用法学习: 1. Compression garments (performance compression shorts 紧身内衣. tights 紧身裤) are pieces of clothing that fit tightly around the skin. In medical contexts, compression garments provide support for people who have to stand for long periods or have poor circulation. These come in varying degrees of compression, and higher degree compression sleeves, such as sleeves that provide compression of 20–30 mmHg or higher, typically require a doctor's prescription. Compression garments worn on the legs can help prevent deep vein thrombosis and reduce swelling, especially while traveling. In sports, form-fitting compression sportswear, usually made of spandex, is commonly worn by athletes and in exercise to prevent chafing and rashes( chafe [tʃeɪf] I. [intransitive] to feel annoyed and impatient about something that stops you doing what you want. chafe at/under: We were all beginning to chafe a little under such close supervision. II. 磨. 摩擦, 磨损. [intransitive/ transitive] to rub the skin on a part of your body and make it sore. The collar had been chafing his neck. The straps of the backpack were beginning to chafe. a. [transitive] to rub a part of your body in order to make it warm. III. used in cookery to describe when someone overworks scone dough, so that it ends up with too much air in it. chaff [tʃɑːf] [tʃæf] the outer part of wheat and other grains that is removed before the grains are used. sort/separate the wheat from the chaff 去芜存菁 to show which parts or people are useless and get rid of them. ). A bellyband, wrap, or abdominal binder is a compression garment which resembles a tubetop worn over the abdomen of expectant mothers. Belly wraps are also very commonly worn postpartum. Belly wraps are typically prescribed for abdominal support, making it easier for people with back pain to perform day to day tasks, as well as to help mothers with their posture and potential back problems post delivery. Compression shorts and tights are undergarments usually worn by athletes. They are form-fitting garments and when worn, cover the athlete's waist to mid or lower thigh, similar to cycling shorts. More recently, jockstraps (A jockstrap (also known as a jock, strap, supporter, or athletic supporter) is an undergarment for supporting the male genitalia during cycling, contact sports or other vigorous physical activity. A jockstrap consists of a waistband (usually elastic) with a support pouch for the genitalia and two elastic straps affixed to the base of the pouch and to the left and right sides of the waistband at the hip. The pouch, in some varieties, may be fitted with a pocket to hold an abdominal guard (impact resistant cup, box) to protect the testicles and the penis from injury.) have declined in popularity with young male athletes, and garments such as compression shorts have seen an increase in popularity, arguably because of their comparable function and less embarrassing looks. Many are available with a cup pocket, a sewn-in pocket that can hold a protective cup. It is arguable that compression shorts do not keep cups in the proper position, tight to the body and not moving, as a jockstrap can. Some players wear the compression shorts over the traditional jockstrap. A bodysuit or shorthand body is a one-piece form-fitting garment that covers the torso and the crotch, and cannot be used as a swimsuit. 2. With lip-syncing and comedy skits in 15-second bursts, the social video app TikTok seems custom-built to baffle anyone over the age of 21. But for some Australians it offers a very new type of fame and fortune. TikTok users create video clips using short grabs of music and can deploy tools that sync the footage to the beat, as well as superimposing animations. Much like Instagram filters, these tools give a veneer of professionalism to even the most fresh-faced video maker. Yet the overriding feeling in the app is surprisingly genuine, uncynical and cheerful. The humour is broad and physical: videos are shot with friends in the school canteen; mums walk into frame at inopportune ( [ɪnˈɑpərˌtun] an inopportune time or moment is not convenient, appropriate, or right. unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times. a. happening at a time that is not convenient, appropriate, or right. Publication of the letter had been inopportune. ) moments. The comedy is typically gentle and often centres on slapstick (卓别林, 金凯瑞等为代表)(Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity 超出常规的夸张行为, 夸张动作 which exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. The term arises from a device developed during the broad, physical comedy style known as Commedia dell'arte in 16th Century Italy. The "slap stick 类似于快板" consists of two thin slats of wood, which make a 'slap' when striking another actor, with little force needed to make a loud—and comical—sound. The physical slap stick remains a key component of the plot in the traditional and popular Punch and Judy puppet show. Building on its later popularity in the 19th and early 20th-century ethnic routines of the American vaudeville house, the style was explored extensively during the "golden era" of black and white, silent movies directed by figures Mack Sennett and Hal Roach and featuring such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, the Keystone Cops, The Three Stooges, and Chespirito. Silent slapstick comedy was also popular in early French films and included films by Max Linder, Charles Prince, and Sarah Duhamel. Slapstick also became a common element in animated features starting in the 1930 ). Common scenarios play out, like meeting new housemates or arriving at a party, and then hijinks ( high jinks II. Boisterous activity or behaviour, especially in sport; lively fun. I. Tricky and/or humorous behavior; mischief. Hijinks are examples of mischief or merrymaking that are often disruptive or rowdy. Prank phone calls and gag gifts are both forms of hijinks. shenanigans I. (uncountable) Mischievous play, especially by children. Shanti and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They're up to their usual shenanigans. II. (uncountable) Deceitful tricks; trickery, games. You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled. The advertisement said it would cost $50, but they charged me $75 at the register. I declare shenanigans. ) ensue. There is an uncomplicated approach to viral content — challenges that anyone can attempt, like "Karma's a bitch" or "#eatonthebeat" — which suits the app's international popularity, because nothing gets lost in translation. 