用法学习: 1. thick and fast quickly and in large numbers. If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers. The rumours have been coming thick and fast 汹汹而来, 蜂拥而至. Distress calls were pouring in thick and fast from all over the area. Distress calls were pouring in, thick and fast, from all over the area. More nasty comments came thick and fast, with many making personal attacks on the young star. hypnotize [ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz] ( hypnosis [hɪpˈnoʊsɪs] 催眠) verb I. If someone hypnotizes you, they put you into a state in which you seem to be asleep but can still see, hear, or respond to things said to you. A hypnotherapist will hypnotize you and will stop you from smoking. Surprisingly, the ability to hypnotize yourself can be learnt in a single session. II. If you are hypnotized by someone or something, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think of anything else. He's hypnotized by that black hair and that white face. Davey sat as if hypnotized by the sound of Nick's voice. clout [klaʊt] I. 影响力. 权威. 权力. the authority to make decisions, or the power to influence events. A person or institution that has clout has influence and power. This former TV actress already has the clout to alter movie screenplays. The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets. It is a system in which individual voters have more clout. political/financial/economic clout: The government has less political clout than the opposition on this issue. I'm reading tweets about people saying my tweet is fake like yup!!! You cracked the code! I purposely destroyed my painted wall and shelves for clout on Twitter. II. COUNTABLE a hard hit with your hand. 2. railroad verb 逼着, 威逼着, 逼迫. to force someone to do something that they do not really want to do. railroad someone into (doing) something: We were railroaded into accepting the deal. If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. She is a very fine actor who has refused to be railroaded into rom-coms. He railroaded the reforms through. bottom out 触底了, 平稳下来了 If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount. He expects the recession to bottom out. House prices have bottomed out. methanal 甲醛. time-poor 没时间, 时间紧迫 I. someone who is time-poor has very little free time, and so even though they may have plenty of money they do not have much leisure time to spend it. The company searches, negotiates and renovates properties on behalf of time-poor buyers. II. having little time to meet a deadline. Money-rich, time-poor 有钱无闲 is an expression which arose in Britain at the end of the 20th century to describe groups of people who, whilst having a high disposable income through well-paid employment, have relatively little leisure time as a result. Time poverty has also been coined as a noun for the phenomenon. Many people accept time poverty as a necessary condition of employment; others have sought to solve the problem through downshifting or through adoption of flexible working arrangements. The problem affects both salaried workers who work long hours even though they might be well compensated as well as hourly low-wage workers who work long hours to earn more money. The idea of "money-rich, time-poor" has been reflecting in the human right to rest and leisure, provided for in Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 3. sneezing fit 一连串的喷嚏. A tree chipper or woodchipper 碎木机器 is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. Power is generally provided by an internal combustion engine from 3 horsepower (2.2 kW) to 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). There are also high power chipper models mounted on trucks and powered by a separate engine. These models usually also have a hydraulic crane. Tree chippers are typically made of a hopper with a collar, the chipper mechanism itself, and an optional collection bin for the chips. A tree limb is inserted into the hopper (the collar serving as a partial safety mechanism to keep human body parts away from the chipping blades) and started into the chipping mechanism. The chips exit through a chute and can be directed into a truck-mounted container or onto the ground. 工具: A chisel 凿子 is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it. Chiselling use involves forcing the blade into some material to cut it. The driving force may be applied by pushing by hand, or by using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight ('trip hammer') may be used to drive a chisel into the material. A gouge (one type of chisel) serves to carve small pieces from the material, particularly in woodworking, woodturning and sculpture. Gouges most frequently produce concave surfaces. A gouge typically has a 'U'-shaped cross-section.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Hang on a second, you picked up your mother? Her own legs are barely able to do that. I was filled with adrenaline. It happens to be how women lift cars off babies. Yeah, I'm saying it'd be easier to lift a car. What can I tell you, after I found the courage to put her pants back on, I was unstoppable. So how is she? They're running tests, I don't know. It may have been a heart attack or heart-attack-like event. What's the difference? A heart-attack-like event is an event that's like a heart attack. Thanks for clearing that up. Regardless, coronary 心脏方面的 ( [ˈkɔrəˌneri] relating to your heart. the risk of coronary heart disease. ) problems are eminently ( [ˈemɪnəntli] very or very much Mike seemed eminently more intelligent than the rest of the team. ) treatable 可治愈的. What's more likely to kill Howard's mother are the antibiotic-resistant superbugs festering ( fester I. if an injury or sore place on your body festers, it becomes infected. a festering wound. II. if food or waste material festers, it starts to decay and smell bad. III. if a problem or unpleasant feeling festers, it becomes worse because no one has dealt with it. This festering hatred could tear the community apart. ) in every nook and cranny of ( every nook and cranny 每一个角落 every part of a place: Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.) this hospital. 2. What is this? This is the difference between eating and dining. Remarkable. I'm just realizing how much Leonard's been skating by ( skate If you skate over or round a difficult subject, you avoid discussing it. Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams. When pressed, he skates around the subject of those women who he met as a 19-year-old. skate by 凑合事, 偷工减料, 偷懒, 磨洋工, 得过且过 To get through something difficult with ease. Jeff finds this stuff easy, so he just skates by at work. skirt I. to go around the edge of a place or thing. The pilots skirted the Moroccan coast. They skirted the field to avoid the mud. II. to avoid talking about something unpleasant. He just skirted around the subject. coast by 应付事, 敷衍 to act or move aimlessly or with little effort. I used to respect Felix, but now he just coasts by at work. coast I. 轻松战胜, 轻而易举的胜利 to achieve success very easily or with very little effort. Scotland coasted to a 31–12 win over Argentina. to not try very hard to do something well – used to show disapproval Janey's teacher says she's just coasting at school. to be successful at something without much effort. They scored three goals in the first half and from then on United were coasting. coast to/through The Ugandan relay team are coasting to victory. II. to continue to move in a car or on a bicycle after you have switched off the engine or have stopped pedaling with your legs. III. to carry on at the same level without making a significant effort to improve. Schools classified as coasting 没有进步 will be asked to come up with a credible plan for improvement for consideration by the government’s eight regional schools commissioners. breeze 轻松应对, 容易事, 不费吹灰之力 noun informal a thing that is easy to do or accomplish. traveling through London was a breeze. verb informal come or go in a casual or lighthearted manner. I breezed in as if nothing were wrong. deal with something with apparently casual ease. the computer has the power to breeze through 轻松应对 huge documents. he breezed to victory. saunter [ˈsɔntər] (不是态度问题, 而是心情放松) 晃悠悠的走. 慢悠悠的做事 to walk in a slow and relaxed way. If you saunter somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual way. We watched our fellow students saunter into the building. He sauntered along the river to the mill. She began a slow saunter toward the bonfires. To saunter usually applies to a casual movement, rather than a casual attitude, but I think the word can be used figuratively to someone who is slacking (表示懒散, 磨洋工, 出工不出力). I'd probably be more direct, though, and just use slacking: she reprimanded her girls if they were slacking. I used to respect Felix, but now he's always slacking at work. ) all these years. It's not a big thing. Just think of me as a brown Martha Stewart. Hey, Sheldon, did you change your Wi-Fi password again? Yes, it's, "Penny get your own Wi-fi." No spaces. Thanks. Wow. What's with the fancy spread? My new roommate is bending over backwards to ingratiate himself to me 巴结讨好. Uh, nice touch, by the way. What do you mean? What happened to Leonard? The same thing that happened to Homo erectus. He was replaced by a superior species. I'm the new Homo in town. 3. Here's an interesting fact about alcohol. Hit me. Man is not the only species that ferments fruit in order to become intoxicated. Can you guess what the other is? Hint: Sometimes they pack the alcohol in their trunks. Monkeys. When does a monkey have a trunk? When a suitcase just won't do. All right. It would appear as if alcohol is playing keep-away ( UK piggy in the middle I. a game in which two people throw a ball to each other over the head of a person who stands between them and tries to catch it: He remembered his childhood when he would play keep away with his brothers. II. in sports, a way of playing in which the main purpose is preventing the other team from getting the ball: When you get a lead in basketball, play keep-away 倒脚浪费时间, 小耗时间 and let the clock run out. III. a situation in which someone tries to avoid answering questions or revealing information: How long has this illegal game of keep away been going on? ) with your intelligence. Good night. Please note, it is now past 10 p.m. Per our roommate agreement, kindly refrain from raucous ( [ˈrɔkəs] I. rude, noisy, and violent. a raucous gang of teenagers. II. a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough. Raucous laughter came from inside. ) laughter clinking of glasses, and celebratory gunfire. 4. It's not what it looks like. It's not what it looks like. What are you grinding about ( grind on if something boring or unpleasant grinds on, it continues happening for a long period of time. If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time. The war has been grinding on for years. grind I. If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder. Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it. ...the odor of fresh ground coffee. He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil. II. If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements. 'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step. grind your teeth 磨牙 If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something. If you know you're grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see your dentist. III. If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface. ...a shop where they grind knives. The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster. IV. If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily. Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south. noun. I. 机器摩擦声. The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves. II. If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service. Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person. grinding adj. If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. ...the grinding difficulty of getting to the stadium. Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work. to come to a grinding halt. )? Penny's brain teaser this morning. She and Koothrappali emerge from your bedroom. She is disheveled, and Raj is dressed only in a sheet. The sole clue: "It's not what it looks like." Just let it go, Sheldon. 5. Maybe I should just move back to Nebraska. No, I can't let you do that. Why not? (knock on door) For the first time ever, I have a thriving social life. And no pressure, but it kind of lives and dies with you. 6. You called my mother? Oh, Leonard, is it really necessary to caption [ˈkæpʃ(ə)n] the obvious 加个标题( Captain Obvious (humorous, usually derogatory, sarcastic ) Someone who makes superfluous and/or obvious statements. superfluous [sʊˈpɜrfluəs] 多余的, 多此一举的, 画蛇添足的, 没必要的 not needed or wanted. Charlie gave him a look that made words superfluous. They were superfluous to requirements (=not required). Something that is superfluous is unnecessary or is no longer needed. My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous. I rid myself of many superfluous belongings and habits that bothered me.)? He's been like that since he was a toddler. "Look, Mommy-- a butterfly." Maddening. What's going on? What do you want? Sheldon informed me that you're experiencing an emotional upheaval, and I'm here to help. That's so nice. And we're back to the obvious. Now, what's up? Well, uh okay. Um I don't want to get back together with Penny. We tried it, it was crazy, it didn't work, but I can't deal with the fact that she slept with my friend Raj. And then I find out that Raj's sister Priya, who I've been going out with for eight months, is moving back to India. So I'm just completely confused and alone. I understand. Got any advice? Yes. Buck up (buck up informal I. to try to make someone happier, or to become happier. If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful. I took him out to lunch to try to buck him up. II. To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage. I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on. I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well. buck up = buck your ideas up British spoken used for telling someone to try harder. If you tell someone to buck up or to buck up their ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner. People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble. Buck up your ideas 坚定想法, 坚定思想 or you'll get more of the same treatment. buck up To pass on to higher authority for resolution. pass the buck. He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise. He just bucked everything risky up to management. Instead of dealing with the customer's complaint himself, he just bucked it up to his boss. buckle up to fasten the belt that keeps you in your seat in a car or a plane: Don't forget, buckle up before you start driving. buckle under (to) I. If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it. If he yelled and screamed, my parents buckled under and gave him whatever he wanted. To succumb to or be adversely affected by some pressure: Some schools have buckled under the strain of having too many new students. I had fought very hard against their ideas but finally buckled under to them. II. 承受不住压力. To bend, crumple or collapse under some great weight or pressure: The bridge supports were weakened by rust and buckled under the weight of the heavy truck. The metal chair I was sitting on suddenly buckled under, and I fell to the ground.). Excuse me. You're a world-renowned expert in parenting and child development, and all you've got is "Buck up"? Sorry. Buck up, sissy pants 娘娘腔. 7. Well, uh (clears throat) as your friend, you might like to know that, um we didn't have sex in the conventional sense. Oh, God. Did you pull some weird Indian crap on me? No, no. After we got undressed and jumped in bed, you asked if I had protection. Oh, you did, didn't you? Of course. I'm always packing. Anyway, um, I had trouble putting it on and you tried to help and that was all she wrote ( that's all she wrote American English spoken used to mean that you cannot stop what happens next in a situation, especially when it is bad. used to convey that there is or was nothing more to be said about a matter. "every month, you pay $49.95 and that's all she wrote". An articulation of a sudden and unforeseen end to one's hopes or plans. This is very much an American expression so let's begin with a clarification for readers in the UK where it isn't in common use. The phrase is used to convey the meaning of 'it's all over; there's no more to be said'. ). So, we didn't actually I did. It was beautiful. 8. Hang on, Sheldon. How could you not tell me your sister was moving back to India? Maybe he was too busy writing clumsy penis metaphors about my fiance. Screw you. That was a beautifully written penis metaphor. You know what, guys, I'm not in the mood for paintball. What do you say we just bag it ( bag it I. This usage mainly describes packing groceries or other purchases into a bag. "Please bag it 打包, 装包," the customer said to the checkout clerk. II. 逃跑. 放弃. 到此为止. 就算了. Abandon something or someone, quit. To cancel, abandon, or bring something to an end. After 20 years in the insurance business, I've decided to bag it. I'm going to live my dream as a photographer from now on! The class is not very good, so I've decided to bag it. This idiom first became widespread among students. III. = bag your face. Be quiet, stop doing something, go away. Be quiet!; Shut up and go away! Mary: Sally, you look just terrible! What happened? Sally: Bag it! Mary: Sorry I asked! Bill: Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Germany? Sue: Give it a rest, Bill. Bag it! Sue: Can I borrow your car again? Mary: Bag your face, Sue! Sue: Well, I never! I've heard enough about that, so just bag it!)? Fine with me. 9. Are those soy-based candles? I don't know. Why? Paraffin candles may contain carcinogens. Unless lung cancer is the ambiance ( ambiance [ˈæmbiəns] = ambience 情调, 气氛, 氛围 the character of a place or the feeling you have about it. The bar had a comfortable ambience.) you were going for at your dinfast. Dinfast. Listen, I don't want to be rude, but Priya's gonna be calling any minute, so Oh, yes, Priya. Leonard, you know I make a point of 告诫自己, 特意 never interfering in your personal affairs. Yes, I've always admired that about you. As well you should. But I'm going to make an exception here. Oh, good. Priya has moved back to India to pursue her law career. Instead of desperately trying to keep this intercontinental relationship alive, you could use that time to take up a hobby 发展一个兴趣爱好, 找一个兴趣. A hobby? Yes. I read recently about a fellow in Kansas with an enormous ball of twine ( Twine 纱线 is a strong thread, light string or cord composed of two or more thinner strands twisted, and then twisted together. The strands are plied in the opposite direction to that of their twist, which adds torsional strength to the cord and keeps it from unravelling. This process is sometimes called reverse wrap. ). I bet you could give him a run for his money. You know, some people might say that it's great that we're trying to make things work long distance. They'd say things like, "Love is stronger than the miles between you"" When I rise to power 掌权, 大权在握, those people will be sterilized. You video-chat with Amy all the time. How is this different? Don't you like Amy? Of course I like Amy. Well, there's the difference. 