用法学习: 1. poke a hole in something = poke holes in something I. to make a hole in something by pushing something through it He had poked a hole in his blanket. II. 找出漏洞来. 找茬. 挑出错来, 找出毛病来. to find mistakes or problems in a plan or in what someone has said Defense attorneys tried to poke holes in Rodger's story. "I don't really think you could make that movie now, right?" Roberts said. But while she believes there are many aspects that you could condemn under a 2019 lens 以2019年的标准来看, she reckons it's still an enjoyable film for viewers. "So many things you could poke a hole in, but I don't think it takes away from people being able to enjoy it," she adds. Pretty woman: Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and sex work in Los Angeles, the film (pretty woman) was reconceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. Vivian's straightforward personality 直来直去的个性 is rubbing off on 影响, 感染 Edward, and he finds himself acting in unaccustomed ways. Vivian breaks her "no kissing on the mouth" rule (which her friend Kit taught her) and they have sex; in the afterglow ( afterglow I. 余光. 余晖. The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down. [literary] ...the light of the sunset's afterglow. II. 喜悦的气氛. You can refer to the good feeling or effects that remain after an event as the afterglow. ...basking in the afterglow of their Champions League victory. [+ of] ) believing Edward is asleep, Vivian admits she loves him, and as she drifts off, Edward opens his eyes. Edward offers to put her up in an apartment so she can be off the streets. Hurt, she refuses, says this is not the "fairy tale" she dreamed of as a child, in which a knight on a white horse rescues her. left field I. Left-field means slightly odd or unusual. An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field). Some of her comments really came from left field. I have no idea what she was thinking. ...a left-field cabaret act. Her parents were creative and left-field and wanted Polly to become a singer or a truck driver. II. An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field). come out of left field = be out in left field if something comes out of left field, it surprises you because you did not expect it. If you say that someone or something has come out of left field or is out in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way. The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn't really surprised. He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence. 2. silver bullet a bullet made of silver, supposedly the only weapon that could kill a werewolf. a simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem. "there is no 'silver bullet' that can prevent flooding entirely". In folklore, a bullet cast from silver is often the only weapon that is effective against a werewolf, witch, or other monsters. The term is also a metaphor for a simple, seemingly magical, solution to a difficult problem: for example, penicillin was a silver bullet that cured many bacterial infections. scaredy-cat 胆小如鼠的人, 胆小鬼, 怕死鬼 [ˈskɛːdɪkat] noun informal a timid person. "we contemptuously called them scaredy-cats". contemptuous [kəntemptʃuəs] 鄙视的, 鄙夷不屑的 adj If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all. He was contemptuous of private farmers. He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties. [+ of] She gave a contemptuous little laugh. Sandilands has made no secret of the fact he's not a fan of Morrison and on Monday’s show he aired a montage of some of the not-so-nice things he has said about the PM in the past which included calling him a "gronk" ((Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent person. 弱智. ), "a slob (slob 懒虫, 懒蛋, 懒汉 [informal, disapproval] If you call someone a slob, you mean that they are very lazy and untidy. My boyfriend used to call his brother a fat slob.)", "a pussy", "white and wobbly 摇摇晃晃的", and a "gutless little toad". To be noted for something you do or have means to be well-known and admired for it. ...a television programme noted for its attacks on organised crime. [+ for] Lawyers are not noted for rushing into change. noted: 记下了. 知道了. 明白了. The famous Jenner fired back defensively, stating: "for those who always ask 'what's the f--k's on your wall, it's a wallpaper, and it's like rose gold splatters all over my walls. So, I don’t ever want to see this f--king question again." Noted. That didn't stop the comments though, with more than a few saying it looks like mould. 3. 房间装潢: Kylie Jenner made headlines this week after fans mistook her wallpaper for dirty marks on her wall. Fans were quick to notice something on the walls, asking if there were dirty blotches or marks all over them. "There's no denying that 无可否认 rose gold 玫瑰金 is a hot metallic right now, but Kylie has definitely shown us that all that glitters is not rose gold!" says Paula. "The metallic splatters 喷涂, 喷漆(If a thick wet substance splatters on something or is splattered on it, it drops or is thrown over it. The rain splattered 扑打 against the french windows. 