3. buy (something) on credit 赊账 To buy something with the promise of paying for it later, as with a credit card as opposed to cash. to purchase something now and pay for it later (normally plus interest). Almost everyone who buys a house buys it on credit. I didn't have any cash with me, so I used my credit card and bought a new coat on credit. I ran out of money at Christmastime and had to buy some presents on credit, so I'm dreading my next credit card bill. 点数: 充值点数, token, in-app currency, coins. Popular users can also earn via TikTok livestreams. Once they buy in-app currency — 100 coins currently cost $1.29; 10,000 cost $134.99 — users can purchase emoji to give to their favourite stars. These gifts can then be converted back into cash. 乌克兰训练儿童杀戮: While the physical aspect is gruelling, and many of the smaller kids struggle lugging 拖着走 heavy guns and ammunition across camp, the ideological 意识形态的 training that takes place here is just as important to party leaders. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, radical nationalism has been on the rise, and parties like this have been steadily increasing their profile and popularity. Re-enforcing nationalist ideology in young minds is crucial in the fight against pro-Russian separatists. 4. say something in a roundabout way 绕着弯的说, 迂回曲折的, 委婉的说, 算是吧. 可以那么说吧. to imply something without saying it; to say something indirectly; to speak using circumlocution. Why don't you say what you mean? Why do you always say something in a roundabout way? What did she mean? Why did she say it in a roundabout way? roundabout I. British English a raised circular area where three or more roads join together and which cars must drive around traffic circle American English. II a round structure for children to play on in a park. Children sit on it while someone pushes it around and around. American English: merry-go-round III. a roundabout way of saying something is not clear, direct, or simple. roundabout way/fashion: It was a roundabout way of telling us to leave. Tell me again what it is you are doing. I'm a angel invester. I help turn around struggling businesses. disheartened 灰了心智的, 热情尽失的, 灰心的, 丧失热情的 no longer confident or enthusiastic about something. If you are disheartened, you feel disappointed about something and have less confidence or less hope about it than you did before. He was disheartened by their hostile reaction. ladylike 淑女的 behaving in a quiet polite way that was traditionally considered appropriate for a woman. Shouting across the street at someone is not very ladylike! safety in numbers 人多势众, 人多力量大 If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone. Many people still feel there is safety in numbers when belonging to a union. 5. jump I. If you jump something such as a fence, you move quickly up and through the air over or across it. He jumped the first fence beautifully. II. If you jump somewhere, you move there quickly and suddenly. Adam jumped from his seat at the girl's cry. She jumped to her feet 一下子站起来, 跳起来 and ran downstairs. 'I'll do it, Eleanor,' Angus said, jumping up. III. If something makes you jump, it makes you make a sudden movement because you are frightened or surprised. The phone shrilled, making her jump. IV. If an amount or level jumps, it suddenly increases or rises by a large amount in a short time. Sales jumped from $94 million to over $101 million. The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year. Shares in Euro Disney jumped 17p. ...a big jump in energy conservation. V. If someone jumps a queue, they move to the front of it and are served or dealt with before it is their turn. [British] The prince refused to jump the queue for treatment at the local hospital.VI. If someone jumps on you or jumps you, they attack you suddenly. [informal] A week later, the same guys jumped on 攻击, 袭击 me on our own front lawn. Two guys jumped me with clubs in the carpark. VII. If you jump at an offer or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly. Members of the public would jump at the chance to become part owners of the corporation. VIII. If someone jumps on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of. A lot of people jumped on me about that, you know. IX. If someone jumps you, they attack you suddenly or unexpectedly. [mainly US, informal] Half a dozen sailors jumped him. We jumped the cab and bolted. make a bolt for somewhere to try to escape by running towards something: The thief tried to make a bolt for the exit. lock the stable door after the horse has bolted 尥蹶子了 or lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen to take precautions after harm has been done. to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done. 6. breezy [briːzi] I. If you describe someone as breezy, you mean that they behave in a casual, cheerful, and confident manner. lively, confident, and informal. With a breezy laugh, she said she didn't mind at all. She gave a bright breezy smile as she came in. a breezy essay for the paper. ...his bright and breezy personality. Mona tried to sound breezy. a. 