10. Bernie, it's not you. She's just set in her ways ( be set in one's ways 他人就是那样的, 他就是那样的人, 就是那么个人, 固执己见 If you say that someone is set in their ways, you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned. He was too set in his ways to make any real changes. ). How can we be together if the thought of us getting married might kill your mother? It's the circle of life 生命轮回, sweetie. One day our son will marry someone and it will kill you. 11. Hey, how'd it go? You're a putz [pʌts] ( I. an idiot. a despicable or foolish person. II. a penis. pus [pʌs] 脓 noun a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum. ). You know what that means? Yeah. Do you? Your mother just taught it to me. She thinks she got food poisoning from that deli and she wanted to make sure I was okay. And are you? No, because I'm engaged to a putz. You let me believe I was the reason she had a heart attack. Well, based on the available evidence. Shut up! She said I'm a wonderful girl and you're lucky to have me. 12. Who let the satanic dogs out? Who? Who? Who? Colossal serpent. I got a colossal serpent right here. Must you ( must you? 非得..., 一定要... used for telling someone that what they are doing annoys you. Must you rush around without looking where you're going? (why) must you ...? spoken used to tell someone that their behaviour upsets or annoys you. Must you spoil everything? Why must you always be so suspicious? if you must 如果你一定要..., 你要是非得 You say 'if you must' when you know that you cannot stop someone doing something that you think is wrong or stupid. If you must be in the sunlight, use the strongest filter cream you can get. 'Could I have a word?'—'Oh dear, if you must.' If you must have cola, go for the diet version. if you must know used for answering someone in an annoyed way He's not my boyfriend any more, if you must know. )? Sorry. I'm just trying to cheer my buddy up. 13. I actually have information about Raj that would be helpful with this discussion. It doesn't matter if he's showering her with gifts, because the Koothrappalis are vastly wealthy. What do you mean "vastly wealthy"? Well, "wealthy" means a lot of money. "Vastly" means even more. I'm not sure what's tripping you up ( to make a mistake or to cause someone to make a mistake: I did OK on the exam except for the last question, when I got tripped up by a word I didn't understand.). Look, I know they have money. I don't think it's that much. No, you're wrong. As you know, a few years ago, I achieved one of my lesser dreams 次要的理想 and became a notary public. Well, from time to time, I notarize banking documents for Raj. The Koothrappalis aren't just rich, they're Richie Rich rich. Well, so how much is that? About halfway between Bruce Wayne and Scrooge McDuck. What the hell? The last time we went to the zoo, that son of a bitch made me buy him a churro. Listen, guys, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but I need to go call Raj's sister, who I love so much. So vastly much. Okay, so he's got money, and it's a few gifts and a car. And she got him to pay off all her credit cards. What? He paid off her credit cards? Damn it, I could've dated Raj for a couple months. But I wouldn't have, because I'm not that kind of girl. We should really talk to Raj. He's not going to listen, he's in love. Can't figure out what to do? I remember those days. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to stay right here. Yeah, this is a bad idea. 14. Here you go, boys. I'll pick it up when you're ready. Thanks for dinner, buddy. Yeah, real big of you. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Oh, and don't cheap out on 死抠, 抠门, 吝啬, 省钱 ( to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible. To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners. Usage notes: While the verb cheapen is generally more common than cheap, this phrasal verb is an exception. skimp on something 吝啬, 吝惜, 小气 to use too little of something; to save something by using less of it than needed for something. Please don't skimp on the gravy 肉汁. I like my potatoes swimming in it. They skimped on quality a little when they furnished the lobby. Scrooge McDuck 卡通人物形象, 小气, 吝啬的代表: Scrooge is a wealthy Scottish American business magnate who is characterized as a greedy miser. Why do you know all the discount sales? Coz I am a Scrooge McDuck. chintzy [ˈtʃɪntsi] I. 吝啬的, 吝啬鬼的 American informal someone who is chintzy does not like to spend money or give things to people. You can describe someone as chintzy if they are mean and seem to spend very little money compared with other people. [US, informal, disapproval] I knew I couldn't afford one of their fabled handbags on my chintzy budget. II. 廉价的 American informal inexpensive and badly made. If you describe something as chintzy, you mean that it is showy and looks cheap. [mainly US, disapproval] ...a chintzy table lamp. chintzy furniture. III. covered or decorated with chintz a range of chintzy fabrics. a. too colorful and in poor taste. I'll have a screwdriver, please. And don't be chintzy with the screw. ) the tip. We all know you're loaded now. 15. Sheldon's mortal enemy. Mortal enemy? Mm-hmm. Sheldon, I know you're a bit of a left-handed monkey wrench( I. A wrench (spanner) with an adjustable jaw. 可调节的扳手. II. (idiomatic) An unexpected or troublesome problem, obstacle or dilemma. Usage notes: Some writers distinguish on functional grounds between 'traditional' adjustable wrenches designed for turning nuts (and which have flat-sided jaws) and others, sometimes called pipe wrenches or Stillson wrenches, designed for gripping and turning pipes (which may have curved, serrated jaws). The term monkey wrench may refer to either. ), but you really have a mortal enemy? In fact, I have 61 of them. Would you like to see the list? Oh, say no, say no, say no, say no. You just got off the list. Would you like back on it? This'll just take a moment. It's on a five and a quarter inch floppy. 16. I hate to say it, but she did kind of betray you. Interesting. You see betrayal in others, but not yourself. Going to Wheaton's party is not betraying you. Oh, of course you would have to believe that. Evil always thinks it's doing right 坏人总觉得自己是对的. "Excuse me, Stormtrooper. These are the droids you're looking for. " I'm going to a party. I'm not turning R2-D2 and C-3PO over to the empire! Not yet. So, what's gonna happen next? Are you and Bernadette going to break up? I don't know. If we're going to get back together, she's going to have to apologize and accept that I'm a grown man who can make his own decisions. 17. We're going to Wil's. This is your last chance. No, Leonard, this is your last chance. One day, a historian is going to come to you and say, "Is it true you were friends with Dr. Sheldon Cooper?" And you're going to have to choke back 忍回去, 咽回去, 生生吞下去 a hot sob of regret and humiliation as you mumble, "I was, but "I chose to go to a party thrown by the one kid from Stand By Me that no one remembers." You want to drive? Sure. Hey, Sheldon? Oh, good. You picked me, you picked me. No, I just got a text from Stuart. Brent Spiner is at the party. Brent Spiner? Yes. I don't care. Really? Brent Spiner, Mr. Data himself. You love him. I did, but I think I've kind of outgrown Star Trek. You know, stock characters, ludicrous plots, "beam me up." What a load of hooey. I'm going. Live long and prosper, Sheldon. Yeah, even that. You look like a dork. 18. There is no way that Stuart, an impoverished 穷困潦倒的 peddler of picture books, would be at all appealing to 有吸引力 Amy Farrah Fowler, a noted neurobiologist capable of performing surgery on her own feet with nothing but nitrous oxide from cans of whipped cream as anesthesia. All right, but for the record, I checked in with you to see 我反正是问过你了 how you'd feel about it. Fine. The record shall so reflect. Now, getting back to the problem at hand, what to do with a washed-up 风光不再的, 失势的, 过了巅峰期的 experimental physicist I am not washed-up. Oh, Leonard. Lots of people love you and want to help you, but they can't until you admit the problem. 19. It's Stuart. "We met at the comic book store. I was wondering if you'd like to get coffee sometime. It's okay if you say no. It might be the kick in the pants I need to start taking Zoloft." Amy, little vixen ( vixen [ˈvɪk.sən] a female fox. II. old-fashioned an unpleasant woman.). Just working it ( work it/things 偷偷地使劲, 偷偷地努力, 安排安排, 安排一下 spoken to make arrangements for something to happen, especially by behaving in a clever or skilful way. To arrange for something to happen. We should try and work it so that we can all go together. I'll try and work it so we can leave early today. ) under all those layers of wool and polyester. What are you going to do? Doesn't he know you have a boyfriend? Oh, she doesn't have a boyfriend; she has a Sheldon. So do you like Stuart? I don't know. 20. KOOTHRAPPALI: Stuart, settle an argument 你来评判一下 for us. Who would win, Billy the Kid or the White Wizard? (chuckles) If I tell you that, I'm robbing you of the hours of fun you could have for the magical, rootin'-tootin' low price of $24.95. I'll take one. Mm make it two. I hate all of you and myself. Three. I'll ring it up 我去入账. Like shooting nerds in a barrel. 21. Can I talk to you about something? It's a little awkward. I know what this is about. Given the professional standstill 停滞不前, 停顿, 止步, 事业停顿 you're at, you're wondering if this is the appropriate time to abandon your research and focus on teaching. Yes. And if I may suggest, consider changing disciplines. Yeah, to the humanities-- perhaps history. One of the advantages of teaching history is that you don't have to create things. You know, you just have to remember stuff that happened and then parrot it back 鹦鹉学舌一样. You could have fun with that. Yeah, that's not it. Stuart's kind of interested in Amy. Oh, of course he is. She's very interesting. Did you know, when she was 14, she severed the webbing between her own toes? No. He wanted me to find out if you'd have a problem with him asking her out. I'm not sure how to respond, Leonard. I don't own Amy. Can't own a person. At least not since President Lincoln freed the Slaves! Come on, Leonard, if you're going to teach history, these are the kind of facts you'll have to know. 22. I know how you do that trick. Do you know how to pipe down ( pipe down If you tell someone who is talking a lot or talking too loudly to pipe down, you are telling them to stop talking. used for telling someone to stop talking or to make less noise Will you please pipe down, you two? I'm trying to read! Just pipe down and I'll tell you what I want. pare I. When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away 去皮的, 剥皮, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. 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. II. If you pare something down or back 压缩, 缩小规模, 减少, 缩减, or if you pare it, you reduce it. 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. )? Okay, we're going to roll up this newspaper 卷起来. It's a fake pitcher. You got wax in your ears 耳朵长茧了吗, 耳朵聋了吗? The man said it's an ordinary pitcher. Howdini. Okay, we're going to stick this in 塞进裤子里去 here. And then I'm going to pour in the milk. (chuckles): I hope this works, because I didn't bring a change of pants. Look, I Googled it. It's a fake pitcher. That's it. No cake for you. Anyone else want to join the No Cake Club? She's just kidding, boys and girls. Everyone gets cake. Not him. Just give me the pitcher. (clears throat) Behold! (laughter) Wrong pitcher. 23. What are you doing up 你起来干什么, 你半夜不睡在干什么? Nobel Prize acceptance ceremony streaming live from Stockholm. Sure. You want to see what all the scientists are wearing this year. Look at these men. They've managed to win the top science prize in the world with no more understanding of the quantum underpinnings of the expansion of the early universe than God gave a goose ( ain't got the sense God gave geese Is very foolish or lacking common sense. Jimmy almost crossed the street without looking up from his cell phone. He ain't got the sense God gave geese!). You should pay attention, Leonard. Someday this could be you up there. Thanks. So, what's got you up 你怎么也睡不着了, 你怎么也起来了? Did you have a bad clam 吃了坏掉的clam了吗 ( A clam is a shellfish. Shellfish are commonly understood to be a source of sickness. A bad clam = a clam that was not fresh/healthy. If you eat a bad clam, you will find yourself going to the toilet with great urgency.)? I didn't have clams. I don't watch you I don't know what you do. It's this Jimmy Speckerman thing. I can't decide if I should agree to see him or not. Of course that might be because the last time I ran into him, he made me floss with my own shoelaces. 24. You should have seen this guy back in the day. Huh? He was so little, he could fit in just about anywhere. Lockers, trash cans. Oh, man, how did you get inside that backpack? Oh, I can't take all the credit. You helped a lot. Yeah. We were practically a comedy team. Like the Black Death and Europe. Jimmy, I'm kind of curious why you wanted to see me. Okay, here it is. I have this great money-making idea. I just need a gear head ( To have a tendency to want or to be interested in mechanical things; to understand, and be able to work on things of a mechanical nature, or things with gears. ) to get it to the finish line. Technically, Howard's the gear head. Leonard's just a dime store laser jockey. What's the idea? This is just between us, right? Right. Okay. What do you think about a pair of glasses that makes any movie you want into 3D? That sounds amazing. First movie I'm watching-- Annie. How exactly would these glasses work? How the hell should I know? That's why I need a nerd. I don't think something like that's even possible. Aw, come on, you can figure it out. You're like the smartest guy I've ever known. The smartest?! All right, you know, I may not have a firm grasp on sarcasm, but even I know that was a doozy ( something that is extremely unusual or special. ). Leonard, you can't live in fear of this man forever. Sheldon, I got this. You clearly don't. What my spineless friend lacks the courage to say is you're a terrible person who took advantage of his tiny size, his uncoordinated nature and his congenital lack of masculinity. Sheldon. Leonard, I platonically love you, man, but face it, you're a mess. I don't understand. I think what he's trying to say is that maybe in high school you picked on me a little bit. A little bit? The man Super Glued Hershey's Kisses to your nipples. That's funny because those aren't the kind of kisses you want on your nipples. What is that? This is a list of your heinous acts 卑劣行为, 卑劣行径 against Leonard. One of which is certainly the cause of him wetting his bed well into his teens. What's this word? "Nancy." You called me Nancy for three years. You really need to work on your penmanship. Oh, man, I I don't know what to say. I always thought we were just having some fun. 25. No one wants to hear my apologies. I think your mistake is doing it over the phone. If they could look into your eyes, they'd melt. Penny, it doesn't matter what you did in the past. You're a good person now. That's easy for you to say. You weren't just called a "b-b-b-b-bitch. " Perhaps you could assuage [əˈsweɪdʒ] 减少, 减缓 your guilt through altruism. Which word's tripping you up 难住你了? "Assuage," or "altruism"? Both. You'll feel better by doing something nice for someone. I actually knew that. I never doubted you. Every other week I serve at a soup kitchen downtown. 26. I have a bit of good news myself. My most recent paper on how a cooperative long-term potentiation can map memory sequences in dendritic branches made the cover of Neuron. Ooh! Speaking of good news, somebody just hit 100 Twitter followers. That's nice. Anyway, I've been dreaming of this day for a long time. Yeah, me, too. Triple digits, I'm not gonna lie-- it feels pretty good. Sheldon, I'm the sole author on a paper being published in a distinguished journal that may change the course of my field. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Ooh, 101! Air's getting a bit thin up here 高处不胜寒啊. So, are we ready to order? Give me a minute. I'm gonna go wash up 梳洗一下. Well, that's odd. 27. How about that? After all these years, your big bad high school bully finally apologizes. Yeah. It kind of rekindles your faith 重燃信心 in the basic goodness of people 人类本性. You know what would be nice? What's that? As a symbolic gesture to all the bullies who've tormented us for years, we open our home to Jimmy and once he's asleep we kill him. I said it would be nice-- I didn't say we should do it. I feel just like Mother Teresa. Except for the virgin part. That ship sailed a long time ago. I think Mother Teresa would have washed the clothes first. Yeah, well, I bet her laundry room wasn't down five flights of stairs. You know, giving really is better than receiving. I used to think it was such a cliche, but it seems to be the (gasps) Look at these cute jeans someone just threw away. Donated. Yes, to a poor waitress who loves a boot cut. Penny. Come on, they would be so cute on me They go great with this sweater! I don't think Mother Teresa Oh, that is adorable. 28. Leonard. Yeah. In case it comes up again, this right here is an imposition. What was I supposed to do? He needed a place to sleep it off. You're soft. This world's going to chew you up and spit you out 生吞活剥. When did I have tacos? Morning, Jimmy. 29. Look, I'm no expert in women I'll say. That's not necessary when someone's trying to help you. I'm sorry. It's the alcohol talking 醉话. Go on. Sometimes with women you want to listen to what upsets them and then show them that you can grow and change. Nuts to that. What else you got? Buy her something. How does that work? Well, you skip over any attempt to repair your emotional connection and you win back her affection with an empty financial gesture. Well, that approach 那种办法, 那种方案 has Sheldon Cooper written all over it. Glad I could help. It's appreciated. And if you ever manage to find a woman again, I'll be glad to return the favor. 30. Mind explaining to me why you were being such a jerk at the restaurant? Well, I was trying to act like we weren't seeing each other. That was the plan, right? No, the plan was to tell people we decided to stay friends. That's a little hard to do when you're always being such a tool bag. You know what? I don't have to stand here and take this crap. The hell do you think you're going? Isn't sex after fighting kind of what we do now?! Yeah, kind of, yeah. What are we doing? What do you mean? Every scenario I play out 演绎出来的 for you and me ends badly 结局不好. That's because you overthink everything.
