用法学习: 1. envoy [envɔɪ] 特使 I. An envoy is someone who is sent as a representative from one government or political group to another. II. An envoy is a diplomat in an embassy who is immediately below the ambassador in rank. America's new top diplomat: Blinken is a veteran 资深 diplomat who's on home turf 回家了 in the department, but "a lot has changed," he said in understatement, promising to restore trust and morale. About 1,000 employees left during the Trump years. Many who remained felt sidelined 边缘化, 靠边站 by the undiplomatic approach of the former president, frustrated by the mismanagement of Tillerson and alienated by the politics of Pompeo, a relentless Trump loyalist. Everyone is pleased that we'll have a different face to the world," said the official. "Everyone's trying to get back in game shape 磨刀霍霍 after four years of the Trump era." America's new top diplomat has decades of foreign policy experience and expertise, including so many years advising Biden that the two men are said to have a "mind-meld 想得完全一样, 十分合拍, 投契, 想法如出一辙, 想法完全一致" ( A state of deep compatibility in opinion or plans between two people. Etymology: From the Star Trek franchise, where the term was first used in 1966 for an ability possessed by the alien race of Vulcans to share thoughts and feelings with another individual. ). At his confirmation hearing, the mild-mannered technocrat ( [ˈteknəkræt] 政府专家 a scientist or other technical expert with a high position in industry or government. A technocrat is a scientist, engineer, or other expert who is one of a group of similar people who have political power as well as technical knowledge. ) talked in such measured tones 字斟句酌 about rewriting Trump foreign policy that he got strong bipartisan support. But at his inaugural news conference journalists asked how allies could trust the US after such stark swings in administrations. The desire to have America back at the table was almost "palpable" in calls with counterparts, Blinken declared. Pompeo, like his boss, was dismissive of 看不起的 the mainstream media, and spent his final days railing at it( rail (at or against) to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings. Alan Jones was forced to publish a correction to his August 2020 editorial railing against Covid-19 restrictions in Victoria after the broadcasting watchdog found he had "misrepresented the research" on the effectiveness of masks and lockdowns. Jones, who fronts the flagship opinion show on Sky After Dark at 8pm on Mondays through Thursdays, is a trenchant critic of Daniel Andrews's Labor government. We could hear the cook in the kitchen railing against his assistant and wondered if we'd ever get our food. trenchant [ˈtrentʃənt] adj. trenchant comments or criticisms are expressed strongly and clearly. You can use trenchant to describe something such as a criticism or comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful. He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism. His comment was trenchant and perceptive. ). We struggled to get answers to our email enquiries from a communications team that was sometimes empowered to say little more than the equivalent of "off the record I have nothing to say". Blinken's low-key style is also quite a shift 大转变 from Pompeo's vow to put the "swagger" ( If you swagger, you walk in a very proud, confident way, holding your body upright and swinging your hips. A broad-shouldered man wearing a dinner jacket swaggered confidently up to the bar. The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted. He was an arrogant, swaggering young man. He walked with something of a swagger. vocabulary: Picture the confident, maybe even arrogant way a pirate, a cowboy, or even a rapper might stroll around. That style of walking is called a swagger. Swagger can also be used as a verb. After you ace a test you might swagger down the hall feeling pretty full of yourself. In verb form it can also refer to more aggressive behavior like bullying or intimidating others. Hopefully you wouldn't swagger down the hall doing that though! Under no circumstances does the word swagger have to do with wearing colorful sneakers or dressing like hipster dipshits. Swagger is a part of a man’s attitude affirmed by his success or position in life - not a new Gucci belt clinging your jeans just above your knees so your boxers can show. Every man needs to have some sort of swagger to their demeanor. This is the mindset that separates the weak from the strong, that makes a man stand out from the crowd. When Darwin stated the human law of survival of the fittest he intended to mean that the fittest must have a certain repertoire to them known as swagger. ) back in the department, and will be competing with the larger than life personalities of special envoys such as John Kerry - his former boss and Biden's point man 领头人物, 尖兵人物 on climate. He talks of how his grandfather found refuge in America after fleeing pogroms in Russia, and how his Polish stepfather escaped a Nazi death march to be rescued by an American GI. 2. recuse [rɪˈk(j)uz] 回避 to stop acting as a judge or other official in a court case because of possible conflict of interest. challenge (a judge, prosecutor, or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. "he was recused when he referred to the corporation as 'a bunch of villains'". recuse yourself: If someone such as a judge recuses himself or herself from a legal