'Sorry Edward,' I said, splattering the cloth with jam. ...a mud-splattered white shirt. ) on Kylie's wallpaper isn't quite working as the pattern is so sporadic that the metallic areas are appearing as a flaw. If they're used correctly, metallic tones of rose gold and copper can work fabulously to add a dramatic yet sophisticated touch. Even when used in the darkest of rooms, metallics will warm up those cold nights as we come into winter, and light will play across the patterns." The takeaway 洗取的教训 (an important piece of information to remember from a meeting, presentation, etc. This could be the most important takeaway from today's Fed announcement.): Make sure your metallic features are woven throughout the wallpaper enough so the eye picks it up as a pattern, as opposed to a flaw. Little accents will feel softer, but for those with a bolder streak like Kylie, geometrics with metallics are a great way to have some fun. 4. aberration [ˌæbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] 怪胎, 不正常, 反常, 个例, 例外 I. something that is not normal or not what you would usually expect. a genetic aberration. An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical. It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration. If someone considers a person or their behaviour to be an aberration, they think that they are strange and not socially acceptable. Single people are treated as an aberration and made to pay a supplement. the aberration of youth. aberrations from theory. aberration of character. II. a short time when someone behaves in a very strange or careless way. aberrate [ˈæbəˌreɪt] to deviate from what is normal or correct. slouch [slautʃ] 耷拉肩耷拉脑袋的. 垂头丧气的. 有气无力的. 懒散的坐着, 懒洋洋的坐着 I. If someone slouches, they sit or stand with their shoulders and head bent so they look lazy and unattractive. (intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture. Do not slouch when playing a flute. Try not to slouch when you are sitting down. [VERB] She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter. [VERB preposition/adverb] He straightened himself from a slouch. The men were slouched on sofas and chairs. She had been slouched against the counter. ScoMo的采访: And slouching back in his seat with legs crossed, a foot raised and ready to kick out. Morrison's body language was revealing, to say the least. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance. He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch. II. 懒洋洋的走. If someone slouches somewhere, they walk around slowly with their shoulders and head bent looking lazy or bored. (intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat. Most of the time, they slouch around in the fields. Scowling, the lad slouched over. be no slouch If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it. The Welsh are no slouches at cooking. 对ScoMo采访的观众反应: Scott Morrison is a good down to earth knowledgeable intelligent man - Waleed Aly is another grandstanding 哗众取宠的, 夺人眼球, 献媚的, 博关注的, 博眼球的 ( seek to attract applause or favourable attention from spectators or the media. acting or speaking in a way intended to attract the good opinion of other people who are watching "they accused him of political grandstanding". ) left winger who thinks he has all the answers. They are all robots with no independent thoughts - hey Kochie! Rick Turner summed up the sentiment of many: "Waleed just showed what a weak journalist he is when he isn't reading a pre-prepared spiel ( [ʃpil] [spil] the things that someone says on a particular occasion, especially things that are not interesting or sincere because they sound like a prepared speech. Someone's spiel is a well-prepared speech that they make, and that they have usually made many times before, often in order to persuade you to buy something. an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson. "he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel". ) from an auto-cue. So Waleed's dribble (UK) (US drool) ( I. 哈喇子. 口水. [intransitive] British if you dribble, saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) comes out onto your chin. The baby was dribbling. a. [intransitive/transitive] if a liquid dribbles, or if you dribble it, it flows slowly in small drops. Water was dribbling out from the tap. Dribble some melted chocolate over the cake. II. [intransitive/ transitive] to move forward with a ball by bouncing or kicking it several times in games such as basketball and soccer. ) made no impact and we all saw it as playing the victim card at its best. So now we have to create a new tag "comfortabolist" as being a bad thing now. 5. estuary [estʃʊri, US estʃueri] 出海口 An estuary is the wide part of a river where it joins the sea. ...naval manoeuvres in the Clyde estuary. bung noun A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask. bung verb [British, informal] If you bung something somewhere, you put it there in a quick and careless way. Pour a whole lot of cold water over the rice, and