 cases confirmed in Africa, with Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone among the hardest hit受灾最严重. Nowa Paye, 9, is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of the Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve. Dr. Christopher Perkins told reporters that the Texas man didn't start showing symptoms显现症状 until he arrived home. "We know at this time this person was not symptomatic during travel but became symptomatic开始有症状显现的 once arriving here and being home for several days," said Perkins, according the Dallas Morning News. "So that decreases the threat that might be to the general population." The CDC has a team enroute to North Texas to help health officials re-trace the man's contacts since he has been back in the states. Ebola is highly contagious and deadly, but only spread 传播 through contact with bodily fluids体液接触. Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson spent most of his day trying to calm the fears of North Texans. "It is easier to get the flu than it is to get the Ebola virus," Thompson told KTVT-TV. "You have to get it through secretion, blood, that type of transmission. So this is not a situation where you go to the grocery store and you get infected with the virus." Four American aid workers have contracted 感染 Ebola in West Africa and been evacuated to the US for treatment since late July. Three of them were released after making full recoveries. BB淘汰者: "I can't believe that!" Katie told TheFIX exclusively, adding that none of the other housemates were privy to this game-changing piece of information. What's more, when Tim re-entered the house in week two, Katie says the two acted like they'd never met. "That was the weirdest thing, they'd stay far away from each other," she observed. Scandal! Being tight with ( tight I. controlled very carefully and strictly. Security has been very tight throughout the Prince's visit. It was politically desirable to have a tight economic policy. tight control of costs. a. done with a lot of skill and care so that mistakes are not made. a tight performance by the cast. They kept things tight for the first half of the game. II. if money is tight, you have only just enough. a tight budget 预算紧: holidays for people on a tight budget. money is tight/things are tight: Things will be a little tight for a few months. a. if time is tight时间紧张, you have so little time that it is difficult for you to do what you need to. If time is tight, cook the chicken the day before. a tight schedule/deadline/timetable: We're going to be working to a very tight schedule. b. if space is tight空间紧张, you have only just enough. You can just about park here, but it's pretty tight. a tight squeeze (=a situation in which there is only just enough space): It's a tight squeeze 使劲挤几下 for all of you in our little house. III. a tight voice or expression shows that you are nervous or annoyed. He gave her a tight smile. IV. if your chest 胸闷 or another part of your body feels tight, it feels as if it is being squeezed. His throat was too tight 嗓子紧 to allow the words to escape. V. a tight angle 小角度 is a very small angle that gives you very little space to do something. VI. a tight bend 弯弯曲曲的路 on a road is difficult to drive round because it curves a lot. VII. consisting of people or things that are very close together. a tight bundle of sticks. VIII. if a game is tight, both players or teams play well and it is difficult to know who will win. IX. a tight group of people have a close relationship with each other. keep a tight grip/rein/hold on something to control something in a very strict way. The company needs to keep a tight hold on costs this month. run a tight ship to control something such as an organization or institution in a very strict and effective way. a tight corner/spot/situation a difficult situation. She can usually talk her way out of tight corners. ) a known strategist with a proven track record is bound to have its advantages. "Of course they've had conversations, 100 percent," she said. "I don't know who the real Jake is but he's definitely sneaky and he's definitely playing on things, I think people don't know the real Jake as yet." Speaking of labels, Katie was known as a "queen bee女王蜂" among housemates, but is keen to set the record straight. "I'm definitely not a mean girl, absolutely not!" she said. 泰国恢复旅游新举措: Yearlong political unrest followed by a military coup has cut deeply into Thailand's vital tourist trade, and a grisly double slaying of British backpackers in mid-September has spurred fear of an even sharper plummet in foreign visits. But a proposal by Tourism Minister to protect tourists by fitting them with tracking wristbands or saddling them with拴上 (be in the saddle I. informal to have control of something. I'd like to assure people the government is firmly in the saddle. II. to be riding a horse. saddle up to put a saddle on a horse. saddle someone with something to give someone something that is difficult to deal with. The company was saddled with a huge debt last year. pack saddle a type of horse's saddle to which you can fix a load. saddle-sore suffering from sore muscles and feeling stiff after you ride a horse or a bicycle. ) government minders is likely to land with a thud among patrons of the once party-hearty 尽情玩闹, 尽情欢乐 ( party-hearty To engage in unrestrained merriment. hearty I. friendly and enthusiastic, sometimes in a slightly annoying way. a