case, they state that they will not be involved in making decisions about the case, for example because they consider themselves to be biased. If her husband became governor, Judge Rendell would have to recuse herself from cases involving the state. Several members of the court had previously recused themselves from the case. It is unusual for a judge to be recused. In most states judges are not required to recuse when campaign contributors are involved as parties or lawyers. vestigial adj [vesˈtɪdʒiəl] Vestigial is used to describe the small amounts of something that still remain of a larger or more important thing. remaining after almost all of something has disappeared. In a series of separate tweets on Thursday, Musk reiterated his animosity of short selling "Shorting is a scam, legal only for vestigial reasons". Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime. These 'useless' body-parts, otherwise known as vestigial organs, are remnants of lost functions that our ancestors possessed. They once represented a function that evolved out of a necessity for survival, but over time that function became non-existent. 3. Gladys Berejiklian hits out at Annastacia Palaszczuk after JobKeeper extension proposal, coronavirus border closure: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has lobbed 丢了另一个手榴弹 another grenade in the ongoing feud with Queensland, suggesting Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is a victim of her own hard border closures. Ms Palaszczuk has drawn criticism from both state and federal politicians after yesterday calling on the Federal Government to extend the JobKeeper payment for struggling industries like the tourism sector. Ms Berejiklian let out a large sigh and shook her head when she was asked about her Queensland counterpart's plea for help. "She is now the victim of a policy that she put in place herself," Ms Berejiklian told reporters. "NSW has been so strong on keeping borders open in Australia … to prevent exactly what the Queensland Premier is now complaining about. "When you unnecessarily close state borders you lose jobs, you create hardship, you impact people's mental health and wellbeing." Ms Palaszczuk pleaded for an extension to JobKeeper when she fronted a press conference in Cairns yesterday. "So what we're asking for is a helping hand during this hour of need." Ms Berejiklian and Ms Palaszczuk have long been at loggerheads over the issue of border closures, with Ms Berejiklian arguing that open borders are essential to maintaining economic activity and supporting jobs. "A decision you take can impact someone's livelihood 影响人们的生活, it can impact their health, it can impact their mental health and wellbeing. "That's why in NSW we like to find that balance of keeping the virus at bay but also keeping the economy going and keeping our citizens moving freely and I wish other states would consider that approach as well." 3. Stonks: An intentional misspelling 故意拼错 of "stocks" that originated with an internet meme. The meme shows Meme Man in a suit standing in front of a bunch of numbers and a big orange arrow. It is subtitled "stonks". It was originally a way of talking about amateur or bad financial decisions. Like all memes, it gets twisted around and re-purposed a lot, but it seems like it was built for this moment. YOLO: An acronym for "you only live once". This one gets broadly used in all kinds of situations, but if someone on WSB has "yoloed" a stock, that person has poured a significant portion of their investments into it. According to the moderators on the subreddit, "the YOLO flair ( [fler] an attractive, skillful, or interesting way of doing something. She always dresses with flair. have a flair for something to be very skillful at something. Our youngest son has a flair for drawing. ) is for big dick trades that you're already in". One of the most consistently popular posts in the sub for the past few weeks has been daily YOLO updates from a user called Deep F***ing Value, who put $US50,000 on GameSpot a year ago and whose position was at one point this week worth $US47 million. Diamond hands: Often referenced using an emoji, "diamond hands" are how members express their belief that their position is valuable and worth holding onto for maximum profit. Conversely 相反的(You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described. In real life, nobody was all bad, nor, conversely, all good.), a trader with "paper hands" sells out early. Bagholder: Someone who has taken heavy losses on a stock, in WSB parlance. While others may have profited from a similar position in the past, that person has been left holding the bag. To the moon: A rallying cry on WSB, which members use to express their belief that a stock will rise significantly. The phrase is often accompanied by a rocket emoji. Tendies: Shorthand for chicken tenders, which WSB uses as slang for profits on a trade. 4. in a class of one's own 自成一派的, 孤独求败 If someone is in a class of their own, they have more of a particular skill or quality than anyone else. If something is in a class of its own, it is better than any other similar thing. As a player, he was in a class of his own. at the top of one's/the class having among the highest grades in one's class He graduated at the top of his/the class. On Thursday, after the wacky market conditions prompted 促使 some trading platforms, such as Robinhood, to restrict purchases, shares dipped. Some traders posted comments confessing to nerves at the prospect of losses, while rallying their fellows to hold the line and avoid selling, staving off a sudden price collapse. 