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用法学习: 1. on thin ice If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences. I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it. Friends: Cassie needs to stay at your place. Why? Because "Pervie Perverson" here can't stop staring at her. Chandler, she's our cousin! I wasn't staring. I was listening intently ( intent I. 聚精会神的, 目不转睛的, concentrating hard on something. an intent gaze/look 目光如炬的盯着. He gazed intently at his watch. intent on: He was so intent on his bodybuilding magazine, he didn’t notice me come in. II. determined to do something. This expression sometimes means that you do not approve of the thing that someone is determined to do. intent on doing something: She seemed intent on making me miserable.). It's called being a good conversationalist. Watch. Say something. You were staring about eight inches south of there. Fine. She can stay at my place. What does Cassie look like now? Exactly like Aunt Marilyn. This Aunt Marilyn, is she coming to the wedding? Wafer-thin ice. Hey, I'm back. 2. befuddle [bɪˈfʌd(ə)l] 大脑混乱 cause to become unable to think clearly. "even in my befuddled state I could see that they meant trouble". 新闻 飞机着陆事故: The crew attempted to abort the landing and activated the go-around switches, without realising that the aircraft had briefly touched down on the runway – a situation which inhibits 阻止 the go-around switches and requires manual advancement of the thrust levers. Boeing says this logic is designed to prevent pilots from inadvertently activating go-around mode after touchdown, which risks a runway excursion. While both the captain and first officer had attended initial computer-based training for the 777, this did not cover go-around switch inhibiting. Emirates has modified its training since the August 2016 accident, the inquiry points out, to reinforce training for go-around after touchdown and include information relating to the switch-inhibit logic in various training modules. The airline has also been liaising with Boeing to develop "engineered defences" to alert the crew when a go-around switch is pushed during an inhibited phase, it adds. Investigators have recommended that the FAA carries out a safety study, in consultation with Boeing, to enhance the 777's autothrottle system and go-around switch inhibit logic to "aoid pilot errors due to over-reliance on automation". The inquiry also says flight crew manuals should have the significance of the inhibit logic "appropriately" highlighted. 3. intrusive I. interrupting a peaceful situation. intrusive noise/lights/tourists. II. 侵袭性的. becoming involved in something in a way that is not welcome. I found their question quite intrusive. intrusive press photographers. Something that is intrusive disturbs your mood or your life in a way you do not like. The cameras were not an intrusive presence. Staff are courteous but never intrusive.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Well, it's good to know, when I need you guys, I can always count on you to step up and ruin everything. I feel awful. Ah, me, too. To tell you the truth, I thought if anyone was going to screw things up for Howard, it'd be Sheldon. Well, your expectations have been subverted ( subvert [səbˈvɜrt] I. 颠覆. 推翻. to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics, etc. II. to make someone less loyal or less moral. To subvert something means to destroy its power and influence. ...an alleged plot to subvert the state. ...a last attempt to subvert culture from within. ). Aha. 2. The person at fault 导致问题, 犯了错 for you not getting a security clearance is me. You? Yes, but before you get upset, I want you to know I went to the FBI and retracted my statement. And they were okay with that? No. If anything, I made it worse. In any case, I have been riddled with guilt 充满罪恶感, which is causing Gorn-infested REM sleep. So, I'm here now to say I'm sorry. Are you kidding me? You've set my career back at least two years 事业倒退两年, and you think you can make it right with "I'm sorry"? Yes. I followed the social protocol. I attempted to right the wrong, and when I failed to do so, I delivered a heartfelt apology. Now you say, "Apology accepted," and I will offer you a one-time-only high five. Your apology is not accepted. You're tricking me. It really is, isn't it? Leave me alone, Sheldon. 3. I'm quite familiar with Dr. Tyson. He's responsible for the demotion 降级 of Pluto from planetary status. I liked Pluto. Ergo I do not like you. But I actually didn't demote Pluto. That was a vote of the International Astronomical Union. If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas. Think about that, Dr. Tyson. Is that the guy you were telling me about? Oh, yeah. 4. (humming "The Raiders' March") Come on, guys! Hurry up! Hurry up! Let's see you run with a bag of urine strapped 绑在腿上 to your leg. He's got the movie! Get him! (crowd yelling) Why is there never a pontoon plane when you need one? 5. She's been in there a long time. Clearly, losing Truth or Dare upset her. Perhaps we should try to take her mind off it with another popular slumber party activity. Ooh, like what? Well, the Internet suggests that slumber party guests often engage in harmless experimentation with lesbianism. Where exactly on the Internet have you been looking 你看的都是什么网站啊? 6. Oh, how'd it go last night? Oh, you know. Same old, same old. Looked through a telescope, saw some stars. Big whoop. Really? You waited months for time with that telescope. What happened? Why? You writing a book? I'm going to propose a hypothesis. Last night, Raj accidentally made contact with an alien civilization and has been ordered by the United States government to keep it a secret. Nothing happened. Can we please just change the subject? That sounds rehearsed. We are not alone. You get to play with Raj's big telescope last night? Whoa. Where did that come from? He never touched my telescope. Way to go shutting up. I did shut up. 7. You know what I've been doing for the last hour? Mm, dreamily doodling "Mrs. Leonard Hofstadter" in a notebook? Listening to my father go on and on about what a great guy you are. You got to admit, I'm delightful. Why are you making this so difficult? It's not difficult for me. I'm having fun. Leonard. What do you want me to do? You started this. Do you want to go over and tell him we're broken up? No. Well, then, what do you want? I don't know. Don't you think that's something you should have figured out before you stomped over 气势汹汹的过来 here? Maybe. Leonard, Penny, excellent. I'd like to say I'm very happy that you're back together, and if I can figure out a way to do so and sound sincere, I will. In the meantime, I'd like to go over some proposed changes to the roommate agreement specifically to address Penny's annoying personal habits. 8. So girl talk? Um, sure. What do you got in mind? Do you subscribe to 相信, 同意 the Freudian theory of penis envy? Um, I never really thought about it. Why? Sometimes I think it might be nice to have one. Really? Not for sex, for convenience. You can't deny that, by comparison, our internal plumbing 内脏系统 is extremely high maintenance. Again, I've never given it much thought. We have time now. 9. Sheldon Cooper, BS, MS, MA, PhD, and ScD. OMG, right? Perhaps that joke was a little too hippie-dippy for this crowd. All right then, we'll begin with opening remarks 开场白. Miss Rostenkowski, would you like to start us off by discussing your assessment of science's responsibility to society? Sure. I think all branches 所有分支 of science have to move cautiously these days. It's not just giant nuclear weapons that can destroy the world. As a microbiologist, I can tell you even the tiniest organisms can still tear you a new one. Interesting. I think what you might need to know about my colleague is that though she claims her field of interest is tiny organisms, she certainly has spent her fair share of time around what we can assume was pretty massive weaponry. I think Mr. Wolowitz needs to keep in mind that the past is the past. But he should know that I am the kind of girl who could get all the giant missiles she wants. Are we talking about women wanting penises? Because I'd like to weigh in. Dr. Koothrappali, would you care to join the conversation? Certainly. I'd like to raise two points 提出两点. Number one, I think they are talking about penises. And number two, these mimosas are kicking my little brown ass. I'd like to kick your little brown ass. What did I do? Oh, I don't know. Maybe when you walk into a hotel room and you see a guy getting back together with his girlfriend, you should consider doing something other than crawling into the adjoining bed. I did. You said no Bridget Jones. PENNY: We weren't getting back together! It was a one-time thing! Excuse me. We're not taking comments or questions from the audience just yet. Oh, shut up, Sheldon! Hi, bestie. All right, why don't we see if we can bring this back to topic. Let me ask you something, Bernie. 10. Good evening. I'm your guest lecturer, Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I was expecting applause, but I suppose stunned silence 目瞪口呆 is equally appropriate. I agreed to speak to you this evening, because I was told that you're the best and the brightest of this university's doctoral candidates. Hmm. Of course, that's like saying you are the most important electron in a hydrogen atom. 'Cause, you see, there's only one electron in a hydrogen atom. Best and brightest, my sweet patootie. All right, let's begin. Show of hands, who here is familiar with the concept of topological insulators? Don't kid yourselves. 11. All scientists have to fund-raise 筹款, Sheldon. How do you think I paid for my lab? I went to Saudi Arabia and met with a prince who had an interest in neurobiology. Your lab is funded by some Middle-Eastern dilettante ( [ˌdɪləˈtɑnt] someone who is interested in something such as art or music but does not know very much about it. )? Technically, Faisal is my fiance. But I do have a state-of-the-art two-photon microscope and a place to stay in Riyadh for the winter. Well, that explains those puzzling camel race photos on your Facebook page. And consider this: without you to make the case for the physics department, the task will fall to people like Leonard and Rajesh. Are you trying to scare me? 'Cause you're succeeding. Well, then prepare to be terrified. If your friends are unconvincing, this year's donations might go to, say, the geology department. Oh, dear, the dirt people! Or worse-- it could go to the liberal arts. No! Millions of dollars being showered on poets, literary theorists and students of gender studies. 12. On the bright side, I don't think President Siebert will be making us go to any more fund-raisers. It was so much easier at my bar mitzvah. The old people just came up to you, pinched your cheek and handed you a savings bond. Oh, don't be such gloomy Gusses. Look at the size of these shrimp! At what point do we start calling them lobsters? Face it, Raj, we crashed and burned tonight. Oh, you didn't do that badly 你做的没有那么糟糕. 13. Are you telling us that old lady wanted to have sex with you in exchange for giving your department millions of dollars? I think so. You lucky duck. You're really a broken toy, aren't you? I was able to get out of there before anything else happened, but she wants to see me again tomorrow night. Excellent! What are you planning to wear? What? Penny, you're an expert on trading sexual favors for material gain-- walk him through this. Well, no, hold on a second, I'm not going to sleep with her. But we need a cryogenic centrifugal pump. Well, forget it! It's not gonna happen. Well, come now( come, come/come now I. used for telling someone not to be upset or nervous. II. used for telling someone that you do not believe or accept what they are saying. used to tell someone that you do not accept what they are saying or doing. ), Leonard, this may be your only chance to make a real contribution to science! I repeat: Not gonna happen. What was all that about me trading sexual favors for material gain? It was a compliment 那是好话. I believe in giving credit where credit is due 该表扬就表扬((to give) credit where credit's due an expression that means that you should praise someone who deserves it, although you might dislike some things about them: I don't especially like the woman but, credit where credit's due, she's very efficient.). 14. But why-why, exactly? You're a very smart man. How do you think I landed 找到 such a rich husband? I hadn't really given it much thought. Well, think about it. Do you mean? Yep. I'm that good. Oh, what the hell. Good morning, slut. What? Oh, please, I recognize the walk of shame when I see it. All you're missing is a little smeared mascara and a purse with panties wadded up in it. What's going on? Oh, nothing's going on. 15. I came as quickly as I could. Okay. Why? To comfort you, of course. Sheldon told me about Leonard dating Rajesh's sister. So I high-tailed it 火速赶来 over here( hightail it to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry: As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there.) to pick up the pieces of your broken heart. Amy, I'm fine. You don't have to be strong for me. Now let's talk about Priya, that man-stealing bitch. What? In situations like this, best girlfriends are often catty ( used for describing someone who enjoys saying cruel or unpleasant things about other people. If you say that someone is being catty, you mean that they are being unpleasant and unkind. His mother was catty, status-conscious and loud. ...catty remarks. ) about the other woman. Really, I am not upset about Leonard and Priya. Oh. Then perhaps you don't understand what's going on. Your former boyfriend has replaced you with what appears to be a very suitable mate. Arguably much more suitable than you. Oh. Well, good for him. Hey, what do you mean, "more suitable"? Well, granted, Penny, your secondary sexual characteristics 第二性征 are reasonably bodacious ( [boʊˈdeɪʃəs] I. excellent or impressive. If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive. ...the tasteful and bodacious TT sports coupe. II. If you say that someone is bodacious, you mean that they are appealing or sexually attractive. ...such bodacious models as Elle Macpherson and Rachel Williams. ...a bodacious physique. ). But Priya is highly educated, she's an accomplished professional, and she comes from the culture that literally wrote the book on neat ways to have sex. Whereas you, on the other hand, are a community college dropout who comes from the culture that wrote the book on tipping cows (Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment. The practice of cow tipping is generally considered an urban legend, and stories of such feats viewed as tall tales. The implication that rural citizens seek such entertainment due to lack of alternatives is viewed as a stereotype. The concept of cow tipping apparently developed in the 1970s, though tales of animals that cannot rise if they fall has historical antecedents dating to the Roman Empire. Cows routinely lie down and can easily regain their footing unless sick or injured. Scientific studies have been conducted to determine if cow tipping is theoretically possible, with varying conclusions. All agree that cows are large animals that are difficult to surprise and will generally resist attempts to be tipped. ). Yeah. 16. Now, let's get these electrodes attached and see what's going on in that pretty little noggin of yours. Okay. (knocking at door) I smell Chinese food. It's actually Thai. You're slipping( someone is slipping 退步了 if someone is slipping, they are becoming less good at doing something I beat you again, George. You must be slipping!). Are Leonard and Priya here? They went to Catalina for the weekend. Oh. Where's Raj? At home, forbidding it. How about Howard? I'm given to understand his mother grounded him for running away. Oh, okay. Well, I guess it's just the two of us, huh? Actually, it's the three of us. AMY (on computer): What up, bestie? Good news. Thanks to you, I was able to make a rhesus monkey cry like a disgraced televangelist. Great. So, you feeling better? Not really. Sheldon, you have a guest who's upset. Right. 17. heavy-handed 手脚重的, 笨手笨脚的 I. clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful. using too much force in dealing with someone. done in an unnecessarily forceful way without considering the feelings of others: Local people complained of the heavy-handed methods being used by the police. The demonstration had been dealt with in a violent and heavy handed way. You can't be heavy handed. You have to make people aware that you understand their concerns. The protestors accused the police of using heavy-handed tactics. "heavy-handed policing". II. using too much of something. If someone is heavy-handed with something, they use too much of it or use it in a clumsy way. It all depends on how heavy-handed you are with the paprika. In fact she tends to be a little heavy-handed when she wears make-up. "beware of being heavy-handed with the flour. What's that? It appears to be something preserved between two pieces of acrylic. Oh, it's a snowflake from the North Pole. Leonard gave it to me last year. Oh, God, that is so romantic. Yeah, it was. Leonard's really one of a kind. Saying that while holding a snowflake is a bit heavy-handed, don't you think? Let me see that. Oh, screw it. I can deal with a little self-loathing. Let's go find me a heinie to bite. Outstanding. 18. Penny, right? Oh, yes. I didn't know you had company. I don't want to impose. No, no. It's not an imposition. At this point, in our ecosystem, you are akin to the plover, a small scavenging bird that eats extra food from between the teeth of crocodiles. Please, fly into our open maw, and have at it. If I had more than a box of baking soda in my refrigerator, I wouldn't have to take that. Hi, bestie. Hi. So, um, Priya, you're a lawyer, right? I know. Pretty boring, huh? Oh, come on. It's not boring at all. She's currently helping set up a secondary derivative market which would allow overseas car firms to hedge their investments against potential advancements in battery technology. Hmm? Thank you, Leonard. That doesn't make it sound boring at all. (Leonard chattering excitedly) So, how you holding up? I'm fine. Oh, who are you kidding? She's breathtaking. So, Penny, Leonard tells me you're an actress. 19. talk about sth You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation. Took us quite a while to get here, didn't it? Talk about Fate moving in a mysterious way! She threw the cake I'd made on the floor and stood on it. Talk about being humiliated! sample: You know, for the first couple of months, whenever I would take off my bra, he would giggle and say, "Oh, boy, my breast friends!" Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'm never speaking to Priya again. No, don't do that. No reason to be mean to her. This may be the alcohol talking but I believe there is. Are you familiar with the recent study of Tanzanian chimpanzees by Nishida and Hosaka out of Kyoto University? No, but I can name all the Kardashians. Primates, such as ourselves, have a natural instinct to ostracize ill-mannered members of the troop. Bernadette's urge to shun, scowl or fling her waste at Priya is hard-wired into her DNA. I don't have an urge to fling my waste. Believe me, it's there, we all have it. Hit me with some more booze, and I'll show you. All right, here we are this is the tavern where all the black-market weapon trades go down. I don't think my character should be in a place like this. 20. PRIYA: Leonard, is this going to take much longer? I thought we were going to spend some time together. Uh, we are. In the meantime, you're welcome to whip up a quick character and join us. (chuckles): Seriously? Well, you have to put in a credit card number, but it's fun. Maybe I should just go home. Our troll just walked in! I got him! We got him. We're almost done. WOLOWITZ: So, how do you guys want to play this? Be ruthless. You tell him if he doesn't start talking, we'll register a complaint with his Internet service provider. Sheldon, what if he gets his Internet from his cable company? He could lose his HBO and all their delightful original programming. I don't care! I'm losin' it, man! Why don't we play this smart? Try a little "good goblin, bad goblin." Oh, dear Lord. Nah, I think we have to be more subtle. Okay, I see where this is going. Fine, I'll have sex with him. That's not where it was going. Good, because I would hate that. Leonard, you're busy let's talk tomorrow. Oh, wait. Hang on. 21. "Napoleon Complex" is a theorized inferiority complex normally attributed to people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, such as lying about earnings, and carries the implication that such behavior is compensatory for the subject's physical or social shortcomings. sample: Leonard: What are you doing? Sheldon: Oh. Good morning, shoemaker. I think you'll be pleased with what the elves were up to last night. Leonard: But I fired you. Sheldon: Oh, I know. I'm now an independent contractor. Leonard: No, you are now nothing. You have no connection to this project whatsoever. Sheldon: But I made it better. Leonard: I don't want it better. I want it my way. Sheldon: Well, that speaks volumes, doesn't it? All right, I suppose I'll go put on my bus pants. Leonard: What the hell are bus pants? Sheldon: They are pants one wears over one's regular pants when one sits on bus seats that other people have previously sat on. But perhaps from your lofty heights atop the corporate ladder, you've lost touch with the struggles of the common man. Leonard: Look, I'm still happy to drive you to work. Nothing's changed in that regard. We're still roommates, we're still friends. Sheldon: Except you identified me, your best friend, as a gangrenous 坏死的 limb that needed to be severed from the organism and tossed away. The desperate act of a little man with a big Napoleon complex. Leonard: You know what? Go put on your bus pants. 22. I heard a woman laughing. Oh, uh, yeah. I was trying to see if I could laugh as a woman. Oh! Well, good job. Quite convincing. I smell perfume. Air freshener. And is that lipstick on your cheek and neck? Rash. That's a bad rash. My sympathies 同情你. I'm no stranger to the crimson scourge that is dermatitis ( 皮肤发炎. [ˌdɜrməˈtaɪtɪs] a medical condition in which parts of your skin become red and sore or covered in spots. ). Can I interest you in a topical steroid from my lotion and unguent collection? Uh, yeah, yeah, that sounds great. Very well. I'm sure I can find something that will help you ditch that itch. Okay, he's in the bathroom. Let's go. Do you prefer ointment or cream? Cream. With or without a numbing agent? Without. Really, Leonard? There are no heroes when it comes to dermatitis. Fine. With. Prescription or non-prescription strength? Use your best judgment 自己决定. Well, I think I have a nice 2009 AnaMantle HC. It's usually indicated for acutely inflamed hemorrhoids, but it also goes nicely with non-mucosal body parts. Sounds great. Excellent choice. 23. Sheldon? (quietly): Rats! I believe a misunderstanding may have occurred when I asked you to meet my mother. No misunderstanding. I've learned what that request actually means, and I don't want to be joined to another object by an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis. In what way are you screwed? All I want to do is present you as my boyfriend to my mother so she'll be satisfied that I'm in a relationship. So we'd be perpetrating a ruse? Precisely. And you haven't fallen hopelessly in love with me? Don't be absurd. I find the notion of romantic love to be an unnecessary cultural construct that adds no value to human relationships. Amy Farrah Fowler, that's the most pragmatic thing anyone has ever said to me. I trust this clarification allows us to return to boy-slash-friend-slash- girl-slash-friend status. Of course. 24. Look, Howard, I appreciate the effort, but this is, like, the worst date of my life. (laughs) Seriously? I was once robbed by a pre-op transsexual I met on J-Date, and that didn't even crack my top ten 进入列表, 打入十强, 算不上( I. believe they are close to cracking the case. It was a code that seemed impossible to crack. II. intransitive to lose control of yourself and say or do things that you would not normally say or do, for example, because you are tired or you have been threatened. Heston never cracked, even when they tortured him. crack under the pressure/strain: She won the game because her opponent cracked under the pressure. III. intransitive if your voice cracks 破音, it goes higher and lower, and you cannot control it, especially because of a strong emotion or because you are going to cry. IV. if something cracks, a line or long narrow hole appears on its surface, but it does not break into pieces. The ice was starting to crack at the edges. The egg cracked open and a little chick struggled out. V. transitive to deliberately break something open in order to get what is inside. They used a hammer to crack open the coconuts. VI. intransitive to make a short sudden loud noise like a small explosion. Thunder cracked overhead. a. transitive to make a whip make a short sudden loud noise. VII. transitive to accidentally hit a part of your body against something with a lot of force. Dad fell and cracked his head against the door. a. transitive to hit someone on the head with a lot of force. She cracked him over the head with a frying pan. not all it's cracked up to be if something is not all it’s cracked up to be, it’s not as good as people said it was My mate advised me to watch a new American movie, but when I watched, it wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. crack a safe to succeed in opening a safe in order to steal what is inside it. ). I guess the difference is, I have some self-respect. 25. They really do be crazy. This lobster's good on the way down and the way up. Should be-- it's $30 a pound. Hey, this is a date, right? Yep, it is. Whoa! (clears throat) Excuse me, I have to go to the little girls' room and take a wicked whiz. I'll go with you 我和你一起去. Fair warning-- I had the asparagus. My pea is gonna stink up the place 臭翻.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Well, it's good to know, when I need you guys, I can always count on you to step up and ruin everything. I feel awful. Ah, me, too. To tell you the truth, I thought if anyone was going to screw things up for Howard, it'd be Sheldon. Well, your expectations have been subverted ( subvert [səbˈvɜrt] I. 颠覆. 推翻. to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics, etc. II. to make someone less loyal or less moral. To subvert something means to destroy its power and influence. ...an alleged plot to subvert the state. ...a last attempt to subvert culture from within. ). Aha. 2. The person at fault 导致问题, 犯了错 for you not getting a security clearance is me. You? Yes, but before you get upset, I want you to know I went to the FBI and retracted my statement. And they were okay with that? No. If anything, I made it worse. In any case, I have been riddled with guilt 充满罪恶感, which is causing Gorn-infested REM sleep. So, I'm here now to say I'm sorry. Are you kidding me? You've set my career back at least two years 事业倒退两年, and you think you can make it right with "I'm sorry"? Yes. I followed the social protocol. I attempted to right the wrong, and when I failed to do so, I delivered a heartfelt apology. Now you say, "Apology accepted," and I will offer you a one-time-only high five. Your apology is not accepted. You're tricking me. It really is, isn't it? Leave me alone, Sheldon. 3. I'm quite familiar with Dr. Tyson. He's responsible for the demotion 降级 of Pluto from planetary status. I liked Pluto. Ergo I do not like you. But I actually didn't demote Pluto. That was a vote of the International Astronomical Union. If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas. Think about that, Dr. Tyson. Is that the guy you were telling me about? Oh, yeah. 4. (humming "The Raiders' March") Come on, guys! Hurry up! Hurry up! Let's see you run with a bag of urine strapped 绑在腿上 to your leg. He's got the movie! Get him! (crowd yelling) Why is there never a pontoon plane when you need one? 5. She's been in there a long time. Clearly, losing Truth or Dare upset her. Perhaps we should try to take her mind off it with another popular slumber party activity. Ooh, like what? Well, the Internet suggests that slumber party guests often engage in harmless experimentation with lesbianism. Where exactly on the Internet have you been looking 你看的都是什么网站啊? 6. Oh, how'd it go last night? Oh, you know. Same old, same old. Looked through a telescope, saw some stars. Big whoop. Really? You waited months for time with that telescope. What happened? Why? You writing a book? I'm going to propose a hypothesis. Last night, Raj accidentally made contact with an alien civilization and has been ordered by the United States government to keep it a secret. Nothing happened. Can we please just change the subject? That sounds rehearsed. We are not alone. You get to play with Raj's big telescope last night? Whoa. Where did that come from? He never touched my telescope. Way to go shutting up. I did shut up. 7. You know what I've been doing for the last hour? Mm, dreamily doodling "Mrs. Leonard Hofstadter" in a notebook? Listening to my father go on and on about what a great guy you are. You got to admit, I'm delightful. Why are you making this so difficult? It's not difficult for me. I'm having fun. Leonard. What do you want me to do? You started this. Do you want to go over and tell him we're broken up? No. Well, then, what do you want? I don't know. Don't you think that's something you should have figured out before you stomped over 气势汹汹的过来 here? Maybe. Leonard, Penny, excellent. I'd like to say I'm very happy that you're back together, and if I can figure out a way to do so and sound sincere, I will. In the meantime, I'd like to go over some proposed changes to the roommate agreement specifically to address Penny's annoying personal habits. 8. So girl talk? Um, sure. What do you got in mind? Do you subscribe to 相信, 同意 the Freudian theory of penis envy? Um, I never really thought about it. Why? Sometimes I think it might be nice to have one. Really? Not for sex, for convenience. You can't deny that, by comparison, our internal plumbing 内脏系统 is extremely high maintenance. Again, I've never given it much thought. We have time now. 9. Sheldon Cooper, BS, MS, MA, PhD, and ScD. OMG, right? Perhaps that joke was a little too hippie-dippy for this crowd. All right then, we'll begin with opening remarks 开场白. Miss Rostenkowski, would you like to start us off by discussing your assessment of science's responsibility to society? Sure. I think all branches 所有分支 of science have to move cautiously these days. It's not just giant nuclear weapons that can destroy the world. As a microbiologist, I can tell you even the tiniest organisms can still tear you a new one. Interesting. I think what you might need to know about my colleague is that though she claims her field of interest is tiny organisms, she certainly has spent her fair share of time around what we can assume was pretty massive weaponry. I think Mr. Wolowitz needs to keep in mind that the past is the past. But he should know that I am the kind of girl who could get all the giant missiles she wants. Are we talking about women wanting penises? Because I'd like to weigh in. Dr. Koothrappali, would you care to join the conversation? Certainly. I'd like to raise two points 提出两点. Number one, I think they are talking about penises. And number two, these mimosas are kicking my little brown ass. I'd like to kick your little brown ass. What did I do? Oh, I don't know. Maybe when you walk into a hotel room and you see a guy getting back together with his girlfriend, you should consider doing something other than crawling into the adjoining bed. I did. You said no Bridget Jones. PENNY: We weren't getting back together! It was a one-time thing! Excuse me. We're not taking comments or questions from the audience just yet. Oh, shut up, Sheldon! Hi, bestie. All right, why don't we see if we can bring this back to topic. Let me ask you something, Bernie. 10. Good evening. I'm your guest lecturer, Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I was expecting applause, but I suppose stunned silence 目瞪口呆 is equally appropriate. I agreed to speak to you this evening, because I was told that you're the best and the brightest of this university's doctoral candidates. Hmm. Of course, that's like saying you are the most important electron in a hydrogen atom. 'Cause, you see, there's only one electron in a hydrogen atom. Best and brightest, my sweet patootie. All right, let's begin. Show of hands, who here is familiar with the concept of topological insulators? Don't kid yourselves. 11. All scientists have to fund-raise 筹款, Sheldon. How do you think I paid for my lab? I went to Saudi Arabia and met with a prince who had an interest in neurobiology. Your lab is funded by some Middle-Eastern dilettante ( [ˌdɪləˈtɑnt] someone who is interested in something such as art or music but does not know very much about it. )? Technically, Faisal is my fiance. But I do have a state-of-the-art two-photon microscope and a place to stay in Riyadh for the winter. Well, that explains those puzzling camel race photos on your Facebook page. And consider this: without you to make the case for the physics department, the task will fall to people like Leonard and Rajesh. Are you trying to scare me? 'Cause you're succeeding. Well, then prepare to be terrified. If your friends are unconvincing, this year's donations might go to, say, the geology department. Oh, dear, the dirt people! Or worse-- it could go to the liberal arts. No! Millions of dollars being showered on poets, literary theorists and students of gender studies. 12. On the bright side, I don't think President Siebert will be making us go to any more fund-raisers. It was so much easier at my bar mitzvah. The old people just came up to you, pinched your cheek and handed you a savings bond. Oh, don't be such gloomy Gusses. Look at the size of these shrimp! At what point do we start calling them lobsters? Face it, Raj, we crashed and burned tonight. Oh, you didn't do that badly 你做的没有那么糟糕. 13. Are you telling us that old lady wanted to have sex with you in exchange for giving your department millions of dollars? I think so. You lucky duck. You're really a broken toy, aren't you? I was able to get out of there before anything else happened, but she wants to see me again tomorrow night. Excellent! What are you planning to wear? What? Penny, you're an expert on trading sexual favors for material gain-- walk him through this. Well, no, hold on a second, I'm not going to sleep with her. But we need a cryogenic centrifugal pump. Well, forget it! It's not gonna happen. Well, come now( come, come/come now I. used for telling someone not to be upset or nervous. II. used for telling someone that you do not believe or accept what they are saying. used to tell someone that you do not accept what they are saying or doing. ), Leonard, this may be your only chance to make a real contribution to science! I repeat: Not gonna happen. What was all that about me trading sexual favors for material gain? It was a compliment 那是好话. I believe in giving credit where credit is due 该表扬就表扬((to give) credit where credit's due an expression that means that you should praise someone who deserves it, although you might dislike some things about them: I don't especially like the woman but, credit where credit's due, she's very efficient.). 14. But why-why, exactly? You're a very smart man. How do you think I landed 找到 such a rich husband? I hadn't really given it much thought. Well, think about it. Do you mean? Yep. I'm that good. Oh, what the hell. Good morning, slut. What? Oh, please, I recognize the walk of shame when I see it. All you're missing is a little smeared mascara and a purse with panties wadded up in it. What's going on? Oh, nothing's going on. 15. I came as quickly as I could. Okay. Why? To comfort you, of course. Sheldon told me about Leonard dating Rajesh's sister. So I high-tailed it 火速赶来 over here( hightail it to leave or go somewhere in a great hurry: As soon as I heard he was coming I hightailed it out of there.) to pick up the pieces of your broken heart. Amy, I'm fine. You don't have to be strong for me. Now let's talk about Priya, that man-stealing bitch. What? In situations like this, best girlfriends are often catty ( used for describing someone who enjoys saying cruel or unpleasant things about other people. If you say that someone is being catty, you mean that they are being unpleasant and unkind. His mother was catty, status-conscious and loud. ...catty remarks. ) about the other woman. Really, I am not upset about Leonard and Priya. Oh. Then perhaps you don't understand what's going on. Your former boyfriend has replaced you with what appears to be a very suitable mate. Arguably much more suitable than you. Oh. Well, good for him. Hey, what do you mean, "more suitable"? Well, granted, Penny, your secondary sexual characteristics 第二性征 are reasonably bodacious ( [boʊˈdeɪʃəs] I. excellent or impressive. If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive. ...the tasteful and bodacious TT sports coupe. II. If you say that someone is bodacious, you mean that they are appealing or sexually attractive. ...such bodacious models as Elle Macpherson and Rachel Williams. ...a bodacious physique. ). But Priya is highly educated, she's an accomplished professional, and she comes from the culture that literally wrote the book on neat ways to have sex. Whereas you, on the other hand, are a community college dropout who comes from the culture that wrote the book on tipping cows (Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment. The practice of cow tipping is generally considered an urban legend, and stories of such feats viewed as tall tales. The implication that rural citizens seek such entertainment due to lack of alternatives is viewed as a stereotype. The concept of cow tipping apparently developed in the 1970s, though tales of animals that cannot rise if they fall has historical antecedents dating to the Roman Empire. Cows routinely lie down and can easily regain their footing unless sick or injured. Scientific studies have been conducted to determine if cow tipping is theoretically possible, with varying conclusions. All agree that cows are large animals that are difficult to surprise and will generally resist attempts to be tipped. ). Yeah. 16. Now, let's get these electrodes attached and see what's going on in that pretty little noggin of yours. Okay. (knocking at door) I smell Chinese food. It's actually Thai. You're slipping( someone is slipping 退步了 if someone is slipping, they are becoming less good at doing something I beat you again, George. You must be slipping!). Are Leonard and Priya here? They went to Catalina for the weekend. Oh. Where's Raj? At home, forbidding it. How about Howard? I'm given to understand his mother grounded him for running away. Oh, okay. Well, I guess it's just the two of us, huh? Actually, it's the three of us. AMY (on computer): What up, bestie? Good news. Thanks to you, I was able to make a rhesus monkey cry like a disgraced televangelist. Great. So, you feeling better? Not really. Sheldon, you have a guest who's upset. Right. 