用法学习: 1. A cheat code 外挂( Photo shows swimming freak Katie Ledecky is a cheat code: Katie Ledecky is a cheat code. The American legend proved it again at the swimming world championships in Budapest on Tuesday, finishing the women’s 1500m with none of her competitors in the same TV frame. ) is generally a code, method or device used by gamers to advance levels, or to get other special powers and benefits in a video game. It could be series of alphanumeric codes or keyboard combinations which can give the gamers an added advantage over other gamers who do not use a cheat code. Cheat codes are not explicitly made known to the public. The term cheat code can also be used to denote anything a person does other than the traditional way of doing something for the purpose of winning or scoring above their competition. Cheat codes are special codes or methods which allow gamers access to advantages such as extra lives, more power, extra equipment and higher levels. Cheat codes were initially used as a tool to aid development and testing of the various modules of the game and kept hidden until a user makes the discovery of the cheat code and uses it to gain an advantage. These cheat codes that are created by the developer may also be known as Easter eggs that are hidden in a game. However, not all cheat codes are devised as a way to aid in game development. Some cheat codes are created by hackers who identify software bugs in the system and exploit them to get better results from the games. Cheat codes can be secret textual information or some form of executable code or a combination of inputs to the game. Some downloadable cheat codes may contain malware and may cause a system or game to behave in unusual ways. The use of cheat codes has been decreasing due to various reasons. The usage of cheat codes has lost favor mainly due to the rising popularity of online multiplayer games where fairness is expected and valued for a complete gaming experience. As gamers are more inclined towards experiencing each level than about scores, they tend not to use cheat codes heavily. 2. ethereal [ɪˈθɪriəl, ɪˈθɪərɪəl] 来自仙界般的, 天外的 ethereal sounds, qualities, etc. have a delicate beauty that makes them seem not to be part of the real world. a. Someone or something that is ethereal has a delicate beauty. She's the prettiest, most ethereal romantic heroine in the movies. ...gorgeous, hauntingly ethereal melodies. b. Ethereal means unrelated to practical things and the real world. ...the ethereal nature of romantic fiction. ...in the ethereal realm of the divine. vocabulary: Something ethereal is airy and insubstantial, like a ghostly figure at the top of the stairs. This word can also describe something delicate and light, like a singer's ethereal voice. Ethereal comes from the Greek word for ether, which means "air" or more specifically "the upper regions of space." An ethereal substance or sound is one that carries the feeling of light and air — something you might see in a vision that strikes you as heavenly or supernatural.
emaciated VS emancipated VS emasculating: emaciated [ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪtəd] 孱弱的, 骨瘦如柴的 adj. extremely thin because of serious illness or lack of food. A person or animal that is emaciated is extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food. ...horrific television pictures of emaciated prisoners. As evening approached on October 21, 2018, an emaciated, sickly man with hollow eyes and an agitated manner staggered along Bay Street in Port Melbourne, limping and muttering, scattering startled passers-by. vocabulary: Someone who is dangerously skinny and skeletal-looking 只剩骨架的, 骨瘦如柴的 can be described as emaciated. It's probably how you'd start to look after a few weeks in the wilderness with only berries and bugs for dinner. The adjective emaciated evolved from the Latin emaciatus, meaning to "make lean, waste away." An emaciated person or animal isn't just thin. They're bony, gaunt, and most likely undernourished, often from illness. So if an emaciated stray cat shows up on your doorstep, give it a bowl of milk and maybe pay a visit to the vet. emasculate [ɪmæskjʊleɪt] [disapproval] I. If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. 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. 不像个男人的. 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 the situation. Beverly reminds him that their marriage ended because he had an affair, which Leonard has no excuse for. Alfred called her cold, emasculating and not showing him any affection for years replied Beverly. Now Leonard thinks he has three excuses. Penny worries about them; however, he grew up in a home where his mother earned more and also emasculated his father in every way. Penny and Leonard decide to work things out before they are married and to use the Wolowitzes as an example of what not to do. Many might agree that being expected to go to a birthday party with your romantic partner once in a while is neither outrageous nor necessarily signifies an unacceptable level of control and manipulation in a