美民主党: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday were among the many voices condemning the move by the retail trading platform Robinhood to restrict customers from trading shares of GameStop -- but the sophomore congresswoman said she had no interest in working with Cruz to hold Robinhood accountable because Cruz "almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago. So you can sit this one out 算了吧, 歇歇吧, 歇菜吧." Nevertheless, many on the right were upset by the broadside ( broadside 批评, 攻击 a strong written or spoken attack. The paper launched an angry broadside against the administration's proposals.) against Cruz, R-Texas, which came as President Biden has called for lowering the temperature of political discourse in the U.S. "You know, there's a lot of partisan anger and rage on the Democratic side, right? And it's not healthy," Cruz said in response to the tweet. "For our country, it's certainly not conducive of healing or unity. But everyone has to decide how they want to interact with others." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez replies in her tweet: Now why would there be anger that Cruz amplified 夸大 known lies about our election that fueled an insurrection that cost ppl's lives? What does he think the logical response to his lies should be? A hug? A group of amateur day traders on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets had targeted GameStop and a handful of others for what's called a short squeeze, meaning at-home traders buy many shares of a stock that Wall Street short-sellers are betting against. Short-sellers — who bet on stock's decline by selling shares they don't own — have lost billions this week. But that changed Thursday when, in light of market volatility, Robinhood and other brokers blocked trading in those securities outside of letting users close their positions. FOX Business' Charlie Gasparino reported that on Robinhood specifically, it cut off trading to preserve liquidity because it couldn't handle such massive amounts of trading while also maintaining capital requirements. To help meet those requirements, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, Robinhood raised more than $1 billion from existing investors. Nevertheless, those upset by the move lobbed accusations of crony ( [ˈkroʊni] [informal, disapproval] a friend or supporter, especially of someone powerful. You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them. He played a round of golf with his business cronies. ) capitalism, saying that Robinhood and others were aiming to protect major brokerages that were hurt by the short. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who has assumed a role as a type of ringleader among the retail traders who pumped up the GameStop stock and others, called the move "one of the most remarkable, illegal, shocking robberies in the history -- in plain sight, in plain sight. No closed-door meetings, nothing behind. Just right in your face, putting a gun in your mouth, and saying give us all your money." 5. 墓地不卖非白种人: "I met with the lady out there and she said she could NOT sell me a plot 墓地 because the cemetery is a WHITES ONLY cemetery," Karla Semien wrote on Facebook. "She stood in front of me and all my kids wow what a slap in the face. I just can't believe in 2021 in Oberlin Louisiana this is happening." The offensive wording wasn't in the cemetery association's bylaws but only in sales contracts used since the cemetery was created in the late 1950s, Mr Vizena said. People tend to sign such things without reading, he said. Kris Jenner 被保镖诉性侵: Their lawyer said: "His absurd allegations are clearly fabricated 无中生有的 and are contrary to easily confirmed facts. Kris never acted inappropriately toward him. Significantly, McWilliams never made any complaints to his employer about Kris until contriving ( contrive [kənˈtraɪv] I. transitive to make something happen, especially by using clever or dishonest methods. If you contrive an event or situation 编造, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. They would have to contrive a meeting. II. intransitive to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult. If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it. contrive to do something 成功实现: The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years. We contrived to have an enjoyable vacation in spite of the rain. III. transitive 设计发明制造 to invent or make something in a clever or unusual way. If you contrive something such as a device or piece of equipment, you invent and construct it in a clever or unusual way. We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain. ) this ludicrous claim a year later," the lawyer added. When Kris and Kourtney defeat this frivolous 玩儿似的, 想到一出就是一出的, 想来就来的 lawsuit, they intend to immediately sue McWilliams and his attorneys for malicious prosecution 恶意诉讼. 6. Big Bang Theory: Leonard: Sheldon's onion ring. Just put it back! Penny: It's one onion ring. Howard: Just put it back before he comes! Leonard: No, no, no, no, I don't think that's where it was. Howard: Okay, here he comes, deny, deny, people 大家, wall of silence 集体沉默, 默不作声, 谁都别说话( Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable actions