bung it in the oven. bunged adj [British, informal] If something is bunged up, it is blocked. The sink's bunged up again. My nose is all bunged up. bung it on 装出来的, 装假的, 假装 to behave in a pretentious manner. Bung it on' means to adopt an affectation, and 'bung something on' means to feign something, e.g. to bung on Australian accent. bung adj. Broken, not in working order. Aussies often use the term "bung" to refer to a state of exhaustion or to mean that something is broken or out of action. the TV is bung. be bunged up 鼻子堵了, 鼻塞 British informal to have a blocked nose because you have a cold. to find it difficult to breathe because you have a cold. bung up to close a container with a bung. My nose is all bunged up. The drains are bunged up with dead leaves. He's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse. Jim White had his left thumb badly bunged up in the fifth inning. It swelled up as big as a bottle, but he pluckily played the game out. pare [pɛː] I. 削皮. 去皮. 剥皮. When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. "pare off the rind using a peeler". Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife. He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily. ...thinly pared lemon rind. a. trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges. "Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife". II. 削减. If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it. reduce (something) in size, extent, or quantity in a number of small successive stages. "union leaders publicly pared down their demands". The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit. Local authorities must pare their budgets. The Australian dollar is on the charge as markets pare RBA rate cut bets: Previously, the RBA has said that a sustained increase in the unemployment rate was one scenario that could warrant a further reduction in the cash rate. With unemployment continuing to edge lower 走低, the February jobs report has not provided the smoking gun that markets were looking for to justify further policy easing. 6. basket case I. Someone who is viewed as emotionally unstable and unable to function in normal situations. Sarah was so nervous on her first day of high school that she burst into tears after walking into the wrong classroom. Her classmates looked at her like she was a complete basket case. II. A country, business, or other entity that is facing economic strife. If the unemployment rate doesn't decrease soon, the country is going to become a financial basket case. charity case a person or group regarded as needing help or financial support. "she was sent as a charity case to a Catholic boarding school". can't carry a tune and cannot carry a tune; can't carry a tune in a bushel basket; can't carry a tune in a bucket; can't carry a tune in a paper sack 唱歌跑调, 唱歌走调 Fig. [to be] unable to sing a simple melody; lacking musical ability. I wish that Tom wouldn't try to sing. He can't carry a tune. I don't know why Mary's in the choir. She can't carry a tune in a bushel basket. Joe likes to sing in the shower, though he can't carry a tune in a bucket. I'd try to hum the song for you, but I can't carry a tune in a paper sack. put all one's eggs in one basket Fig. to make everything dependent on only one thing; to place all one's resources in one place, account, etc. (If the basket is dropped, all is lost.) Don't invest all your money in one company. Never put all your eggs in one basket. I advise you to diversify and not to put all your eggs in one basket. vanity case [ˈvænətɪ keɪs] 化妆包 a woman's small hand case used to carry cosmetics, etc.
wharf 是码头(整个建筑). pier是木搭的船坞. pier dock, berth都是伸进海里去的船坞, 私人的叫jetty. shore海岸, 岸边, 河岸, bank是专门的人工岸边. quay是码头的建筑. breakwater是海里控制海水的防波堤. seawall是海边的防洪墙. levee, dike dyke, embankment, floodbank stopbank也都是天然形成的防洪墙: wharf [hwɔːrf] 码头 dock, pier, berth (mooring locations 船坞), quay, jetty; pier; staithe (port 指的是整个城市)(wiki: A wharf, quay ([kiː], also [keɪ, kweɪ]), staith or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locations), and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships. Wharfs are often considered to be a series of docks in which boats are stationed. wiki: A pier 木头搭起来的停船坞, 下边水可以通过 is a raised structure in a body of water, typically supported by well-spaced piles or pillars. Bridges, buildings, and walkways may all be supported by piers. Their open structure allows tides and currents to flow relatively unhindered, whereas the more solid foundations of a quay or the closely spaced piles of a wharf can act as a breakwater 防波堤, 防洪堤(retaining wall, seawall(岸边的防治海水泛滥的堤坝) ( A levee ([ˈlɛvi]), dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank or stopbank 河堤, 堤岸, 堤坝 is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines. Breakwaters are structures constructed near the coasts as part of coastal management or to protect an anchorage from the effects of both weather and longshore drift. ), and are consequently more liable to silting. Piers can range in size and complexity from a simple lightweight wooden structure to major structures extended over 1600 metres. In American English, a pier may be synonymous with a dock.