太过放松, 太不当一回事. used in a negative way for saying that someone is too informal and not careful enough. a breezy attitude toward work. II. If you describe something as breezy, especially music or clothing, you mean that it is bright, lively, and cheerful. [journalism] This album is bright, breezy and playful. III. When the weather is breezy, there is a fairly strong but pleasant wind blowing. The day was breezy and warm. be bright and breezy 个性阳光的 To be confident and cheerful. cheery and alert. You look all bright and breezy this morning. Bright and breezy people on a gloomy day like this make me sick. I may be bright and breezy now, but I often felt melancholy as a teenager. grunt If your younger brother is particularly grouchy ( grouchy 心情不好的 [ˈɡrautʃi] often in a bad mood or complaining a lot. ), he might simply grunt in answer to your question about whose turn it is to take out the garbage. A grunt is a short, deep sound. I. 嘟哝. If you grunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something. to express something gruffly. he grunted his answer. The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy. 'Rubbish,' I grunted. He grunted his thanks. Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement. II. When an animal grunts, it makes a low rough noise. (esp of pigs and some other animals) to emit a low short gruff noise. ...the sound of a pig grunting. n. INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN a low-ranking soldier or unskilled worker. "he went from grunt to senior executive vice president in five years". gruff I. 低沉沙哑的. A gruff voice sounds low and rough. a gruff voice has a rough low sound. He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice. II. If you describe someone as gruff, you mean that they seem rather unfriendly or bad-tempered. rude and unfriendly. Don't let his gruff manner scare you away. His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts. gronk A narrow-minded person stuck in the past with dinosaur views. Instead of mechanically dismantling the auto, he broke it apart with a sledge hammer. what a gronk! I. A person that is totally lacking in fashion sense, motor skills and/or social skills. Usually a total moron, an extremely unpleasant person or an unwanted guest. Someone who makes poor social choices. Generally they act like a bit of an idiot and make a fool of themselves, which is embarrassing for them as well as embarrassing for other people who are around them. Someone who just generally acts like a dickhead, that seems like a fool. Someone you're embarrassed to introduce people to. Oi stop embaressing me, you're being a gronk. No wonder he can't get a girlfriend, he is such a gronk! Ugh I don't know how she keeps Bobby around, he is a legend and she just acts like a gronk towards him. II. Sometimes: A likeable idiot or Bogan (especially in Queensland). Why would you "steal my car for the weekend," you gronk! 8. pigsty [ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ] US pigpen 猪圈 an enclosed area where pigs are kept. a dirty or messy place. a. A very dirty or untidy house or room. Your bedroom's a pigsty! She was fed up with living in a pigsty. to speak of Nothing to speak of 没什么值得说的, 不值得一提的, 没什么值得一提的 means 'hardly anything' or 'only unimportant things'. They have no weaponry to speak of. 'Any fresh developments?'—'Nothing to speak of.' speaking of which 'Speaking of which' can be used to refer to something that has just been said. Other similar phrases are: by the way, incidentally, apropos, with regard to...: I won't be home when you get in from school tonight. Speaking of which, don't forget your keys. speaking of someone/something related to the subject being discussed: Casey is at a birthday party – speaking of birthdays, Abe's is Friday. speak of the devil (idiomatic, humorous) An expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene. ears are burning 打喷嚏, 有人提到, 有人在说你 (idiomatic, colloquial) Being the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening. His ears are burning. are your ears burning (idiomatic, colloquial, rhetorical question) Asked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion. Are your ears burning? We were just talking about you. speak for someone to express the opinions or wishes of someone: I can't speak for the others. something you say to someone to say that the opinion that they have just expressed is not the same as your opinion: "We had a really boring trip." "Speak for yourself! I had a wonderful time!". talk about something informal used to emphasize the size, amount, or extent of something. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something Talk about a loose cannon! Did you hear his TV speech? Talk about having a bad day. I had the worst day ever! "I should say yes," agreed George. "And talk about speed!" he added. "Wow! One ball he threw soaked me in the ear. I can feel it yet!" and he rubbed the side of his head reflectively. 9. 王子分家: There has been discussion over making a formal division between 分开 the Princes' estates and duties, as they now have their own families and different responsibilities. Currently the pair share a joint household 分家(the people who live in a house or apartment when they are considered as a single unit. A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house. ...growing up in a male-only household. Many poor households are experiencing real hardship. What percentage of the city's households live in poverty? a one-/two-/four-person household 三口之家, 四口之家. The household is your home and everything that is connected with looking after it. The cost of running the average household... ...household chores. be a household name/word 家喻户晓的 to be very well known. Today, fashion designers are household names. My agent told me, 'This'll make your name a household word.' Microsoft has become a household word. adj. I. [only before noun] used in homes, or relating to homes. household goods/appliances/expenses, etc. II. relating to all the people living in one home. Their total household income 家庭收入 is less than $15,000 a year. ) but as the future king, William will have different duties from Prince Harry. The brothers — and their wives — also have different interests and charitable endeavours which they pursue, so a formal division may be the most sensible option. A royal source said: "Harry and Meghan want to move, and need more space, but they don't want to live next door to William and Catherine. 