17. heavy-handed 手脚重的, 笨手笨脚的 I. clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful. using too much force in dealing with someone. done in an unnecessarily forceful way without considering the feelings of others: Local people complained of the heavy-handed methods being used by the police. The demonstration had been dealt with in a violent and heavy handed way. You can't be heavy handed. You have to make people aware that you understand their concerns. The protestors accused the police of using heavy-handed tactics. "heavy-handed policing". II. using too much of something. If someone is heavy-handed with something, they use too much of it or use it in a clumsy way. It all depends on how heavy-handed you are with the paprika. In fact she tends to be a little heavy-handed when she wears make-up. "beware of being heavy-handed with the flour. What's that? It appears to be something preserved between two pieces of acrylic. Oh, it's a snowflake from the North Pole. Leonard gave it to me last year. Oh, God, that is so romantic. Yeah, it was. Leonard's really one of a kind. Saying that while holding a snowflake is a bit heavy-handed, don't you think? Let me see that. Oh, screw it. I can deal with a little self-loathing. Let's go find me a heinie to bite. Outstanding. 18. Penny, right? Oh, yes. I didn't know you had company. I don't want to impose. No, no. It's not an imposition. At this point, in our ecosystem, you are akin to the plover, a small scavenging bird that eats extra food from between the teeth of crocodiles. Please, fly into our open maw, and have at it. If I had more than a box of baking soda in my refrigerator, I wouldn't have to take that. Hi, bestie. Hi. So, um, Priya, you're a lawyer, right? I know. Pretty boring, huh? Oh, come on. It's not boring at all. She's currently helping set up a secondary derivative market which would allow overseas car firms to hedge their investments against potential advancements in battery technology. Hmm? Thank you, Leonard. That doesn't make it sound boring at all. (Leonard chattering excitedly) So, how you holding up? I'm fine. Oh, who are you kidding? She's breathtaking. So, Penny, Leonard tells me you're an actress. 19. talk about sth You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation. Took us quite a while to get here, didn't it? Talk about Fate moving in a mysterious way! She threw the cake I'd made on the floor and stood on it. Talk about being humiliated! sample: You know, for the first couple of months, whenever I would take off my bra, he would giggle and say, "Oh, boy, my breast friends!" Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'm never speaking to Priya again. No, don't do that. No reason to be mean to her. This may be the alcohol talking but I believe there is. Are you familiar with the recent study of Tanzanian chimpanzees by Nishida and Hosaka out of Kyoto University? No, but I can name all the Kardashians. Primates, such as ourselves, have a natural instinct to ostracize ill-mannered members of the troop. Bernadette's urge to shun, scowl or fling her waste at Priya is hard-wired into her DNA. I don't have an urge to fling my waste. Believe me, it's there, we all have it. Hit me with some more booze, and I'll show you. All right, here we are this is the tavern where all the black-market weapon trades go down. I don't think my character should be in a place like this. 20. PRIYA: Leonard, is this going to take much longer? I thought we were going to spend some time together. Uh, we are. In the meantime, you're welcome to whip up a quick character and join us. (chuckles): Seriously? Well, you have to put in a credit card number, but it's fun. Maybe I should just go home. Our troll just walked in! I got him! We got him. We're almost done. WOLOWITZ: So, how do you guys want to play this? Be ruthless. You tell him if he doesn't start talking, we'll register a complaint with his Internet service provider. Sheldon, what if he gets his Internet from his cable company? He could lose his HBO and all their delightful original programming. I don't care! I'm losin' it, man! Why don't we play this smart? Try a little "good goblin, bad goblin." Oh, dear Lord. Nah, I think we have to be more subtle. Okay, I see where this is going. Fine, I'll have sex with him. That's not where it was going. Good, because I would hate that. Leonard, you're busy let's talk tomorrow. Oh, wait. Hang on. 21. "Napoleon Complex" is a theorized inferiority complex normally attributed to people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, such as lying about earnings, and carries the implication that such behavior is compensatory for the subject's physical or social shortcomings. sample: Leonard: What are you doing? Sheldon: Oh. Good morning, shoemaker. I think you'll be pleased with what the elves were up to last night. Leonard: But I fired you. Sheldon: Oh, I know. I'm now an independent contractor. Leonard: No, you are now nothing. You have no connection to this project whatsoever. Sheldon: But I made it better. Leonard: I don't want it better. I want it my way. Sheldon: Well, that speaks volumes, doesn't it? All right, I suppose I'll go put on my bus pants. Leonard: What the hell are bus pants? Sheldon: They are pants one wears over one's regular pants when one sits on bus seats that other people have previously sat on. But perhaps from your lofty heights atop the corporate ladder, you've lost touch with the struggles of the common man. Leonard: Look, I'm still happy to drive you to work. Nothing's changed in that regard. We're still roommates, we're still friends. Sheldon: Except you identified me, your best friend, as a gangrenous 坏死的 limb that needed to be severed from the organism and tossed away. The desperate act of a little man with a big Napoleon complex. Leonard: You know what? Go put on your bus pants. 22. I heard a woman laughing. Oh, uh, yeah. I was trying to see if I could laugh as a woman. Oh! Well, good job. Quite convincing. I smell perfume. Air freshener. And is that lipstick on your cheek and neck? Rash. That's a bad rash. My sympathies 同情你. I'm no stranger to the crimson scourge that is dermatitis ( 皮肤发炎. [ˌdɜrməˈtaɪtɪs] a medical condition in which parts of your skin become red and sore or covered in spots. ). Can I interest you in a topical steroid from my lotion and unguent collection? Uh, yeah, yeah, that sounds great. Very well. I'm sure I can find something that will help you ditch that itch. Okay, he's in the bathroom. Let's go. Do you prefer ointment or cream? Cream. With or without a numbing agent? Without. Really, Leonard? There are no heroes when it comes to dermatitis. Fine. With. Prescription or non-prescription strength? Use your best judgment 自己决定. Well, I think I have a nice 2009 AnaMantle HC. It's usually indicated for acutely inflamed hemorrhoids, but it also goes nicely with non-mucosal body parts. Sounds great. Excellent choice. 23. Sheldon? (quietly): Rats! I believe a misunderstanding may have occurred when I asked you to meet my mother. No misunderstanding. I've learned what that request actually means, and I don't want to be joined to another object by an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis. In what way are you screwed? All I want to do is present you as my boyfriend to my mother so she'll be satisfied that I'm in a relationship. So we'd be perpetrating a ruse? Precisely. And you haven't fallen hopelessly in love with me? Don't be absurd. I find the notion of romantic love to be an unnecessary cultural construct that adds no value to human relationships. Amy Farrah Fowler, that's the most pragmatic thing anyone has ever said to me. I trust this clarification allows us to return to boy-slash-friend-slash- girl-slash-friend status. Of course. 24. Look, Howard, I appreciate the effort, but this is, like, the worst date of my life. (laughs) Seriously? I was once robbed by a pre-op transsexual I met on J-Date, and that didn't even crack my top ten 进入列表, 打入十强, 算不上( I. believe they are close to cracking the case. It was a code that seemed impossible to crack. II. intransitive to lose control of yourself and say or do things that you would not normally say or do, for example, because you are tired or you have been threatened. Heston never cracked, even when they tortured him. crack under the pressure/strain: She won the game because her opponent cracked under the pressure. III. intransitive if your voice cracks 破音, it goes higher and lower, and you cannot control it, especially because of a strong emotion or because you are going to cry. IV. if something cracks, a line or long narrow hole appears on its surface, but it does not break into pieces. The ice was starting to crack at the edges. The egg cracked open and a little chick struggled out. V. transitive to deliberately break something open in order to get what is inside. They used a hammer to crack open the coconuts. VI. intransitive to make a short sudden loud noise like a small explosion. Thunder cracked overhead. a. transitive to make a whip make a short sudden loud noise. VII. transitive to accidentally hit a part of your body against something with a lot of force. Dad fell and cracked his head against the door. a. transitive to hit someone on the head with a lot of force. She cracked him over the head with a frying pan. not all it's cracked up to be if something is not all it’s cracked up to be, it’s not as good as people said it was My mate advised me to watch a new American movie, but when I watched, it wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. crack a safe to succeed in opening a safe in order to steal what is inside it. ). I guess the difference is, I have some self-respect. 25. They really do be crazy. This lobster's good on the way down and the way up. Should be-- it's $30 a pound. Hey, this is a date, right? Yep, it is. Whoa! (clears throat) Excuse me, I have to go to the little girls' room and take a wicked whiz. I'll go with you 我和你一起去. Fair warning-- I had the asparagus. My pea is gonna stink up the place 臭翻.
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
prickle VS thorn VS spike; spike strip VS caltrop;
用法学习: 1. The State of the Union was full of political theatrics. As Mr Trump spoke about gun rights, the father of a school shooting victim began shouting at him. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy was scathing of the address. "That was a disgrace," he said. "It was a 2020 campaign speech from beginning to end, filled with political stunts unworthy of the House chamber and verifiable lie ( [ˌverɪˈfaɪəb(ə)l] able to be checked or proved. ) after verifiable lie. "I regret attending, and I'm sad that President Trump chose to turn a sacred tradition into a cheap campaign spectacle." Much of the early part of his speech was centred on the unemployment rate, which is at its lowest rate in decades. Former Obama staffer David Axelrod took umbrage [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ] at the claim 不同意这种说法( If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason. to be offended by something. They're liable to take umbrage if we don't invite them. He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.). "The last three years of the Obama administration produced more jobs than the first three years of Donald Trump," he tweeted. 2. Sniffing glue high - Chroming resurgence hits Queensland: Also known as huffing, sniffing or rexing, chroming is a form of volatile substance abuse involving inhaling solvents ([ˈsɑlvənt] I. 溶液. a liquid used for dissolving a solid substance so that it becomes part of the liquid. ...a small amount of cleaning solvent. ...industrial solvents. a. a liquid that has a solid substance dissolved in it so that it has become part of the liquid. adj. if you are solvent, you have enough money to pay your bills and other debts. If a person or a company is solvent, they have enough money to pay all their debts. They're going to have to show that the company is now solvent. ) or other household chemicals to get high. The practice has caused a spate of deaths across the country and a rise in Queensland cases prompted a two-week long community awareness project from the Queensland Police Service. The term chroming came from the sniffing of chrome-based paint ( chrome = Chromium 铬(Cr) a hard metal alloy (=a combination of different metals) used for covering other metals to make them shiny. ), but now more broadly refers to the inhalation of volatile substances which act as depressant drugs. Sniffing glue is a cheap, but dangerous way people have used to get high for many years. Solvent glue is one of many common substances that fall under the category of "inhalants." Common forms of solvent glues include model glue and rubber cement. Inhalants are typically used by adolescents as a cheaper and more easily accessible alternative to marijuana and other drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that inhalants are the only class of substances used more by younger teens than older teens. Sniffing glue can be life-threatening. Even if the result isn't fatal, the risks associated with glue and other inhalants include possible brain damage and severe breathing problems. Your experience with sniffing glue may be much different than another person's. In addition, the effect of one glue-sniffing attempt could be more or less severe than earlier or subsequent experiences. 3. epidemic VS pandemic: Health officials could declare a "pandemic" if the virus were to start to affect a larger number of people across the globe. The term epidemic is reserved for a more localized spread. send thunders: Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. So Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 4. Thousands of bees came chasing me. Did they catch up with you 追上你了吗? regional relating to or typical of a particular area of a country or the world. Le Canard serves superb French regional cooking. a regional council/newspaper/accent. regional issues/conflicts/cooperation. regional differences/variations 地区差异, 地方差异: It is not surprising to find regional variations in unemployment. ...the autonomous regional government of Andalucia. ...concern about regional security. He has a noticeable regional accent. The impact of these trends has varied regionally. 5. US teen Ethan Lindenberger, who defied his parents to get vaccinated at 18, told US Congress his mother's views 观点, 看法 were largely shaped by groups like the one Najee's mother was in. "Many people don't resonate well with 对数字无感 data and numbers – they resonate better through stories," he said, adding most of his mother's misinformation about vaccines was based on social media posts and anecdotes. A widow's peak 美人尖, is a distinct point in the hairline in the center of the forehead; there are varying degrees of the peak. Although it is commonly taught as an example of a dominant inherited trait 遗传特征, there are no scientific studies to support this. The term stems from the belief that hair growing to a point on the forehead – suggestive of the peak of a widow's hood – is an omen of early widowhood.
prickle VS thorn VS spike: prickle, thorn 刺, 花和树上的刺 (prickly 有刺的): In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically deterring animals from eating the plant material. They (rose) form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. spike I. TRANSITIVE to secretly put an illegal drug into a drink or food. II. TRANSITIVE 扣球 in the sport of volleyball, to hit the ball downwards very hard. III. TRANSITIVE BRITISH INFORMAL to refuse to publish something in a newspaper or magazine. IV. INTRANSITIVE MAINLY AMERICAN INFORMAL 暴增. to increase suddenly. V. spike the camera. to look into the camera while being filmed. VI. to form something into spikes I'd do things like spike my hair or put on a nice shirt. noun I. something sharp and pointed, especially a piece of metal or wood. II. one of the short pointed pieces of metal on the bottom of some sports shoes. a. spikes PLURAL 钉子鞋, 鞋钉子 sports shoes with short pointed pieces of metal on the bottom. III. a sudden increase in the amount of electricity that a system produces. a. INFORMAL a sudden increase in something. a spike in the oil price. IV. in the sport of volleyball, a shot in which the player hits the ball downwards very hard. V. an occasion when someone who is being filmed looks directly at the camera. The spike was so bad they had to reshoot. spike strip 钉子, 钉排 another name for a stinger. The car ran over the spike strip. A spike strip (also known as traffic spikes, tire shredders, one-way traffic treadles, stingers, stop sticks, a stinger in police slang, and formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. 路上发现人为蒺藜: The man was on Alexanders Trail in Lake Macquarie, a city in New South Wales, when he noticed a pile of leaves in the middle of the track. He found wine corks with nails protruding from them, police said in a statement posted to Facebook. They resembled caltrops 蒺藜 [ˈkæltrəp] = calthrop [ˈkælθrəp] ( a four-spiked iron ball or four joined spikes laid upon the ground as a device to lame cavalry horses, puncture tyres, etc. A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot) is an area denial weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base (for example, a tetrahedron). Historically, caltrops were part of defences that served to slow the advance of troops, especially horses, chariots, and war elephants, and were particularly effective against the soft feet of camels. In modern times, caltrops are effective when used against wheeled vehicles with pneumatic tires. water caltrop = water chestnum 荸荠.), illegal weapons that have at least two sharp points sticking out of a base.
