用法学习: 1. pull up I. [intransitive] if a vehicle or driver pulls up, they stop. When a vehicle or driver pulls up, the vehicle slows down and stops. He pulled up his horse. They pulled up in front of the door. He pulled his car up alongside mine and handed me the package. The police pulled up to the building and called for backup. The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out. Did we pull up to the wrong house? Their taxi pulled up outside the church. The boat pulled up at the dock. I was at the gas station, and he pulled up next to me. II. [intransitive/transitive] if you pull up, or if something pulls you up, you unexpectedly stop what you are doing. pull up stakes = pull up sticks 拔寨, 离开, 搬走 to leave a place and go to live somewhere else. The British expression is up sticks. pull in(to) (some place) To drive up to and park at some location. The train pulled into Grand Central Station. He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage. She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street. Let me pull into a gas station and I'll call you back. The train didn't pull in until nearly 11 PM due to all the delays. pull someone into a place and pull someone into bring someone into a place; to draw someone into a place. Advertising will pull hundreds of customers in. The sale pulled in a lot of customers. pull over I. When a vehicle or driver pulls over, the vehicle moves closer to the side of the road and stops there. He noticed a man behind him in a blue Ford gesticulating to pull over. II. If the police pull over a driver or vehicle, they make the driver stop at the side of the road, usually because the driver has been driving dangerously. The officers pulled him over after a high-speed chase. Police pulled over his Mercedes near Dieppe. 2. Paulin Hanson woe before election: She was shown in tears on the Nine network last night as she blamed a succession of men for letting her down. It was a display of weeping that would not have impressed most women in politics. It was also a demonstration of Senator Hanson's longstanding incapacity to accept responsibility for the many calamities ( calamity [kəlæmɪti] A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age. ...the calamity of war. It could only end in calamity.) she has inflicted on 招致, 自找 her dysfunctional party. Senator Hanson hand-picked 一手挑选 the men she condemned on national television, from advisers to party officials, and has personally held final say on candidate selection. And she confirmed this on national television last night. While feeling sorry for herself, she volunteered she was in charge and that the hangers-on(hanger-on 沾别人光, 试图沾光的人 If you describe someone as a hanger-on, you are critical of them because they are trying to be friendly with a richer or more important person, especially in order to gain an advantage for themselves. [disapproval] This is where the young stars and their hangers-on come to party. parasite, follower, leech. [ride] on someone's coattails = If you do something on the coattails of someone else 靠别人提携, 搭顺风车, 借助别人力量, 借着别人的帮助, 搭别人顺风车, 借别人东风, 沾别人的光, 沾光,
you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not
because of your own efforts. using someone else's success to get an
advantage for yourself. They accused him of riding on the coat-tails of the president. I'm sick and tired of seeing people jump on my coat-tails because they can see a future in politics, but they haven't got the work ethic. ride (on) a wave of sth If you ride (on) a wave of a feeling, you get an advantage from it: The new president is riding (on) a wave of popularity. [riding] on the back of sb/sth 借着...春风, 借着东风, 借助于, 借力, 靠着... by using or taking advantage of someone or something else: They have carried on their business operations by riding on the back of established firms. My book piggybacked on the phenomenon 乘着...的春风, 借东风, 借力 that the Korean El Camino book created. cohort [koʊhɔːrt] [mainly US] I. 跟班. 随从. A person's cohorts are their friends, supporters, or associates. [disapproval] Drake and his cohorts were not pleased with my appointment. II. A cohort of people is a group who have something in common. Cohort is used especially when a group is being looked at as a whole for statistical purposes. Tests were carried out on the entire cohort of eight-year-olds at primary school. She speaks for a whole cohort of young Japanese writers.) just pretended they were important. In her tearstained interview last night, Senator Hanson dismissed Mr Dickson and James Ashby, who also went to Washington to get support from the National Rifle Association, for "big-noting 自抬身价". They all are ornaments (I. An ornament is an attractive object that you display in your home or in your garden. ...a shelf containing a few photographs and ornaments. ...Christmas tree ornaments. II. Pieces of jewellery are sometimes referred to as ornaments. [formal] I guessed he was the chief because he wore more gold ornaments than the others. III. Decorations and patterns on a building or a piece of furniture can be referred to as ornament. [formal] ...walls of glass overlaid with ornament.) to Hanson