离婚分家merge or split household: Living as separate households: You may find you can't afford to move out of your shared home immediately. If your split has been amicable, you may be able to divide your home between you and live separately. Strengthen your rights. If you are not married or in a civil partnership and you are not the owner or official tenant of your home, you won't have any rights to stay there if your ex-partner later decides they want you to leave. If you and your partner have any joint bank accounts or savings, you will probably want to close them and open separate accounts. If you're afraid your partner will empty an account before you can close it, you can ask the bank to freeze it so neither of you can take any money out. Alternatively, you may wish to continue to use the account for paying rent, mortgage or bills. If you have any joint insurance policies (for example, contents insurance or travel insurance) you may wish to separate these as well. If the arrangement is to be a success, it's important that you lay down certain ground rules, in particular about guests - will you feel comfortable if your ex brings a new partner into the home? You'll also need to decide how you'll divide up the expenses and responsibilities of running the household. It's probably best to put this in writing, to avoid arguments in the future.
Turkey baster 人工受孕: Basting(baste [beɪst] I. to cover meat with hot fat or its own juices while it cooks. II. American to sew two pieces of cloth together with long loose stitches that will hold them while you finish sewing it with permanent stitches.) is a cooking technique that involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a sauce or marinade. The meat is left to cook, then periodically coated with the juice. Prominently used in grilling, rotisserie, roasting, and other meat preparations where the meat is over heat for extended periods of time, basting is used to keep meat moist during the cooking process and also to apply or enhance flavor. Improperly administered basting, however, may actually lead to the very problem it is designed to prevent: the undesired loss of moisture (drying out) of the meat. If not compensated by countermeasures, the opening of the oven door and the resulting loss of temperature and moisture content of the air circulating inside can lead to increased evaporation from the meat surfaces. A baster. The flexible rubber end of the baster (beige in the image) can have a different color. To prevent this, the easiest solution is to place the meat in a closed oven bag, which traps evaporating moisture and does not let it disseminate into the oven space and then out to the kitchen. The meat is "auto basted" when the air trapped inside the bag reaches the point of its maximum possible moisture content, and the resulting precipitate forms into drops on the surfaces of the meat or the wall of the bag. The drops roll down to the lowest point of the closed space, where the meat sits and cooks in the resulting juices. This technique often requires minimal or no added liquids other than what the meat already contains, for loss of moisture is virtually negligible from inside the bag. Perhaps even better, some oven pans are designed to carry a lid. Other alternatives include allowing extended cooking time, administering increased amounts of juices, coating the meat with moisture rich fruits or fat-rich cuts, such as bacon, or actual fat, place moisture rich fruits and vegetables around the cooking meats, and if possible, using a convection oven. This is a type of cooking usually recommended for dishes that generally taste mild, but are served with sauces that provide complementing or overpowering flavor to them, for example chicken chasseur. Basting is a technique generally known to be used for turkey, pork, chicken, duck, and beef (including steak), but may be applied to virtually any type of meat. The Turkey Baster Method 人工受孕 is the most common way of artificial insemination to get pregnant via an artificial insemination at home. More often than not you do NOT actually use a turkey baster but instead, a disposable syringe. You can ask your doctor for a needleless syringe or you can buy an oral medicine syringe at just about any pharmacy. Select a 4-inch syringe with a plunger 推针的, not a bulb end. The oral medicine syringes have about a half inch narrow tip on the end. You can attach a catheter (thin tube) to the syringe but you don't need to and it may waste more of the semen to use one. Take a clean or sterile glass or plastic cup, baggy, or collection condom and have the male ejaculate into it. Do NOT use a regular condom because it may contain chemicals that kill sperm. There are special collection condoms for this purpose which do not have sperm-killing chemicals. You'll probably have better luck getting the semen out of a cup since you could suck the baggy or condom up to the syringe and block the opening, but you may get a larger sample with the baggy or the special collection condom. You can use a tiny bit of saline ([ˈseɪˌlin] containing salt. a saline