Big Bang Theory: 1. All right, ahem imagine yourself in the one place you feel most at home. Where is that? SimCity. More specifically, the SimCity I designed, Sheldonopolis. Okay, you're in Sheldonopolis. Where exactly? Sheldon Square? Sheldon Towers? Sheldon Stadium, home of the fighting Sheldons? Whatever you like. I thought this was supposed to be guided meditation. Fine, you're in Sheldon Square. Really? This time of the year? It's a bit nippy 天气有点冷. Then put on a sweater. Suppose I could run downtown and pick up something at Shel-Mart. Yeah. Whatever. Just go buy a sweater. The nice thing about Shel-Mart is I own it, so I get a 15 percent discount. You own the damn thing, just take a freaking sweater. I didn't turn a profit 没有盈利 last quarter by taking product off the shelves willy-nilly 随心所欲的. All right. You've paid for a sweater and you're in Sheldon Square. Ahem. Hang on. It's a cardigan, I have to button it. Oh, no. What now? A Godzilla like monster is approaching the city. I have to get my people to safety. People of Sheldonopolis, this is your mayor. Follow me. If the children can't run, leave them behind. Oh, the simulated horror. Just as I suspected. 2. Where the hell did you find that? In the prom department. It's ridiculous. Says the former member of the corn queen's court. Please just try this one on? Okay. But anything I put on now is only gonna suffer in comparison 黯然失色, 相形见绌 (To appear lesser in quality once compared to another.). This is absurd. I look like a clown. 2. So, Sheldon how you doing? That's how you start a psychotherapy session? How am I doing? I was promised a riverboat journey into the jungles of my subconscious. Instead I get the same question I hear from the lady who slices my bologna at Ralph's. I'm sorry. I'll start again. Would it be helpful to you if I told you about my dreams? Um. I don't know, maybe. I recently had a dream that I was a giant. But everything around me was to scale 按照比例的 so it all looked normal. Well, how did you know you were a giant if everything was to scale? I was wearing size a million pants. Why don't we just talk? Ah. The talking cure. Classical Freudian. Good choice. If it will help speed things along my answers to the standard Rorschach inkblot test are: A, a bat, B, a bat, C, a bat and D, my father killing my mother with a hypodermic needle. Why don't I just start? Sometimes people have trouble accepting accolades if on a subconscious level, they don't feel they deserve them. Do you think maybe that's what's happening here? Really, Leonard? You just going to try to recycle Adler's doctrine of the inferiority complex 自卑情结? I could probably get that from the woman at Ralph's. And she'd let me taste some pieces of cheese for free. 3. You know, it's none of my business. You wanna sleep with Sheldon's buddy right after we broke up, go for it. Excuse me. I'm uncomfortable with you recommending Leonard pursue intercourse with Dr. Plimpton. Who, I assure you, has better things to do. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying it already happened. Oh, that's preposterous ( 荒谬绝伦的, 说不通的. 没道理的 [prɪˈpɑst(ə)rəs] extremely unreasonable or silly The whole idea is preposterous.). Tell her, Leonard. Well. No. Oh, come on. It wasn't my fault. The implication being that you somehow tripped and fell into her lady parts? I'm just gonna take the bus to work. 4. We don't watch Babylon 5 in this apartment. Why not? Because no one likes Babylon 5. I like it. Me too. So do I. There you go, three against one. They don't get a vote 一票, 不能投票. It's one against one. And according to the roommate agreement, all ties will be settled by me. But I said no to that. And I said yes. And I settle all ties. Change seats with me. Why? There's a draft on my neck over here. So I get the draft? You're protected by your turtleneck. Fine. And it's a dickey ( I. 假领子 a false shirt front worn under a jacket. a man's detachable, or false, shirt front. II. dickey = dickey bird old-fashioned a small bird such as a sparrow. ). Hmm. I'm still not comfortable. Of course, there's too many people here. We can fix that. Let's leave. Yeah, we can go over to my place. Wait, let me get my jacket. You're not going with us. Why not? You're the guy we're trying to get away from. Oh. In that case, I don't need my jacket. And for the record, the correct syntax is 句法结构: "I'm the guy from whom you're trying to get away." Oh, yes. This is definitely gonna be my spot. Okay. How do you know he said that? You left the room. Hey, do you want me to finish working on your man-feet or not? Fine. Go ahead. 5. Even assuming you could answer any question the way I would the algorithms used by matchmaking sites are complete hokum 没有意义的胡说八道( [ˈhoʊkəm] a message that seems to convey no meaning. false things that someone says to impress people. If you describe something as hokum, you think it is nonsense. The book is enjoyable hokum. ). That's the answer we gave to the question. "What is your attitude towards online dating?" Well, Howard wanted to write "mumbo jumbo (Mumbo jumbo, or mumbo-jumbo, is confusing or meaningless language. The phrase is often used to express humorous criticism of middle-management, and specialty jargon, such as legalese, that non-specialists have difficulty in understanding. For example, "I don't understand all that legal mumbo jumbo in the fine print." )," but I said no. Our Sheldon would say "hokum." Come on, where's your scientific curiosity? Most of it is being applied to 被用来 unraveling secrets of universe while the rest of it is wondering why I'm having this conversation with you. Okay, how about this? Even Spock had a date once every seven years. He didn't date. It was pon farr. His blood boiled with mating lust. Why don't you start with a cup of coffee and you can pon farr Amy Farrah Fowler later. I don't drink coffee. All right, you can have a hot chocolate. As I will not be engaging in this nonsense(engaging 有趣的, 有魅力的, 好玩的, 不枯燥的 attractive and pleasant in a way that makes people like you. An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. ...one of her most engaging and least known novels. He was engaging company. A story, song, or person that is engaging is entertaining, fun, and interesting — you want to see or hear more. To remember the meaning of engaging, it might help to think of what engaged means. When a couple is engaged, they've agreed to get married. When something or somebody is engaging, you want to spend more time with them too. Boring is the complete opposite of engaging. Think of your favorite movie or TV show — especially one you can't stop watching — it must be very engaging.), my choice of beverage is moot. For the record, I only drink hot chocolate in months with an R in them. Why? What's life 人生还有何意趣 without whimsy ( Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it. )? Okay, I'm out. Sheldon I've hidden the dirty sock from the roof somewhere in your apartment. Unless you're willing to come with us to meet this girl it will remain there forever. You're bluffing. 6. In a few minutes, when I gloat over the failure of this enterprise how would you prefer I do it? The standard "I told you so"? With a classic "neener-neener"? Or just my normal look of haughty ( You use haughty to describe someone's behaviour or appearance when you disapprove of the fact that they seem to be very proud and to think that they are better than other people. [disapproval] He spoke in a haughty tone. Toni looked at him rather haughtily. ) derision ( [dɪˈrɪʒ(ə)n] the opinion that someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them. He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision. There were shouts of derision from the audience. deride [dɪˈraɪd] to criticize someone or something by suggesting that they are stupid, unimportant, or useless. )? You don't know we're wrong yet. Haughty derision it is. Excuse me. I'm Amy Farrah Fowler. You're Sheldon Cooper. Hello, Amy Farrah Fowler. I'm sorry to inform you that you have been taken in by ( be taken with/by something to be attracted by a particular idea, plan, or person I'm quite taken by the idea of Christmas in Berlin. take in I. to trick someone into believing something that is not true. Don't be taken in by their promises. II. to accept something as real or true. He still hasn't really taken in his father’s death.) unsupportable mathematics designed to prey on the gullible and the lonely. Additionally, I'm being blackmailed with a hidden dirty sock. 7. Does NASA know you're using that thing as a napkin holder? You kidding? They still think it's in a secure locker at JPL. You stole it? Borrowed. The trick 秘方是, 秘密是, 关键是 is to carry it out to your car like you own it( as if/as though/like you own the place 不要胆怯, 不要露怯 informal to behave in a way that is too confident and upsets other people She acts like she owns the place! They walked in as if they owned the place. bone it like you own it An utterance of encouragement to treat a person/thing as being one's permanent possession/property, free to be mistreated/misused, especially when both the encourager and encouragee know such not to be the case. Commonly done when loss/destruction of a partner/object is imminent, or when one does not take the partner's next partner/item's next owner into consideration. Kris: I don't think it's going to work between Jamil and me. Our relationship seems so tenuous. Paul: When you know it's all but over, bone it like you own it! Andreas: I've been using Paul's car while he's on a 5-week hike, but I'm afraid that it's about to die of its own accord. Booby: If it's on its way out anyway, bone it like you own it.). 8. There were people on the first floor who were moving out and sold it for $100. Howard and Raj helped me bring it up. What's wrong with the furniture we have? They are lawn chairs. There was no place for company. Did it occur to you that was by design? According to the roommate agreement, I'm entitled to allocate 50 percent of the cubic footage of common areas. But you didn't notify me by e-mail, so this is still a breach. I did notify you. Oh, you did, did you? Drat. Hoisted ( hoist I. If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel. Grabbing the side of the bunk, he hoisted himself to a sitting position. II. If something heavy is hoisted somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower. Then a crane hoisted him on to the platform. III. If you hoist a flag or a sail, you pull it up to its correct position by using ropes. A group of youths hoisted their flag on top of the disputed monument. noun. A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things. hoist with/by your own petard 搬起石头砸自己的脚, 自作自受, 作茧自缚, 自取其辱 If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway. petard [peˈtɑrd] = hoist. ) by my own spam filter. What am I doing in your spam? I put you there after you forwarded me a picture of a cat playing the piano entitled "This is funny." 9. s03e20: What? I was going to get my mail. Okay. Are you hoping to get it telepathically 用意念? I think you mean telekinetically ( telepathic [ˌteləˈpæθɪk] I. able to communicate using telepathy. How should I know what she wants? I’m not telepathic! If you believe that someone is telepathic, you believe that they have mental powers which cannot be explained by science, such as being able to communicate with other people's minds, and know what other people are thinking. About half the subjects considered themselves to be telepathic. I could not know that. I'm not telepathic. I used to communicate with her telepathically. II. involving or using telepathy. telepathic communication. telekinetic [ˌtelɪkɪˈnetɪk] involving or done with telekinesis. If someone is thought to have telekinetic powers, they are believed to have the ability to move objects using the power of their mind. ...aliens with telekinetic powers. ). And no. Wasn't sure of the protocol now you and Leonard are no longer having coitus. 10. Excuse me, I'm looking for Sheldon Cooper's apartment. Oh. I bet you're here to check out the room. Yeah. Run away, dude. What? Run fast, run far. That should've been my first clue. So Sheldon's last roommate tried to warn you off? For all I knew, he was the crazy one. He had this really deranged look. 11. Why on earth did you agree to all that? It was the best apartment I'd seen, the rent was very reasonable and after you pass the first three barriers, you kind of wanna take it all the way. Well, I'm sorry, Leonard. It's very hard to feel sympathy for you. Do I get some sympathy now? Little bit. Let me get this straight. You move in with this guy, makes you sign a ridiculous roommate agreement. Then he walks into your bedroom while you're doing Joyce Kim and you still stay? Actually, I couldn't get too mad at him about Joyce Kim. Why not? Well, I was doing some government research at the time. You know, military rocket fuels. Kind of secret. What does that have to do with Joyce? As it turns out she was a North Korean spy. Luckily, Sheldon drove her out 赶出去了 before I revealed anything important. Which I'm not saying I would have. So you stayed with Sheldon all this time because he kept you from going to federal prison? That's part of it. 12. What's this have to do with the elevator? I'm getting to it. I assure you, you'll be sorry you wasted your money on an iPod when Microsoft comes out with theirs 做出来他们自己的. Okay, do you have an opinion about everything? Yes. You just assume you're always right? It's not an assumption. Are we ever gonna get to the elevator 说到? We're close. 13. Won't work. Excuse me, but I've been working on this a long time. Trust me, it'll work. You don't see your mistake, do you? There's no mistake. This is for a full scale rocket, not a model. Well, I've adjusted the formula. Not correctly. Okay, I've had it with you. You might be an expert on theoretical physics and science fiction programs and where to sit on a freaking couch, but this is applied physics. Not only did Sheldon save my life, he didn't rat me out 报告给 to the landlord. Or the police. Or Homeland Security. So you're the reason I have to walk up and down three flights of stairs every day? So I did something stupid. 14. Oh, there you have it, gentlemen. Our entire dinner unpacked by robot. And it only took 28 minutes. Impressive, but we must be cautious 我们必须小心, 有警惕心, 保持警惕. Why? Today, it's a Chinese food retrieval robot. Tomorrow, it travels back in time 穿越回去 and tries to kill Sarah Connor. I don't think that's going to happen, Sheldon. 15. Ask me to pass the soy sauce. Oh, does that come up much 那种事经常发生吗 on the space station? Mostly with Asian and Jewish astronauts. All right. Pass the soy sauce. Coming up 马上就来. So how's work? Oh, it's not bad. Kind of hungry. Yeah, we all are. Just wait. You realize, Penny, that the technology that went into this arm will one day make unskilled food servers such as yourself obsolete. Really? They're going to make a robot that spits on your hamburger? I thought you broke up with her. Why is she here? 16. Yes, we communicate on a daily basis, but no, she is not my girlfriend. Okay, well, what do you communicate about? Well, my work in physics, her work in neurobiology, and most recently, the possibility of our having a child together. Thank you. Wait a minute-- a child? You never see this girl. You just e-mail and text and Twitter. Now you're considering having a baby? Amy pointed out that between the two of us, our genetic material has the potential of producing the first in a line of intellectually superior, benign overlords to guide humanity to a brighter tomorrow. I'm guessing that future historians will condemn us for not taking this opportunity to kill Sheldon. You don't even like people touching you. How are you going to have sex? Why on Earth would we have sex? Oh, honey, did your mom not have the talk with you? You know, when your private parts started growing? I'm quite aware of the way humans usually reproduce, which is messy, unsanitary, and based on living next to you for three years, involves loud and unnecessary appeals to a deity. Oh, God. Yes, exactly. Consequently, if Amy and I choose to bring new life into this world, it will be accomplished clinically, with fertility experts in a lab with petri dishes. Which reminds me-- you have broad hips 骨盆大 and a certain corn-fed 吃玉米长大的, 玉米养大的 ( I. fed on corn, esp maize. II. typical of a people who come from the American Midwest, being strong and healthy, with good moral values, but not having a lot of knowledge about the world and things such as art and culture a healthy, corn-fed farm girl. a backward, corn-fed Midwestern city. Corn-fed beef, beef from cattle that is raised on corn (maize) rather than pasture. ) vigor. Is your womb available for rental? Still digging the Shamy? Look, Sheldon, before you race off 跑去 to the fertility clinic, you might want to think about-- uh, gee, I don't know-- maybe actually spending some time with her. 17. Okay, look, don't think of it as dating a girlfriend. Think of it as, uh getting to know the future mother of your child. Oh. I hadn't considered that. I suppose she will have to have access to our progeny ( [ˈprɑdʒəni] I. a person's child or children. a. the young animals or plants produced by a particular parent. II. things that develop from something else. ) . And you don't think I can achieve the required intimacy via text messaging? Probably not. Huh. It would appear as if the phone companies have been lying to me. 18. You do realize I stand on the other side of the door waiting for you to finish knocking three times. I know. I can see the shadow of your feet under the door. Yeah, my point is it's a waste of time. If you're looking for an example of a waste of time, I would refer you to the conversation we're having right now. 19. You have to drive me. What? You know I don't drive. Well, go ask Leonard. I did. He said-- and I quote-- "Ask Penny. It was her cockamamy idea." Leonard said "cockamamy ( cockamamy = cockamamie adjective American informal [ˈkɑkəˌmeɪmi] silly or impossible to understand. If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly. ...some cockamamie story about being late. a cockamamie idea/story.)"