incompetence 无能. 3. finesse [fɪˈnes] I. If you do something with finesse, you do it with great skill and style. a delicate and skillful quality in the way you move or handle something. II. skill in dealing with difficult situations, especially situations in which you might easily offend people. ...handling momentous diplomatic challenges with tact and finesse 别粗暴行事, 技巧, 万分小心, 万分谨慎. verb I. to get something by dealing with people and situations in a skillful way. II. to steal without force, using trickery and lying. to steal without force, using trickery and lying. We gonna finesse the self checkout by buying 3 packs of cookies and only swiping 1. dressing-down 责备, 批评, 被说了 noun informal a severe reprimand. If someone gives you a dressing-down, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish. The Queen had to give Meghan Markle a 'dressing down'. I gave him a good dressing-down. "the secretary received a public dressing-down". dress someone down If you dress someone down, you speak angrily to them because they have done something bad or foolish. Campbell dressed them down in public. pigeonhole noun A pigeonhole is one of the sections in a frame on a wall where letters and messages can be left for someone, or one of the sections in a writing desk where you can keep documents. verb. To pigeonhole someone or something means to decide that they belong to a particular class or category, often without considering all their qualities or characteristics. He felt they had pigeonholed him. lie-down 躺下休息 noun BRITISH a short rest in which one lies down on a bed, sofa, etc. be on the pull UK informal to be trying to find someone to have sex with: Michael was out on the pull again last night. 4. 护照: Without even considering whether defacing a passport (fake stamp) in that manner runs afoul of 违反, 有违 any rules or regulations, I cannot understand who would put fake stamps in their passport? Why? The idea is revolting to building a genuine collection of stamps. And the idea that the security interview stickers often placed on the back of passports must be removed strikes me as tampering with evidence 毁灭证据, 销毁证据… Friends: You bet that I'd screw up? All that stuff about how I was good. No, that was all true. This was just in case you "pulled a Monica 犯老毛病, 故技重施." You promised Dr. Weinberg you'd never use that phrase. Come on. Have a sense of humor. You're never able to laugh at yourself. That's right. make a sale 卖出去: Are you going to the close-out sale? Are these jeans on sale? The house is for sale. To get a commission, you have to make at least five sales of more than 100 dollars each per week. How were you locked in? Where the hell is all of our stuff? This guy came by to look at the unit and he said it won't fit a grown man. So you got in voluntarily 自己进去的, 自愿进去的? I was trying to make a sale! main noun I. a large pipe that carries water or gas, or a wire carrying electricity, from one place to another, to which a house can be connected: a gas main. The severe cold caused a water main to burst and flood the street. mains the system of pipes or wires that carry water or electricity into a house, or the pipes that carry sewage away from a house: The house isn't on the mains. They bought a house with no mains supply. mains electricity. the mains uk the place at which outside pipes or wires carrying water, electricity, etc. connect with the system inside a house or building: Switch off the electricity at the mains before starting work. in the main generally or mostly: Her friends are teachers in the main. be sb's main squeeze us old-fashioned informal to be the person that someone has a romantic or sexual relationship with.
Let's look at three homophones 同音字: peak, peek, and pique. Peak is a topmost point, such as a mountain peak, or to reach that point: We're sort of at peak demand right now. A peek is a glance or a quick look, like you do with the unwrapped Christmas presents at the bottom of your loved one's closet. It can also mean to glance or to peer at. It's frequently paired with sneak, which can lead you to use the incorrect peak: Residents take a peek at bike and pedestrian safety plans. Yellowstone Offers Sneak Peek Of New Visitor Center. Finally, pique is to upset or excite someone. You will sometimes see peek one's interest for pique one's interest, but don't be fooled. If you're piquing someone's interest, you are exciting their interest not taking a quick look at it: If that doesn't pique your interest, you can leave (but I'm keeping your shoes). jog (one's) memory To cause one to remember something. I tried jogging Mom's memory, but she couldn't remember Joe's phone number either. I had no recollection of that vacation until the photo jogged my memory. refresh (one's) memory To remind one (about something); to help one to recall something. I'm sorry, I don't remember our discussion about that. You'll have to refresh my memory. You don't remember how much? Allow me to refresh your memory. You owe me $300. slip somebody's memory/mind forget about something or forget to do something: I was supposed to go to the dentist today, but it completely slipped my mind.