by members of the group. Usage notes: Although this collocation was used in late-19th- and early-20th-century literature, the precise meanings of those early usages varied. In general, the term denoted some real or figurative barrier to communication, as represented by the following examples. ). Sheldon: Who touched my… All: Penny! Penny did it. Sheldon: Why would you do that? Penny: I don't know. I was hungry? What's the big deal? Sheldon: The big deal is that nobody touches food on my plate. Penny: All right. Look, I didn't know, I'm sorry. Sheldon: Well, I'm sorry, but that is your second strike. Penny: What? Sheldon: You have two strikes. Three strikes and you're out. It's a sports metaphor [ˈmetəˌfɔr]. Penny: A sports metaphor? Sheldon: Yes, baseball. Penny: All right, yeah, I'll play along 顺着你说. What was my first strike? Sheldon: March 18th. You violated my rule about forwarding email humour. Penny: I did? Sheldon: The photo of the cat who wants to "has cheezburger"? Penny: Oh, come on, everybody loves LOLcats. They're cute and they can't spell 'cause they're cats. Sheldon: I trusted you with my email address, and you betrayed that trust by sending me Internet banality 无聊的东西 ( [bəˈnɑl] [disapproval] something that is banal is boring because it contains nothing new, original, or unusual. If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting. The text is banal. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers. You can refer to banal things as the banal. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre. ...the banality of life. Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me. his banal observations on the game. another banal TV sitcom. ), strike one. Touching my food, strike two. Leonard: Don't worry. They only stay on your record for a year. Howard: You can get them removed early, but you have to take his class 上课, 上他的课. Penny: Come on, I touched one onion ring. Sheldon: And then you put it back, compromising the integrity of all the other onion rings. Penny: Oh, honey, the buses don't go where you live, do they? Sheldon: Look, Penny, I wish I could be more lenient 宽容, 仁慈 with you, but since you've become a permanent member of our social group I have to hold you to the same standards as everybody else. Leonard: Congratulations. You're officially one of us. Penny: I'm banished 驱逐? What the hell kind of crap is that? Leonard: Listen, don't worry. I'll talk to him. Penny: Yeah, you do that. Leonard: Just so I know 只是想知道, would you be open to taking his class? You can do it online! 7. go to bat for someone 力争, 力挺 MAINLY AMERICAN INFORMAL to give someone your support and help. to support someone when the person needs help. to intervene on behalf of; defend: The government will go to bat for companies that pay lots of taxes. a sliding doors moment 不知不觉命运改变, 看似平常的一个决定却改变人生 became a term popularised in the late 20th-century meaning seemingly inconsequential moments that nonetheless alter the trajectory of future events. Sliding door moments are opportunities in life where the decisions we make alter our very destiny. Moments in which we turn left or right, towards change or towards more of the same. These are life's pivotal moments in which new identities of ourselves are born and old paradigms and beliefs which no longer serve us fall away. revolving door 旋转门 [disapproval] I. Some large buildings have revolving doors instead of an ordinary door. They consist of four glass doors which turn together in a circle around a vertical post. As he went through the revolving doors he felt his courage deserting him. ...the doorman by the revolving door. II. When you talk about a revolving door, you mean a situation in which the employees or owners of an organization keep changing. an organization that people tend to enter and leave very quickly. "the newsroom became a revolving-door workplace 人来人往的, 人来来去去的". They have accepted an offer from another firm with a busy revolving door. III. used to refer to a situation in which someone moves from an influential government position to a position in a private company, or vice versa. If you say that a situation is a revolving door, you mean that people or other things are continuously coming and going, rather than staying somewhere: The department was a revolving door 走马灯似的, 中转站似的 for top leaders, as 10 directors came and went over a dozen years. "the revolving door between the administration and private lobbying firms". snake eyes INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN I. a throw of two ones with a pair of dice. in dice, a score in which each dice shows a one Looks like he rolled snake eyes. I needed a 7 to win, but I ended up with snake eyes and lost everything. A: "Come on, this is my lucky roll, I can feel it!" B: "Oof, sorry, Jerry. Snake eyes again.". II. the worst possible result; a complete lack of success. "his elegant, amusing book sadly came up snake eyes". come up with snake eyes = come up snake eyes 没有结果, 得到最坏的结果 (slang) To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere. From a game of dice, using a pair of dice, in which two 1's are the lowest count, where in many games of dice this is the lowest value and thus losing roll. docile [ˈdəʊsʌɪl] 好使唤的, 听话的, 好差遣的, 逆来顺受的 adj. ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. "a cheap and docile workforce". firebrand I. a person who is very passionate about a particular cause. a person who causes political or social trouble by opposing authority and encouraging others to do so: He is trying hard to dispel his image as a left-wing firebrand 狂热分子. "a political firebrand". someone who has strong feelings, especially about politics, and wants to