hearty 由衷的, 发自肺腑的, 发自内心的 laugh/handshake. II. a hearty meal is large. III. formal hearty feelings are sincere and you feel them strongly. Hardy/Hearty. These two words overlap somewhat, but usually the word you want is "hearty." The standard expressions are "a hearty appetite," "a hearty meal," a "hearty handshake," "a hearty welcome," and "hearty applause." "Hardy" turns up in "hale and hardy," but should not be substituted for "hearty" in the other expressions. "Party hearty" and "party hardy" are both common renderings of a common youth saying, but the first makes more sense. Well, what are you really trying to say to someone when you say "party hardy/hearty"? If you're trying to wish the person well in holding up to all that drinking, it's "hardy." If you want them to have a lot of rollicking fun, it's "hearty." If you're trying to say both, stick to the spoken word. If you're the NYT, and you mean to insult the catty, exclusionary state school girls, "hardy" actually is the better choice. ) vacation land. "When tourists check into a hotel they will be given a wristband with a serial number that matches their ID and shows the contact details of the resort they are staying in so that if they're out partying late and, for example, get drunk or lost, they can be easily assisted," Kobkarn was quoted as saying by the Bangkok Post. "The next step would be some sort of electronic tracking device, but this has not yet been discussed in detail," she said. Limiting the times and venues at which tourists would be permitted to party on Thailand's popular beaches was also being considered in response to the recent insecurity that appears to be deterring foreign visits, the minister observed. The British broadcaster also quoted Kobkarn as saying she was pondering 认真考虑 party curfews and restrictions on where they can be held, as well as a "buddy system" in which foreign visitors would be paired with a local minder to deter any foul play. Thailand has been under martial law since May, when the army chief staged a coup d'etat, deposing a teetering interim leadership(teeter 跌跌撞撞的 to stand or move in a way that is not steady and makes you seem about to fall. Stephanie went downstairs, teetering on her high heels. teetering on the brink/edge (of something) in a situation in which something bad is very likely to happen. The organization is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. teeter-totter a children's word for a seesaw.) after months of rebellion in Bangkok against populist Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The military junta in late August named coup leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha to take on the civilian mantle of prime minister, in a sign that a return to democracy and the rule of law法制 isn't likely soon despite the declared intention by the general at the time of the May 22 coup to restore elected leadership within a year. Prayuth provoked anger among tourism purveyors ( purvey [pə(r)ˈveɪ] to provide information, ideas, or products. purvey something to someone: These writers purveyed an important message to the people. purveyor noun purveyors of gourmet foods. Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food. Anthropologists are the purveyors of dangerous ideas. ) and civil libertarians in mid-September when he suggested that women wearing bikinis were more vulnerable to attack. Authorities also have been cracking down on red-light districts in tourist areas, blaming Thailand's entrenched sex trade for rising crime rates.
亲自实验掰弯门: The highly-publicised design flaw in the new iPhone which has been termed bendgate has led to a number of potential customers visiting Apple stores to see if they too can push the pricey smartphone out of shape. Carmine Pirone wrote that when he recently visited an Apple store to test out how easily the iPhone 6 could be warped he found a number of other tech fans out to do exactly the same thing, Cramer's Shirt reports. "I chose a discrete spot( [dɪˈskri:t] separate. discrete categories/units. ) toward the middle of the store with my back to most of the crowd," Mr Pirone wrote. "I took a peek 偷摸 around out of the side of my eye眼角 I happened to notice I was not the only person conducting this experiment. At least two others were doing the same at the same time. I went about my business. "Taking my thumbs I pressed and pushed in toward my hands that were firmly around the rest of the phone covering the entirety of the screen on the other side. It bent." The writer said that as he was examining his "handy work" a girl approached him after observing that he had successfully warped the costly new smartphone. "I tried and couldn't," she said as a group of other curious customers gathered around to witness bendgate firsthand. After drawing a crowd Mr Pirone said he left the store without remorse. Mr Pirone added that the Apple employees seemed indifferent to customers' attempts to bend the phone as few had been able to pull it off and he may have only succeeded because he knew where the weak spot was, is a large man and applied so much pressure his thumb was left sore for 20 minutes. "I find it hard to believe this thing is going to bend under normal wear and tear正常使用. Maybe if you're over 200 pounds and sit on it for 20 minutes it might bend, but why would you," he wrote. The writer said the main thing he took away from the experience was that "nobody cares about bendgate".