machinist [məʃiːnɪst] 机师. A machinist is a person whose job is to operate a machine, especially in a factory. mechanism [ˈmekəˌnɪzəm] I. a machine or part of a machine a locking mechanism. a. a system of parts that people think of as working together like the parts of a machine. the mechanisms for releasing hormones into the body. II. a method or process for getting something done within a system or organization. a mechanism for settling disputes between trading partners. III. behavior that makes it possible for you to deal with a difficult situation or problem. a defense mechanism. defense mechanism I. something that happens in your mind that helps you deal with something such as a bad experience. II. a process in your body that prevents you from becoming sick. machismo UK [məˈkɪzmoʊ] US [məˈtʃɪzmoʊ] 男子汉气质, 男子气概 You use machismo to refer to men's behaviour or attitudes when they are very conscious and proud of their masculinity. Hooky, naturally, has to prove his machismo by going on the scariest rides twice. masculinity [ˌmæskjʊˈlɪnɪti] 男子气 I. A man's masculinity is the fact that he is a man. ...a project on the link between masculinity and violence. II. Masculinity means the qualities, especially sexual qualities, which are considered to be typical of men. The old ideas of masculinity do not work for most men. toxic masculinity 大男子主义 adherence to traditional male gender roles that expect boys and men to show few emotions and assert their dominance The reality show has come under fire from a domestic abuse charity for normalising toxic masculinity. machining [məʃinɪŋ] 机械加工, 机加工 Machining is the process of cutting, shaping, or removing material from a workpiece using a machine tool. All our machining is done on the highest quality machine tools. A reamer is a tool used in machining to make existing holes more accurate. Machining is the process of cutting, shaping, or removing material from a workpiece using a machine tool. muscular [mʌskjʊlər] I. 肌肉的. Muscular means involving or affecting your muscles. As a general rule, all muscular effort is enhanced by breathing in as the effort is made. Early symptoms include anorexia, muscular weakness and fatigue. II. If a person or their body is muscular, they are very fit and strong, and have firm muscles which are not covered with a lot of fat. Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular 有肌肉块的. ...his tanned muscular legs. muscly [ˈmʌsli ; mʌsəli] 大肌肉块的 having prominent, well-developed muscles, esp. in the chest and upper arms. emasculate[ɪmæskjʊleɪt] I. If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. [disapproval] Left-wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised. The company tried to emasculate the unions. The local media are emasculated by censorship. ...the emasculation of fundamental freedoms. II. [disapproval] If a man is emasculated, he loses his male role, identity, or qualities. Tosh was known to be a man who feared no-one, yet he was clearly emasculated by his girlfriend.
gushi: 1. I was bent over a half fallen tree, and felt a cool gel being applied to my ass especially round my rosebud 花蕊, 菊花芯. I knew that I was about to get fucked legless, and was terrified and ecstatic at the same time. I felt his cock push between the cheeks of my bum, and nestle up against my sphincter, then a gentle push and I was impaled up to the hilt. I felt his balls touching my ass cheeks before he started moving inside me, slowly at first, then faster and faster as his need took over. My mind was in turmoil 脑子乱成一团; I was getting fucked by a man but was enjoying it as I had never enjoyed anything else. I started moving my ass back to meet 迎合 his thrusts 抽插, and he seemed to fuck me forever, the two of us as one single fucking machine, working away in that hot, dark night. After he eventually came deep in my bowels, I thought that would be the end, but no. He grabbed my re-erected cock and covered it with the same cool gel then took my place bent over the tree. I didn't need any further instruction, just lunged forward plunging my cock into his ass, until I could go no deeper into him. I thrust into him, no thought of anything else other than our mutual pleasure. When at last my cock exploded deep in his ass, I knew that something fundamental had changed in my life, something that would always be with me. The officer realized that and gave me his phone number. 2. Their tight white uniforms hugged their lithe 身体优雅的 ( [laɪð] A lithe person is able to move and bend their body easily and gracefully. moving and bending in a graceful way. He was as lithe and strong as an athlete. ...a lithe young gymnast. His walk was lithe and graceful. blithe [ˈblʌɪð]
I. 不负责任的. 轻佻的, 冷漠的. 不当一回事的. in a way that shows a casual and cheerful
indifference considered to be callous or improper. You use blithe to
indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful
thought. It does so with blithe disregard for best scientific practice. Your editorial blithely ignores the hard facts. He appears blithely unaware of the disastrous effects of the new system. "her arrest order was blithely ignored by the police chief". Mr Falinski, a NSW Liberal MP whose mother was made stateless during the Holocaust and father was Polish-born, said citizenship issues involving stateless people
were "painful" but he attacked Labor's "double standards". "There are
historic factors involved in this that are both painful and difficult,
and no one should discuss them blithely," he said. "But Labor’s double standards here are ironic." II. in a happy or carefree manner. Someone who is blithe is cheerful and has no serious problems. She said 'hi' with the blithe assurance of someone who knew how much she'd been missed. "the prince was wandering blithely out into the courtyard".
The Labor campaign yesterday provided Mr Creasey's grandmother's
documents showing her stateless status, but not legal advice or any
advice from the Ukrainian embassy as has become the custom 变成常规 with MPs and candidates facing questions over Section. ) teenage bodies rather provocatively. My parents insisted on a military type school 军校, 军事学校. I was on my way to becoming a little punk and strict school discipline would "straighten" me out. Well, the "out" part was right. If they only knew how un-straight that school would make me! Every time he took a step his butt cheeks would roll 翻滚, 翻动 in a provocative manner. I think he knew immediately I was interested in what he had between his legs since he caught me glancing there a few times, and smiled. He took us in hand and showed us around. Once or twice when my parents weren't looking he smoothed out the front of his uniform, lightly passing his palm over his crotch and strong thighs. I cautioned 警告 him to be easy 轻点, 耐心点 with me.