change things or encourage other people to feel the same. a. someone who has strong feelings of anger or enthusiasm and often expresses them. II. a piece of burning wood. If you describe someone as a firebrand, especially someone who is very active in politics, you mean that they are always trying to make people take strong action. ...his reputation as a young firebrand. scrawny [ˈskrɔːni] 细长的, 竹竿似的 adj. [disapproval] I. (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony. unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing. If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin. ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair. The vulture extended his scrawny neck. He came home after three months at college looking terribly scrawny. "he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple". II. (of vegetation) meagre or stunted. "straggly trees and occasional tufts of scrawny grass". go down swinging/fighting 誓死抗争, 死扛, 死不承认, 死不认输, 拼死抵抗, 不到黄河不死心, 不见棺材不掉泪, 负隅顽抗, 顽抗到底 informal to continue to fight or to make a strong, determined effort even though you are likely to fail or lose: They beat us in the end, but we went down swinging. Penny: Okay, moving on. Now, who are these guys at Disney World? Leonard: Uh, the big dog is Goofy, and the older couple with the mouse ears , I have no idea. We're not living together! Penny: You're going to go down swinging, huh? All right, well, we got your body lotion, your InStyle Magazine, your jewellery box. for want of trying/for lack of trying If you say that something fails but not for want of trying or not for lack of trying, you mean that everything possible was done to make it succeed. Not all is perfect, but it isn't for want of trying. 8. line-up 阵容 I. a group of people that has been brought together to form a team or take part in an event: Several important changes are expected in the line-up for Thursday's game. We've got a star-studded line-up of guests on tonight's show. Bryan Bulaga is back in the starting line-up 首发阵容 for the Packers. II. (UK identity parade ) a row of people, including a person who is believed to have committed a crime, who are shown to a witness (= person who saw the crime) to find out if the witness recognizes that person. He was asked to pick her attacker out of a lineup. III. US the order in which the players in a baseball team hit the ball. IV. a television programming schedule tonight's lineup of programs. line somebody up 排排站, 站成排 He lined us all up in the corridor. line something up I. to arrange things in a row. I lined the bottles up on the sideboard. II. to move one thing so that it is in the correct position in relation to something else. The windows should be lined up with 对齐, 冲齐 the door frame. line somebody/ something up 安排好 to arrange for something to happen or for someone to be available for an event. We've lined up some excellent speakers for tonight. He's already got a new job lined up. introspective 内省的, 自省的 adj. characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings. thoughtfully reflective. employing, marked by, or tending to introspection. As a student, he was very quiet and introspective. … encouraging a balance between the fast, upbeat songs and a band's more introspective side. There's an interesting literature that suggests that when people are sad, they tend to pay attention to themselves. They become withdrawn and introspective and very aware of their body and their mind and not very aware of the external world. examining and considering your own ideas, thoughts, and feelings, instead of talking to other people about them: She is famous for her introspective songs about failed relationships. Introspective people spend a lot of time examining their own thoughts, ideas, and feelings. sb's heart is in his/her boots UK informal If someone's heart is in their boots, they feel very sad, disappointed, worried, etc.: Their hearts were in their boots when they realized that they would have to do the work all over again. put the boot in informal to kick someone when they are already on the ground. to make a bad situation worse, by criticizing or being unkind. If someone puts the boot in, they attack another person by saying something cruel, often when the person is already feeling weak or upset. After he lost his job, his wife put the boot in by announcing she was leaving him. kick somebody when they're down 落井下石, 雪上加霜 to do something bad to someone when you know they already have a lot of problems. To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time. His wife left him last month and I don't want to kick a man when he's down, but we simply don't have any more work for him. 9. meet your maker to die. To die or to pass into the afterlife. He was convinced he was going to meet his maker there and then. Etymology: In various religions, when a person dies, they go to a supernatural place like heaven where they may meet their creator deity. eshay (lad) Usually white skinny males who like to think they are " Roadmen" or "Gangsters". Usually walk around in polo shirts or puffer jackets, baggy shorts or tracksuit pants, Nike TNs or ankther type of air force shoe and usually