? Actually, I'm paraphrasing. Having been raised in a Christian household, I'm uncomfortable with the language he used. And to be honest, I'm not entirely comfortable with "cockamamy." Okay, fine. When's the date? Now. Now? Hurry. We're going to be late. 20. Sheldon, did it ever occur to you that I might have other plans? I'm sorry. Do you have other plans? Well, no, not per se, but So this conversation is as pointless as your door-knocking soliloquy ( [səˈlɪləkwi] a speech in a play in which a character who is alone talks about their thoughts or feelings. )? Let me get my cockamamy keys. 21. You know, I could totally rock a hat like that. That's the work of noted Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman. She also designed the iconic red and black jacket in Michael Jackson's Thriller video, which I've never viewed in its entirety, as I find zombies dancing in choreographed synchronicity implausible ( 解释不通 If you describe something as implausible, you believe that it is unlikely to be true. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse. It seems implausible that the projects would have gone ahead without her backing. They are, rather implausibly, close friends. plausible [plɔːzɪbəl] I. 合情合理的, 可信的, 说的通的, 讲得通的. An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government. That explanation seems entirely plausible to me. Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back. ...the plausibility of the theory. II. If you say that someone is plausible, you mean that they seem to be telling the truth and to be sincere and honest. He was so plausible 有说服力 that he conned everybody. You'll have to devise a scenario 设计一种情境 that plausibly explains my absence, keeping in mind that the key to a good lie lies in the details. ). 22. So, um, Amy, Sheldon tells me you're a neuro something-or-other. Neurobiologist. Your "check engine" light is on. Yeah, it's okay. But the light indicates Don't bother. I've wasted many an hour tilting at that particular windmill ( tilt at windmills literary be tilting at windmills to be wasting time dealing with problems that do not really exist to fight enemies who do not really exist. To waste time fighting enemies or trying to resolve issues that are imaginary, not as important, or impossible to overcome. The CEO seems to be tilting at windmills lately, flinging accusations at members of the press for no reason. The company keeps tilting at windmills with its insistence on implementing a service structure that serves no immediate purpose. to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.) Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills? I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills. tilt [tɪlt] I. transitive to move something so that one side is lower than the other. The tray was tilted 倾斜, 倾一下, 侧倾 at an angle. She tilted the bowl to pour the mixture out. a. intransitive if something tilts, it moves so that one side is lower than the other. Suddenly the boat started to tilt 偏沉. b. transitive to move your head slightly upward, downward, or to one side. She was sitting with her head tilted slightly back. II. intransitive/transitive to influence a situation in a particular way, or to be influenced in a particular way. tilt the balance toward/in favor of someone (=give someone an advantage): Excellent performances from the opening batsmen have tilted the balance in favor of the home side. noun. I. a sloping position, or the amount by which something slopes. The table has a definite tilt at this end. II. a slight change in people's opinion or attitude. Opinion polls are showing a marked tilt toward the Nationalist Party. III.British a criticism of someone or something. IV. British an attempt to achieve something. tilt at: Whitham is heading for a tilt at the world championship next year. Don Quijote de la Mancha 唐吉坷德 a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes 塞万提斯: The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante) to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical monologues on knighthood, already considered old-fashioned at the time. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. ). Uh, what is that scent you're wearing? It smells great. Dandruff shampoo. I have dry scalp. Ah. Well, your hair looks very nice. Are you a homosexual? No, no, I'm just giving you a compliment. Hmm. Would have been more flattered if you were a homosexual. Guys, how 'bout some music? Oh, no, I wouldn't care for that. Amy? No, thank you. Okay. Uncomfortable silence it is. Hey, Sheldon, have you told Amy what it was like for you growing up in Texas? No. Well, why don't you tell her? All right. It was hell. Any follow up, Amy? No. I myself grew up in Nebraska. Small town outside of Omaha. Nice place, mostly family farms, a few meth labs. I'm sorry, how is this better than uncomfortable silence? 23. Penny, if you think this is good, you should come with us Friday to see it on the big screen at the Colonial. Well, I'm watching it now. Why would I want to see it again on Friday? Because the print 胶片 they're showing on Friday has an additional 21 seconds of previously unseen footage. seeing a whole new movie! Exactly. They say it finally solves the submarine controversy. Did-- Leonard? I'm no expert, but I believe what we just heard from Penny was sarcasm. Oh! Good. I'm eight for 26 猜对8次 this month. 24. What happened to the Leonard Hofstadter who waited in line with me for 14 hours to see the midnight premiere of Star Trek: Nemesis? Oh. Well, he waited in line for 14 hours, while you napped in a lawn chair, he got in a fight with a Klingon when he stepped out of line to pee and you wouldn't wake up to vouch for him, and worst of all, he saw Star Trek: Nemesis. But how were our seats? Excellent. I rest my case. Amy, don't you agree we should leave now and get in line? Actually, as the newest member of your social group, I believe I'll gain more acceptance by arbitrarily 武断的 siding with your friends from time to time. Shrewd. Leonard, you're right. We should enjoy our meal, arrive late, and risk winding up with terrible seats, assuming we get in at all. 25. Knock-knock. Who's there? Olive. Olive you, too. Guys, that's really starting to get old 老掉牙了, 不好笑了. 26. Are you sure you don't want to come with us to Raiders? Oh, no. That movie has melting faces. It reminds me too much of the time I dropped that vial of flesh-eating bacteria into the Rhesus monkey lab. Besides, Penny and I are having a girls' night tonight. Girls' night? What does that entail ( I. if a situation or action entails a particular thing, it involves having or doing that thing. These cuts will entail some job losses. entail doing something: Building the airport entails reclaiming huge areas of land from the ocean. II.legal an old word meaning to arrange for property to be given to someone when you die. )? Oh, you know, girls get together, hang out, share girl talk. I'm a girl. Oh. Well, maybe you can join us.
prickle VS thorn VS spike: prickle, thorn 刺, 花和树上的刺 (prickly 有刺的): In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically deterring animals from eating the plant material. They (rose) form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. spike I. TRANSITIVE to secretly put an illegal drug into a drink or food. II. TRANSITIVE 扣球 in the sport of volleyball, to hit the ball downwards very hard. III. TRANSITIVE BRITISH INFORMAL to refuse to publish something in a newspaper or magazine. IV. INTRANSITIVE MAINLY AMERICAN INFORMAL 暴增. to increase suddenly. V. spike the camera. to look into the camera while being filmed. VI. to form something into spikes I'd do things like spike my hair or put on a nice shirt. noun I. something sharp and pointed, especially a piece of metal or wood. II. one of the short pointed pieces of metal on the bottom of some sports shoes. a. spikes PLURAL 钉子鞋, 鞋钉子 sports shoes with short pointed pieces of metal on the bottom. III. a sudden increase in the amount of electricity that a system produces. a. INFORMAL a sudden increase in something. a spike in the oil price. IV. in the sport of volleyball, a shot in which the player hits the ball downwards very hard. V. an occasion when someone who is being filmed looks directly at the camera. The spike was so bad they had to reshoot. spike strip 钉子, 钉排 another name for a stinger. The car ran over the spike strip. A spike strip (also known as traffic spikes, tire shredders, one-way traffic treadles, stingers, stop sticks, a stinger in police slang, and formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. 路上发现人为蒺藜: The man was on Alexanders Trail in Lake Macquarie, a city in New South Wales, when he noticed a pile of leaves in the middle of the track. He found wine corks with nails protruding from them, police said in a statement posted to Facebook. They resembled caltrops 蒺藜 [ˈkæltrəp] = calthrop [ˈkælθrəp] ( a four-spiked iron ball or four joined spikes laid upon the ground as a device to lame cavalry horses, puncture tyres, etc. A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot) is an area denial weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base (for example, a tetrahedron). Historically, caltrops were part of defences that served to slow the advance of troops, especially horses, chariots, and war elephants, and were particularly effective against the soft feet of camels. In modern times, caltrops are effective when used against wheeled vehicles with pneumatic tires. water caltrop = water chestnum 荸荠.), illegal weapons that have at least two sharp points sticking out of a base.
Big Bang Theory: 1. All right, ahem imagine yourself in the one place you feel most at home. Where is that? SimCity. More specifically, the SimCity I designed, Sheldonopolis. Okay, you're in Sheldonopolis. Where exactly? Sheldon Square? Sheldon Towers? Sheldon Stadium, home of the fighting Sheldons? Whatever you like. I thought this was supposed to be guided meditation. Fine, you're in Sheldon Square. Really? This time of the year? It's a bit nippy 天气有点冷. Then put on a sweater. Suppose I could run downtown and pick up something at Shel-Mart. Yeah. Whatever. Just go buy a sweater. The nice thing about Shel-Mart is I own it, so I get a 15 percent discount. You own the damn thing, just take a freaking sweater. I didn't turn a profit 没有盈利 last quarter by taking product off the shelves willy-nilly 随心所欲的. All right. You've paid for a sweater and you're in Sheldon Square. Ahem. Hang on. It's a cardigan, I have to button it. Oh, no. What now? A Godzilla like monster is approaching the city. I have to get my people to safety. People of Sheldonopolis, this is your mayor. Follow me. If the children can't run, leave them behind. Oh, the simulated horror. Just as I suspected. 2. Where the hell did you find that? In the prom department. It's ridiculous. Says the former member of the corn queen's court. Please just try this one on? Okay. But anything I put on now is only gonna suffer in comparison 黯然失色, 相形见绌 (To appear lesser in quality once compared to another.). This is absurd. I look like a clown. 2. So, Sheldon how you doing? That's how you start a psychotherapy session? How am I doing? I was promised a riverboat journey into the jungles of my subconscious. Instead I get the same question I hear from the lady who slices my bologna at Ralph's. I'm sorry. I'll start again. Would it be helpful to you if I told you about my dreams? Um. I don't know, maybe. I recently had a dream that I was a giant. But everything around me was to scale 按照比例的 so it all looked normal. Well, how did you know you were a giant if everything was to scale? I was wearing size a million pants. Why don't we just talk? Ah. The talking cure. Classical Freudian. Good choice. If it will help speed things along my answers to the standard Rorschach inkblot test are: A, a bat, B, a bat, C, a bat and D, my father killing my mother with a hypodermic needle. Why don't I just start? Sometimes people have trouble accepting accolades if on a subconscious level, they don't feel they deserve them. Do you think maybe that's what's happening here? Really, Leonard? You just going to try to recycle Adler's doctrine of the inferiority complex 自卑情结? I could probably get that from the woman at Ralph's. And she'd let me taste some pieces of cheese for free. 3. You know, it's none of my business. You wanna sleep with Sheldon's buddy right after we broke up, go for it. Excuse me. I'm uncomfortable with you recommending Leonard pursue intercourse with Dr. Plimpton. Who, I assure you, has better things to do. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying it already happened. Oh, that's preposterous ( 荒谬绝伦的, 说不通的. 没道理的 [prɪˈpɑst(ə)rəs] extremely unreasonable or silly The whole idea is preposterous.). Tell her, Leonard. Well. No. Oh, come on. It wasn't my fault. The implication being that you somehow tripped and fell into her lady parts? I'm just gonna take the bus to work. 4. We don't watch Babylon 5 in this apartment. Why not? Because no one likes Babylon 5. I like it. Me too. So do I. There you go, three against one. They don't get a vote 一票, 不能投票. It's one against one. And according to the roommate agreement, all ties will be settled by me. But I said no to that. And I said yes. And I settle all ties. Change seats with me. Why? There's a draft on my neck over here. So I get the draft? You're protected by your turtleneck. Fine. And it's a dickey ( I. 假领子 a false shirt front worn under a jacket. a man's detachable, or false, shirt front. II. dickey = dickey bird old-fashioned a small bird such as a sparrow. ). Hmm. I'm still not comfortable. Of course, there's too many people here. We can fix that. Let's leave. Yeah, we can go over to my place. Wait, let me get my jacket. You're not going with us. Why not? You're the guy we're trying to get away from. Oh. In that case, I don't need my jacket. And for the record, the correct syntax is 句法结构: "I'm the guy from whom you're trying to get away." Oh, yes. This is definitely gonna be my spot. Okay. How do you know he said that? You left the room. Hey, do you want me to finish working on your man-feet or not? Fine. Go ahead. 5. Even assuming you could answer any question the way I would the algorithms used by matchmaking sites are complete hokum 没有意义的胡说八道( [ˈhoʊkəm] a message that seems to convey no meaning. false things that someone says to impress people. If you describe something as hokum, you think it is nonsense. The book is enjoyable hokum. ). That's the answer we gave to the question. "What is your attitude towards online dating?" Well, Howard wanted to write "mumbo jumbo (Mumbo jumbo, or mumbo-jumbo, is confusing or meaningless language. The phrase is often used to express humorous criticism of middle-management, and specialty jargon, such as legalese, that non-specialists have difficulty in understanding. For example, "I don't understand all that legal mumbo jumbo in the fine print." )," but I said no. Our Sheldon would say "hokum." Come on, where's your scientific curiosity? Most of it is being applied to 被用来 unraveling secrets of universe while the rest of it is wondering why I'm having this conversation with you. Okay, how about this? Even Spock had a date once every seven years. He didn't date. It was pon farr. His blood boiled with mating lust. Why don't you start with a cup of coffee and you can pon farr Amy Farrah Fowler later. I don't drink coffee. All right, you can have a hot chocolate. As I will not be engaging in this nonsense(engaging 有趣的, 有魅力的, 好玩的, 不枯燥的 attractive and pleasant in a way that makes people like you. An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. ...one of her most engaging and least known novels. He was engaging company. A story, song, or person that is engaging is entertaining, fun, and interesting — you want to see or hear more. To remember the meaning of engaging, it might help to think of what engaged means. When a couple is engaged, they've agreed to get married. When something or somebody is engaging, you want to spend more time with them too. Boring is the complete opposite of engaging. Think of your favorite movie or TV show — especially one you can't stop watching — it must be very engaging.), my choice of beverage is moot. For the record, I only drink hot chocolate in months with an R in them. Why? What's life 人生还有何意趣 without whimsy ( Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it. )? Okay, I'm out. Sheldon I've hidden the dirty sock from the roof somewhere in your apartment. Unless you're willing to come with us to meet this girl it will remain there forever. You're bluffing. 