relationship. Nevertheless, the men are swift to equate doing something solely for the benefit of one's partner and prioritizing spending time with them over spending time with your homosocial group with being controlled and thus emasculated. Moreover, Sheldon even compares the setup to slavery, framing asking one's male partner to attend a birthday party as being oppressive of a sort of 'authentic' hypermasculinity while conjuring up more sinister connotations to the notion of being whipped. Leonard: Hey. What are you doing here? Bernadette: We heard there were some sexy scientists working hard all weekend. Penny: Yup, so we brought you some lunch and we are gonna go look for 'em. Leonard: Soup, sandwiches and emasculation, just like my mom used to make. emancipated [ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪtəd] free and allowed to have the same rights as other people. a. an emancipated woman 断绝关系, 摆脱被控制的, 摆脱了被管束的, 摆脱了束缚的, 不再被束缚的 is not limited by traditional ideas about what women can do. If you describe someone as emancipated, you mean that they behave in a less restricted way than is traditional in their society. not limited socially or politically: We live in more emancipated times. The 20s and 60s are often regarded as the most emancipated decades. She is an emancipated woman. emancipate [ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt] to give freedom and rights to someone. Emancipation of minors 断绝关系 is a legal mechanism by which a child before attaining the age of majority (sometimes called a minor) is freed from control by their parents or guardians, and the parents or guardians are freed from any and all responsibility toward the child. Children before that age are normally considered legally incompetent to enter into contracts and to handle their own affairs. Emancipation overrides that presumption and allows emancipated children to legally make certain decisions on their own behalf. Emancipation is any effort to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally, in discussion of such matters. Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth; also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day , and Emancipation Day ) is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. Specifically, it commemorates Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were free. vocabulary: If you emancipate someone, you set them free from something. At the end of the Civil War, slaves were emancipated and became free men and women. If you break down emancipate, you have e- "out," -man- from the Latin manus "hand," and -cip- from the Latin verb "to take." Put it together, and you have "to be taken out of someone's hands" — a good definition of freedom. The American Revolution was about colonists emancipating themselves from British rule. As a legal term, if a child is emancipated, he or she is declared independent from parental control. emanate [ˈeməˌneɪt] I. intransitive to come from a particular place. emanate from: She could hear raised voices emanating from her parents' room. Wonderful smells emanated from the kitchen. II. intransitive/transitive if you emanate a lot of a quality or feeling 散发, 洋溢着, or if it emanates from you, you show it without expressing it in words. emanate from: A sense of joy emanated from him.
TBBT: 1. Sheldon: Now remember, you were given powerful pain medication and a muscle relaxer, so, uh, don't operate heavy machinery. Try not to choke on your own drool. Penny: Wait. You have to help me get into bed. Sheldon has to get me into bed. Bet you never thought I'd say that. Sheldon: Yes. The charm of your drug addled candour knows no bounds 无底线. Penny: You know, people think you're this weird robot man who's so annoying all the time, and you totally are, but then it's like that movie Wall-E at the end. You're so full of love, and you can save a plant and get fat people out of the floaty chairs. Sheldon: That's a fairly laboured 做作的, 刻意的, 不自然的, 硬扯上的, 牵强的, 牵强附会的 metaphor( laboured I. If someone's breathing is laboured, it is slow and seems to take a lot of effort. From his slow walk and laboured breathing, Ginny realized he was far from well. II. If something such as someone's writing or speech is laboured, they have put too much effort into it so it seems awkward and unnatural. The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose. Daniel's few encounters with Gold had been characterized by a laboured politeness. ), but I appreciate the sentiment behind it. Penny: Sing "Soft Kitty" to me. Sheldon: "Soft Kitty" is for when you're sick. You're not sick. Penny: Injured and drugged is a kind of sick. Sheldon (singing): Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur… Penny: Wait, wait. Let's sing it as a round (A round in music is a song which can be sung by two or more groups of people. One group starts off and the next group start to sing the same song a bit later. ... When a group gets to the end of the song they start again. They can go round and round, singing it several times. do/make the rounds (about an Internet post) to be shared lots of times This nearly instant recipe has been making the rounds online, but it is too brilliant not to share here, too. ). I'll start. Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur… See that's where you come in. I'll start over. Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur… I've got all night, Sheldon. Soft kitty, warm kitty… (Sheldon joins in with the round) little ball of fur, happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. 2. Penny: Oh, for god's sakes, I'm in the bathroom! Sheldon: Shall I come back at a better time? Penny: Get in here! Hurry! Don't you dare knock. Sheldon: Hello. Penny: I slipped in the shower, and I think I dislocated my shoulder. Sheldon: Not surprising. You have no safety mat (non-slip safety mat 防滑垫) or adhesive stickers to allow for purchase ( gain/get a purchase on something 抓紧 to get a firm hold on something. If you get a purchase on something, you manage to get a firm grip on it. I got a purchase on the rope and pulled. I couldn't get any purchase with the screwdriver on the damn screws. The rear wheels of the truck spun, trying to gain a purchase in the mud. hire purchase = US installment plan Hire purchase is a way of buying goods gradually. You make regular payments until you have paid the full price and the goods belong to you. The abbreviation HP is often used. ...the serious problem of hire purchase and credit card debts. ...buying a car on hire purchase. ) on a surface with a low coefficient of static friction. Penny: What? Sheldon: Tubs are slippery. Penny: I know. I slipped. Sheldon: I have a series of whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l, ˈhwɪmzɪk(ə)l] ( I. made or done for fun, not seriously. A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical. McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side. His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical. a whimsical design. II. slightly strange or old-fashioned. his whimsical smile. ) duck stickers on the bottom of my tub. Penny: Yeah, okay, whatever. Will you just turn the water off and help me up? Sheldon: They're holding umbrellas. Penny: What? Sheldon: The ducks in my tub. Penny: Uh-huh. Sheldon: They're whimsical because ducks have neither the need for, nor the ability to use umbrellas. Penny: Oh, my god. I got to go to the emergency room. Sheldon: Well, assuming you're correct that your right humerus is no longer seated in the glenoid socket, I would certainly think so. Penny: Okay, can you drive me? Sheldon: I don't drive. Penny: Well, I can't drive! Sheldon: Well, it seems we've reached an impasse. Penny: Ow. Sheldon: But I could call you a cab or an ambulance. Penny: No, no, no, I can't wait that long, you got to help me, please. Sheldon: All right. Let it never be said that Sheldon Lee Cooper ignored the pleas of a damsel [ˈdamz(ə)l] in distress. Penny: No one's saying that. Let's go. Sheldon: Well, it does seem rather ironic that for want of 99-cent adhesive ducks, we both might die in a fiery car crash. Sheldon: All right, there's no need to bark at 咆哮 ( I. To yell at or speak severely to another person. The science teacher barked at us for not doing our homework. II. To say or shout something to someone in a harsh, brusque or angry tone. He started barking orders at us as if he were our boss or something. to speak harshly to someone. Don't bark at me like that over such a trivial mistake! Ken barked at the children for being noisy.) me. According to the inexplicably [ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəb(ə)l] ( impossible to explain For some inexplicable reason, she chose that moment to break the news. ) irritable nurse behind the desk, you'll be seen after the man who claims to be having a heart attack, but appears to be well enough to play Doodle Jump on his iPhone. We have to fill these out. Describe illness or injury. Penny: I dislocated my shoulder. Sheldon: All right. And how did the accident occur? Penny: You already know that. Sheldon: Cause of accident, lack of adhesive ducks. Okay, medical history. Have you ever been diagnosed with diabetes? 3. Howard's Mother: Howard, I'm home! Howard: Of course. Howard's Mother: Senior fitness was cancelled. It turns out you can forget how to ride a bike. I'm fine, but, oy, did Sam Harpootian eat gravel. Howard: That's great, Ma! Howard's Mother: What's great about an 80-year-old Armenian man with half his chin scraped off? Bernadette: I guess I should go. Howard: No, no, don't move. Hey, Ma, can I have lamb stew for dinner? Howard's Mother: Lamb stew? I'd have to go to the supermarket. Howard: Please? I got a real hankering 馋, 嘴馋( a hankering for/after sth: a strong feeling of wanting something. A hankering for something is a desire or longing for it. From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different. hanker If you hanker after something, you want it very much. to have a strong feeling of wanting something hanker after/for: She had always hankered after thick curly hair. hanker to do something: He hankered to revisit his childhood home. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat. ). Howard's Mother: Oh, I can't say no to my little tushy ( tush [tʊʃ] noun informal North American a person's buttocks. "office chairs are too often tough on the tush". ) face. I'll be back soon. Howard: Thanks, Ma. Howard's Mother: Do you want the regular peas or the Le Seur? Howard: Always Le Seur peas with lamb stew! Howard's Mother: You're right! When you're right, you're right! What if they're out of the Le Seur? Howard: Then get the regular! Howard's Mother: All right! You don't have to yell! 4. Howard: Are we taking our relationship frustrations out on innocent Cylons? Leonard: It's not just Cylons. Superman's next. Howard: All right, I was going to try to squeeze in a little more mocking before lunch, but I can come back later when you don't have a high-powered weapon. Leonard: How can I go out with a woman who believes in psychics? Howard: Hey, I once dated a girl who believed she was abducted by aliens. Leonard: And that didn't bother you? Howard: Au contraire. It meant she was gullible and open to a little probing( probing noun. the act or an instance of making a thorough inquiry, such as one by a newspaper into corrupt practices If he remains here, he'll be away from the press and their probings. It's necessary for me to do a little probing. It wasn't as if his probings were particularly vicious or rough. adj. searching or questioning closely. trying to find out the truth about something. That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed. He was unsettled by her probing questions. He'd questioned him in a manner which was both probing and hesitant. He anticipated some probing questions. He had a lively and probing intelligence.). Leonard: What am I supposed to do, pretend I believe something I don't whenever I'm with Penny? Howard: Hey, I'm sure Penny fakes all kinds of things when she's with you. Leonard: Do me a favour, lean over, put your head right here. Howard: Let me show you another way to look at this. Here we have the universe of all women. These are the ones you want to sleep with. These are the women who believe exactly what you believe. These are the women who would be willing to sleep with you. And right there in the little triple intersection is your ideal mate. Odds are she's a short physicist with low self-esteem who lives in a government research facility in China. Leonard: What's your point? In order to keep having a sexual relationship with Penny, I have to give up everything I believe in, my intellectual integrity, the very nature of who I am? I can't do that, Howard. 5. chintzy adj. mainly disapproving I. 艳丽, 俗气的. 土气的. having a lot of traditional decoration, especially using cloth with patterns of flowers; this word is often used when you think this style is ugly or not fashionable. Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz. ...chintzy armchairs. I find their house a bit too chintzy. a chintzy rose-patterned sofa. The room contains an assortment of gilt-edged pieces of furniture and a chintzy rose-patterned sofa. The decor may be rather chintzy and cheesy, but the hotel is unpretentious, relaxed and informal. You are not likely to see a pub that has this much chintzy decor back in Ireland. II. [mainly US, disapproval] cheap and of low quality. If you describe something as chintzy, you mean that it is showy and looks cheap. ...a chintzy table lamp. The room was full of chintzy Christmas decorations. III. [US, informal, disapproval] 小气. 吝啬. not willing to spend money. You can describe someone as chintzy if they are mean and seem to spend very little money compared with other people. Don't be so chintzy - the whole evening will only cost you ten bucks. I knew I couldn't afford one of their fabled handbags on my chintzy budget. vocabulary: Something that's chintzy is tacky or cheap. A badly made pair of pants is chintzy, and a terribly acted, melodramatic movie is too. Things made of inferior materials are chintzy: "I like the neighborhood, but the house is so badly built, with really chintzy kitchen cabinets and closet doors." Another way to use this adjective is to mean "stingy," or "ungenerous." You might complain about your chintzy boss at work, who's known for giving workers five cent raises and not paying for overtime. Chintzy comes from the cotton fabric known as chintz, from the ordinariness of this common material. Raj: Thanks for coming with me. Sheldon: Thanks for giving me your limited edition Green Lantern lantern. Raj: Did you really have to bring it in with you? Sheldon: What if evil strikes and my power ring runs low? Raj: Come on, let's get a drink. Sheldon: I don't drink. Raj: Yeah, well I do. And when my wingman is carrying a Green Lantern lantern, I drink a lot. I'll have a screwdriver, please. Don't be chintzy with the screw. Sheldon: I would like a root beer float. Raj: Sheldon, they don't have ice cream. Sheldon: They don't? Well, apparently, these people and I differ greatly on the definition of party. Raj: He'll have a Shirley Temple. Sheldon: And don't be chintzy with the Shirley. Raj: Okay, let's check out the females. 6.