wear brands such as Nautica, Ralph Lauren, Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas etc. Usually poor as fuck and waste there center link payment on weed or pingas. Eshay 1 - Oi lad i stopped some cunt out down the train station yesterday. Eshay 2 - oh nooo shit braa! Ya roll him. Eshay 1 - oh yea braa of course, i swear i was like 1 second away from shanking him. Eshay 2 - Fuck lad! If u was there i would of done it braa then went and ripped a few cones out me Gatorade bottle. Eshay or Adlay ([ˈɛʃˌeɪ] [ˈædˌleɪ]) is an Australian youth subculture, commonly associated with criminal activity. The history of the term can be traced back to a similar term, Lad, which was coined in urban Sydney to describe (often in a derogatory way) anti-social disenfranchised lower-class youth from Housing Commission dressed in striped polo shirts, sportswear and running shoes, relying on crime and payments from government services such as Centrelink to support drug habits or purchase fresh clothes. It originated from Inner-Sydney's graffiti scene in the 1980s, with an established familiar uniform of Ralph Lauren and Nike Air Maxs, but began to be influenced by working class culture in Sydney's numerous Housing Commission Estates throughout the 1990s, with older criminals wearing Nike TN sneakers, striped shirts and swimming shorts, with designer brand names setting standards, encouraging younger disenfranchised youth to begin making money illegally. The subculture was heavily prominent in the underground scene in the 2000s, with the style of Nike TN sneakers, Nautica clothing and bumbags widespread across Sydney regardless of heavy stigma from the general public and most of the general urban scene looking down on people in the clothing style, contributing to the style and subculture becoming widespread and appropriated across the country, eventually influencing fashion, language and music, eventually changing the direction of Australia's modern urban youth culture. The subculture traces its roots to predominantly young men from low socio-economic backgrounds, initially drawing inspiration from Southern Beats, British Casual/Chav clothing, and Dutch Gabber dancing/style, eventually creating a distinctly Australian style/culture with similarities, but in turn, completely different. Eventually in 2019, UK Drill culture heavily influenced the direction of the subculture, as Mount Druitt rap group Onefour's drill tracks became viral, drawing similarities between the two. Key distinct lad activities include widespread anti-social behaviour and often criminal activity, such as shoplifting, vandalism, assault, robbery, and often burglary and drug dealing. Many use drugs.
purse VS pucker VS pout: I've never seen a female pout her lips to put on lipstick. I pout when I'm sulky, you might pucker your lips for a kiss, and purse your lips in disapproval or deep thought. purse 抿着嘴, 紧抿嘴唇(表示不满, 不高兴) to bring your lips tightly together so that they form a rounded shape, usually as an expression of disapproval: "I don't approve of that kind of language," she said, pursing her lips. pucker [pʌkər] verb. 嘟嘴(cry或者kiss, 吸食什么), 皱眉头 I. When a part of your face puckers or when you pucker it, it becomes tight or stretched, often because you are trying not to cry or are going to kiss someone. if your lips pucker, you squeeze them together and out. if your forehead puckers, it becomes full of lines, for example because you are thinking or because your head hurts. Toby's face puckered. She puckered her lips into a rosebud and kissed him on the nose. ...puckered lips. ...a long puckered scar. vocabulary: Pucker is a verb for what happens when something smooth or flat gets folded up into little wrinkles, like how you pucker your lips when you go to kiss someone — you, wild flirt, you! When you use a sewing machine, sometimes the cloth puckers in wrinkly clumps that make it hard to sew in a straight line. Most of the time, it's lips that do the puckering, maybe because you want a kiss, but also sucking on a lemon can make your lips pucker. If someone tells you to "pucker up," they might want to kiss you, or they might throw a sour pickle at your head. Either way, get ready. pout [paʊt] verb (噘着嘴不高兴, 或者嘟嘴表性感) I. If someone pouts, they stick out their lips, usually in order to show that they are annoyed or to make themselves sexually attractive. He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. ...gorgeous pouting models. She shot me a reproachful pout. II. If someone pouts, they say something with a pout. 'You're no fun,' she pouted. vocabulary: When something doesn't go your way and you get annoyed about it, that's a pout. And when you let the world know about it by thrusting out your lower lip, you are pouting. Get over it. When you pout, you're expressing annoyance or displeasure. It's a sulky kind of gesture, one that involves a facial expression more than words — in fact, a pout is often accompanied by a moody silence. The verb form of pout describes the action, and the noun form describes the facial expression. Maybe it's not a coincidence that a pout is also a type of fish. Pouting faces are a bit fish-like in their expressions. wrinkle 皱眉, 皱鼻子 When you wrinkle your nose or forehead, or when it wrinkles, you tighten the muscles in your face so that the skin folds. Frannie wrinkled her nose at her daughter. Ellen's face wrinkles as if she is about to sneeze.