solution.), without additives/preservatives, to help get as much sperm as possible into the syringe, but you don't need to worry too much about leaving a little behind. If you are using frozen sperm, you need to ask the sperm bank for directions on thawing. Draw back on the syringe once with nothing but air, then push the air out again. Draw back on the syringe again, but this time have the end of it in the semen — the vacuum created by pulling back on the stopper will suck the semen into the syringe. Try to tap out any air bubbles since you don't want to inject air into your vagina. You can do this by slowly rotating the syringe until the opening is facing up. Tap the air bubbles to the top and then push the plunger in on the catheter just a small amount — enough to get rid of air without squirting any semen out. Get into a position where you can stay comfortably for a half hour or can get into the position minimal movement. It is ideal to either have hips raised or to lay on your side making sure your pelvis is canted (usually hips provide natural angle if your hips are wider than your waist, but if your bed, or wherever you are lying, is soft, you may want to put a pillow or two underneath your hip). Slowly glide the syringe, or catheter, into the vagina until it is close to the cervix — but do not try to get it into the cervix, and do this gently. Your goal is to coat the outside of the cervix and to deposit as much sperm as possible as close the cervix as you can get it. SLOWLY inject sperm. If you do it too fast, it can squirt out of the vagina or at least spray away from the cervix. If you are concerned about wastage in the syringe, you can use some saline, without additives . . . add some to the syringe, shake it a bit, get the air out, and inject. This is not necessary since there probably won't be enough wastage to be of concern. Try to have an orgasm. Some suggest that using a vibrator for clitoral stimulation produces a bigger, more powerful orgasm. Use whatever method works best for you (unless it requires lots of water). The orgasm helps the cervix dip into the vaginal pool and suck up sperm — it helps get more sperm up there, and may speed sperm travel. Avoid penetration (intercourse or with a vibrator). It's best to use the equipment only once and then discard it to prevent contamination. Otherwise, you can use water and a mild germicidal soap to clean your supplies if they will have time to dry completely before re-use or run very hot water over them. Timing: The timing for this kind of artificial insemination at home is the same as for intercourse. The best timing is the day of ovulation and the 2-3 days before ovulation. If you use an ovulation predictor kit then it's the day of the LH surge, the day before the LH surge (as detected with an ovulation predictor kit), and next 1-2 days, the last day or two being insurance. If you don't have all those options, the day of the LH surge and the day after are the best. The advantage of this method is that you don't need any fitted equipment. You don't even need a speculum (though you can use one). The success rate is the same as with intercourse, perhaps a bit less because there are usually fewer opportunities for insemination and timing may not cover the bases as well.
问工作: What line of business is your family in? So what do you do (for a job/living)? "So
where do you work?" is common, but less straightforward, as you could
receive an answer like "downtown Los Angeles." (but most people will
know what you mean). In American culture where so much of our identities are wrapped up in our careers, asking someone what kind of work they do is a welcome question. Acquaintances and even strangers making small talk would consider this an expected, polite question that shows interest in getting to know them. You could say "So, what kind of work do you do?", or "What company do you work for?". If you are asking your friends about their family members' careers, and you don't feel comfortable enough to initiate direct questions, you might wait until the conversation casually turns toward family then offer information about the careers and businesses in your own family. Wait to see if your friends naturally reciprocate. Most likely they will. One more thing. You're right. It can very helpful to have friends with family, careers, business and connections that may one day be helpful to you by association. Unless most of the people in your social circles have the same motives as you do and that's understood, it's not cool. For most Americans the idea of screening 筛选 a person for the value of their family connections before deciding whether or not to become a friend, is repugnant([rɪˈpʌɡnənt] extremely unpleasant or offensive. ). When it does happen it's only acceptable in circles where like-minded people expect it to happen or even welcome it, such as some social clubs, fraternities and sororities, networking groups, private membership organizations, trade and professional associations. Even then, with the exception of organizations where an elite family background is a prerequisite 前提条件, 先决条件 for membership (where you'll find that members freely exchange impressive information about other members' backgrounds), the people involved are typically exchanging their own personal or business currency, not that of their families. Of course, people have all sorts of motives for making friends or acquaintances but when it comes to real friendships versus business connections, Americans value genuine relationships based on common interests or values. If you are seeking to make true friendships, try focusing on things you have in common with others. As you get to know one another you will each voluntarily share things about family and you won't even have to ask.