6. In a few minutes, when I gloat over the failure of this enterprise how would you prefer I do it? The standard "I told you so"? With a classic "neener-neener"? Or just my normal look of haughty ( You use haughty to describe someone's behaviour or appearance when you disapprove of the fact that they seem to be very proud and to think that they are better than other people. [disapproval] He spoke in a haughty tone. Toni looked at him rather haughtily. ) derision ( [dɪˈrɪʒ(ə)n] the opinion that someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them. He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision. There were shouts of derision from the audience. deride [dɪˈraɪd] to criticize someone or something by suggesting that they are stupid, unimportant, or useless. )? You don't know we're wrong yet. Haughty derision it is. Excuse me. I'm Amy Farrah Fowler. You're Sheldon Cooper. Hello, Amy Farrah Fowler. I'm sorry to inform you that you have been taken in by ( be taken with/by something to be attracted by a particular idea, plan, or person I'm quite taken by the idea of Christmas in Berlin. take in I. to trick someone into believing something that is not true. Don't be taken in by their promises. II. to accept something as real or true. He still hasn't really taken in his father’s death.) unsupportable mathematics designed to prey on the gullible and the lonely. Additionally, I'm being blackmailed with a hidden dirty sock. 7. Does NASA know you're using that thing as a napkin holder? You kidding? They still think it's in a secure locker at JPL. You stole it? Borrowed. The trick 秘方是, 秘密是, 关键是 is to carry it out to your car like you own it( as if/as though/like you own the place 不要胆怯, 不要露怯 informal to behave in a way that is too confident and upsets other people She acts like she owns the place! They walked in as if they owned the place. bone it like you own it An utterance of encouragement to treat a person/thing as being one's permanent possession/property, free to be mistreated/misused, especially when both the encourager and encouragee know such not to be the case. Commonly done when loss/destruction of a partner/object is imminent, or when one does not take the partner's next partner/item's next owner into consideration. Kris: I don't think it's going to work between Jamil and me. Our relationship seems so tenuous. Paul: When you know it's all but over, bone it like you own it! Andreas: I've been using Paul's car while he's on a 5-week hike, but I'm afraid that it's about to die of its own accord. Booby: If it's on its way out anyway, bone it like you own it.). 8. There were people on the first floor who were moving out and sold it for $100. Howard and Raj helped me bring it up. What's wrong with the furniture we have? They are lawn chairs. There was no place for company. Did it occur to you that was by design? According to the roommate agreement, I'm entitled to allocate 50 percent of the cubic footage of common areas. But you didn't notify me by e-mail, so this is still a breach. I did notify you. Oh, you did, did you? Drat. Hoisted ( hoist I. If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel. Grabbing the side of the bunk, he hoisted himself to a sitting position. II. If something heavy is hoisted somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower. Then a crane hoisted him on to the platform. III. If you hoist a flag or a sail, you pull it up to its correct position by using ropes. A group of youths hoisted their flag on top of the disputed monument. noun. A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things. hoist with/by your own petard 搬起石头砸自己的脚, 自作自受, 作茧自缚, 自取其辱 If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway. petard [peˈtɑrd] = hoist. ) by my own spam filter. What am I doing in your spam? I put you there after you forwarded me a picture of a cat playing the piano entitled "This is funny." 9. s03e20: What? I was going to get my mail. Okay. Are you hoping to get it telepathically 用意念? I think you mean telekinetically ( telepathic [ˌteləˈpæθɪk] I. able to communicate using telepathy. How should I know what she wants? I’m not telepathic! If you believe that someone is telepathic, you believe that they have mental powers which cannot be explained by science, such as being able to communicate with other people's minds, and know what other people are thinking. About half the subjects considered themselves to be telepathic. I could not know that. I'm not telepathic. I used to communicate with her telepathically. II. involving or using telepathy. telepathic communication. telekinetic [ˌtelɪkɪˈnetɪk] involving or done with telekinesis. If someone is thought to have telekinetic powers, they are believed to have the ability to move objects using the power of their mind. ...aliens with telekinetic powers. ). And no. Wasn't sure of the protocol now you and Leonard are no longer having coitus. 10. Excuse me, I'm looking for Sheldon Cooper's apartment. Oh. I bet you're here to check out the room. Yeah. Run away, dude. What? Run fast, run far. That should've been my first clue. So Sheldon's last roommate tried to warn you off? For all I knew, he was the crazy one. He had this really deranged look. 11. Why on earth did you agree to all that? It was the best apartment I'd seen, the rent was very reasonable and after you pass the first three barriers, you kind of wanna take it all the way. Well, I'm sorry, Leonard. It's very hard to feel sympathy for you. Do I get some sympathy now? Little bit. Let me get this straight. You move in with this guy, makes you sign a ridiculous roommate agreement. Then he walks into your bedroom while you're doing Joyce Kim and you still stay? Actually, I couldn't get too mad at him about Joyce Kim. Why not? Well, I was doing some government research at the time. You know, military rocket fuels. Kind of secret. What does that have to do with Joyce? As it turns out she was a North Korean spy. Luckily, Sheldon drove her out 赶出去了 before I revealed anything important. Which I'm not saying I would have. So you stayed with Sheldon all this time because he kept you from going to federal prison? That's part of it. 12. What's this have to do with the elevator? I'm getting to it. I assure you, you'll be sorry you wasted your money on an iPod when Microsoft comes out with theirs 做出来他们自己的. Okay, do you have an opinion about everything? Yes. You just assume you're always right? It's not an assumption. Are we ever gonna get to the elevator 说到? We're close. 13. Won't work. Excuse me, but I've been working on this a long time. Trust me, it'll work. You don't see your mistake, do you? There's no mistake. This is for a full scale rocket, not a model. Well, I've adjusted the formula. Not correctly. Okay, I've had it with you. You might be an expert on theoretical physics and science fiction programs and where to sit on a freaking couch, but this is applied physics. Not only did Sheldon save my life, he didn't rat me out 报告给 to the landlord. Or the police. Or Homeland Security. So you're the reason I have to walk up and down three flights of stairs every day? So I did something stupid. 14. Oh, there you have it, gentlemen. Our entire dinner unpacked by robot. And it only took 28 minutes. Impressive, but we must be cautious 我们必须小心, 有警惕心, 保持警惕. Why? Today, it's a Chinese food retrieval robot. Tomorrow, it travels back in time 穿越回去 and tries to kill Sarah Connor. I don't think that's going to happen, Sheldon. 15. Ask me to pass the soy sauce. Oh, does that come up much 那种事经常发生吗 on the space station? Mostly with Asian and Jewish astronauts. All right. Pass the soy sauce. Coming up 马上就来. So how's work? Oh, it's not bad. Kind of hungry. Yeah, we all are. Just wait. You realize, Penny, that the technology that went into this arm will one day make unskilled food servers such as yourself obsolete. Really? They're going to make a robot that spits on your hamburger? I thought you broke up with her. Why is she here? 16. Yes, we communicate on a daily basis, but no, she is not my girlfriend. Okay, well, what do you communicate about? Well, my work in physics, her work in neurobiology, and most recently, the possibility of our having a child together. Thank you. Wait a minute-- a child? You never see this girl. You just e-mail and text and Twitter. Now you're considering having a baby? Amy pointed out that between the two of us, our genetic material has the potential of producing the first in a line of intellectually superior, benign overlords to guide humanity to a brighter tomorrow. I'm guessing that future historians will condemn us for not taking this opportunity to kill Sheldon. You don't even like people touching you. How are you going to have sex? Why on Earth would we have sex? Oh, honey, did your mom not have the talk with you? You know, when your private parts started growing? I'm quite aware of the way humans usually reproduce, which is messy, unsanitary, and based on living next to you for three years, involves loud and unnecessary appeals to a deity. Oh, God. Yes, exactly. Consequently, if Amy and I choose to bring new life into this world, it will be accomplished clinically, with fertility experts in a lab with petri dishes. Which reminds me-- you have broad hips 骨盆大 and a certain corn-fed 吃玉米长大的, 玉米养大的 ( I. fed on corn, esp maize. II. typical of a people who come from the American Midwest, being strong and healthy, with good moral values, but not having a lot of knowledge about the world and things such as art and culture a healthy, corn-fed farm girl. a backward, corn-fed Midwestern city. Corn-fed beef, beef from cattle that is raised on corn (maize) rather than pasture. ) vigor. Is your womb available for rental? Still digging the Shamy? Look, Sheldon, before you race off 跑去 to the fertility clinic, you might want to think about-- uh, gee, I don't know-- maybe actually spending some time with her. 17. Okay, look, don't think of it as dating a girlfriend. Think of it as, uh getting to know the future mother of your child. Oh. I hadn't considered that. I suppose she will have to have access to our progeny ( [ˈprɑdʒəni] I. a person's child or children. a. the young animals or plants produced by a particular parent. II. things that develop from something else. ) . And you don't think I can achieve the required intimacy via text messaging? Probably not. Huh. It would appear as if the phone companies have been lying to me. 18. You do realize I stand on the other side of the door waiting for you to finish knocking three times. I know. I can see the shadow of your feet under the door. Yeah, my point is it's a waste of time. If you're looking for an example of a waste of time, I would refer you to the conversation we're having right now. 19. You have to drive me. What? You know I don't drive. Well, go ask Leonard. I did. He said-- and I quote-- "Ask Penny. It was her cockamamy idea." Leonard said "cockamamy ( cockamamy = cockamamie adjective American informal [ˈkɑkəˌmeɪmi] silly or impossible to understand. If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly. ...some cockamamie story about being late. a cockamamie idea/story.)"? Actually, I'm paraphrasing. Having been raised in a Christian household, I'm uncomfortable with the language he used. And to be honest, I'm not entirely comfortable with "cockamamy." Okay, fine. When's the date? Now. Now? Hurry. We're going to be late. 20. Sheldon, did it ever occur to you that I might have other plans? I'm sorry. Do you have other plans? Well, no, not per se, but So this conversation is as pointless as your door-knocking soliloquy ( [səˈlɪləkwi] a speech in a play in which a character who is alone talks about their thoughts or feelings. )? Let me get my cockamamy keys. 21. You know, I could totally rock a hat like that. That's the work of noted Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman. She also designed the iconic red and black jacket in Michael Jackson's Thriller video, which I've never viewed in its entirety, as I find zombies dancing in choreographed synchronicity implausible ( 解释不通 If you describe something as implausible, you believe that it is unlikely to be true. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse. It seems implausible that the projects would have gone ahead without her backing. They are, rather implausibly, close friends. plausible [plɔːzɪbəl] I. 合情合理的, 可信的, 说的通的, 讲得通的. An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government. That explanation seems entirely plausible to me. Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back. ...the plausibility of the theory. II. If you say that someone is plausible, you mean that they seem to be telling the truth and to be sincere and honest. He was so plausible 有说服力 that he conned everybody. You'll have to devise a scenario 设计一种情境 that plausibly explains my absence, keeping in mind that the key to a good lie lies in the details. ). 22. So, um, Amy, Sheldon tells me you're a neuro something-or-other. Neurobiologist. Your "check engine" light is on. Yeah, it's okay. But the light indicates Don't bother. I've wasted many an hour tilting at that particular windmill ( tilt at windmills literary be tilting at windmills to be wasting time dealing with problems that do not really exist to fight enemies who do not really exist. To waste time fighting enemies or trying to resolve issues that are imaginary, not as important, or impossible to overcome. The CEO seems to be tilting at windmills lately, flinging accusations at members of the press for no reason. The company keeps tilting at windmills with its insistence on implementing a service structure that serves no immediate purpose. to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.) Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills? I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills. tilt [tɪlt] I. transitive to move something so that one side is lower than the other. The tray was tilted 倾斜, 倾一下, 侧倾 at an angle. She tilted the bowl to pour the mixture out. a. intransitive if something tilts, it moves so that one side is lower than the other. Suddenly the boat started to tilt 偏沉. b. transitive to move your head slightly upward, downward, or to one side. She was sitting with her head tilted slightly back. II. intransitive/transitive to influence a situation in a particular way, or to be influenced in a particular way. tilt the balance toward/in favor of someone (=give someone an advantage): Excellent performances from the opening batsmen have tilted the balance in favor of the home side. noun. I. a sloping position, or the amount by which something slopes. The table has a definite tilt at this end. II. a slight change in people's opinion or attitude. Opinion polls are showing a marked tilt toward the Nationalist Party. III.British a criticism of someone or something. IV. British an attempt to achieve something. tilt at: Whitham is heading for a tilt at the world championship next year. Don Quijote de la Mancha 唐吉坷德 a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes 塞万提斯: The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante) to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical monologues on knighthood, already considered old-fashioned at the time. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. ). Uh, what is that scent you're wearing? It smells great. Dandruff shampoo. I have dry scalp. Ah. Well, your hair looks very nice. Are you a homosexual? No, no, I'm just giving you a compliment. Hmm. Would have been more flattered if you were a homosexual. Guys, how 'bout some music? Oh, no, I wouldn't care for that. Amy? No, thank you. Okay. Uncomfortable silence it is. Hey, Sheldon, have you told Amy what it was like for you growing up in Texas? No. Well, why don't you tell her? All right. It was hell. Any follow up, Amy? No. I myself grew up in Nebraska. Small town outside of Omaha. Nice place, mostly family farms, a few meth labs. I'm sorry, how is this better than uncomfortable silence? 23. Penny, if you think this is good, you should come with us Friday to see it on the big screen at the Colonial. Well, I'm watching it now. Why would I want to see it again on Friday? Because the print 胶片 they're showing on Friday has an additional 21 seconds of previously unseen footage. seeing a whole new movie! Exactly. They say it finally solves the submarine controversy. Did-- Leonard? I'm no expert, but I believe what we just heard from Penny was sarcasm. Oh! Good. I'm eight for 26 猜对8次 this month. 24. What happened to the Leonard Hofstadter who waited in line with me for 14 hours to see the midnight premiere of Star Trek: Nemesis? Oh. Well, he waited in line for 14 hours, while you napped in a lawn chair, he got in a fight with a Klingon when he stepped out of line to pee and you wouldn't wake up to vouch for him, and worst of all, he saw Star Trek: Nemesis. But how were our seats? Excellent. I rest my case. Amy, don't you agree we should leave now and get in line? Actually, as the newest member of your social group, I believe I'll gain more acceptance by arbitrarily 武断的 siding with your friends from time to time. Shrewd. Leonard, you're right. We should enjoy our meal, arrive late, and risk winding up with terrible seats, assuming we get in at all. 25. Knock-knock. Who's there? Olive. Olive you, too. Guys, that's really starting to get old 老掉牙了, 不好笑了. 26. Are you sure you don't want to come with us to Raiders? Oh, no. That movie has melting faces. It reminds me too much of the time I dropped that vial of flesh-eating bacteria into the Rhesus monkey lab. Besides, Penny and I are having a girls' night tonight. Girls' night? What does that entail ( I. if a situation or action entails a particular thing, it involves having or doing that thing. These cuts will entail some job losses. entail doing something: Building the airport entails reclaiming huge areas of land from the ocean. II.legal an old word meaning to arrange for property to be given to someone when you die. )? Oh, you know, girls get together, hang out, share girl talk. I'm a girl. Oh. Well, maybe you can join us.
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