∴Piers have been built for several purposes, and because these different purposes have distinct regional variances, the term pier tends to have different nuances of meaning in different parts of the world. Thus in North America and Australia, where many ports were, until recently, built on the multiple pier model, the term tends to imply a current or former cargo-handling facility. ) a structure of wood or stone, sometimes roofed over, built at the shore of a harbor, river, etc. for ships to lie alongside, as during loading or unloading; pier; dock. A wharf is a platform by a river or the sea where ships can be tied up. a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships. A wharf provides access for ships and boats, that can pull up and dock alongside it. In fact, wharfs are also called docks or piers. Wharfs are made of wood and act like sidewalks, making it easy to people, cargo and supplies to enter and leave a boat. As a verb, wharf means "to moor," or tie the boat to the wharf and drop an anchor, or "to be given a place at the wharf." verb. to moor 停泊, 泊船 or dock at a wharf. dock I. an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships. II. a group of these areas of water in a port and the buildings around them: The strike has led to the cancellation of some ferry services and left hundreds of passengers stranded at the docks. III. US 船坞. a long structure built over water where passengers can get on or off a boat or where goods can be put on and taken off. The ship sailed into the dock to be refitted. My grandfather worked down at the docks, loading and unloading the cargo ships. III. the place in a criminal law court where the accused person sits or stands during the trial: The defendant seemed nervous as he left the dock and stepped up to the witness box. The company will find itself in the dock (= in court) if it continues to ignore the pollution regulations. IV. a common wild plant with large wide leaves that grows in some northern countries such as Britain: Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings helps to relieve the pain. docking station a piece of electrical equipment to which another piece of equipment can be connected: Put the MP3 player into the docking station to charge it. shore I. The shores 岸边, 海岸, 河岸, 堤岸 or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. They walked down to the shore. ...elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba. [+ of] I have spent less time on shore than most men. As soon as they were safely back to shore, he raced for the nearest phone. II. When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe. This youngster is another destined to leave these shores. shore up If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it. The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.
'It's all seems quite harmless and lovey-dovey 有很爱': The insidious 日渐过火的, 不为人注意的而变化的, 悄无声息发展的([ɪnˈsɪdɪəs] (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm. proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects. Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed. High blood pressure is an insidious condition which has few symptoms. The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years. They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism. Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive. "sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem") NRL tactic Brad Fittler wants stamped out 剔除 of the game: NRL great Brad Fittler has called for the seemingly "harmless" tactic of taking kickers to ground to be stamped out of the game. The NSW Blues coach was quick to condemn Broncos forward Matt Lodge's late hit on Melbourne's Cameron Munster and assured the league was seeing less "dangerous" challenges to kickers, but Fittler called on referees to take it a step further. The seemingly innocuous tactic of taking a kicker lightly to ground after every effort is an insidious attempt to hinder 阻碍, 阻止 the oppositions' attack argued Fittler who wants to see referees make an effort eliminate the move. "There are tactics too, things that are just unnecessary," Fittler told Freddy and the Eighth. "They're doing it to slow the kicker down so he can chase his own kick, it's an effort for him to get off the ground, it's all quite harmless and all lovey-dovey, and they give a bit of a pat on the back. "It's unnecessary, it's a penalty. Don't touch him. If you don't get there in time, you're out." Matt Lodge and Manly's Addin Fonua-Blake are both set for stints on the sideline for their late tackles on Cameorn Munster and Tigers star Benji Marhsall, respectively. The Sea Eagles prop was charged by the match review committee with two counts of dangerous contact after he took out Benji Marshall's legs as he kicked, while lodge will sit on the sidelines for two weeks for his offence.
