23-01-30 Nick led Judy to a place called the Mystic Spring Oasis. The scent of incense wafted through the air inside the gates, and a yak named Yax sat in meditation. Flies buzzed around his unshowered body. Oooooooohmmmmm, he chanted. The tone of the buzzin...

22-12-14 As Gopher exited the room, EVE rushed to an air lock. She squeezed herself in and, with the push of a button, hurled herself into space. Inside the escape pod, a terrified WALL E was plastered against the rear wall. When the computer reported that t...

22-08-18 1. Put a sock in it （英式英语） Ive had enough of your moaning for one day. Why dont you put a sock in it? 这一天我都在听你抱怨，安静一点行不行啊！ 注：有时候你也会听到put a cork in it，意思是一样的。 2. Cork it Shhh, cork it and listen to him. 嘘...

21-01-11 1. I worked at a historic site once where I had to dress as a bison and be chased by hordes of 5 year olds in a bison hunt. Once after being killed in the bison hunt I was breathing too heavily from running. One of them yelled its alive and punched...

20-09-26 Dash Button is Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos latest I want it now convenience stratagem. The user sets up the device to correspond to a certain product and sticks the device in a convenient place (say, inside the cabinet where paper towels are k...

17-03-22 A placebo button is a push-button with apparent functionality that actually has no effect when pressed. Such buttons can be psychologically rewarding to pressers by giving an illusion of control. 安慰按钮指的是表面上看具备某种功能，但实际按下去却没...

16-11-30 Most people do not have the patience to wait a few seconds for the elevator doors to shut, so they push the close button to speed up the process. 大多数人没有等待电梯自动关闭的耐心（虽然这个过程只有几秒钟），所以他们按关门键来加快关门速度。 However,...

14-09-28 MY first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks. The fear of failure in these points harassed me worse than the physica...

14-07-10 Selfiebombing refers to the art of ruining people's selfies by appear behind them right when they tap on the capture button. 自拍轰炸指在别人按下自拍键瞬间忽然出现在那人背后的行为。目的是破坏他人的自拍照。 Example: Conor: Jessica is in all of your s...

12-01-10 Husband: Did you sew the button on my shirt, darling? Wife: No, dear. I couldn't find the button, so I just sewed up the buttonhole. 丈夫：你给我把扣子缝好了吗，亲爱的？ 妻子：没有，亲爱的。我找不到扣子，所以我只把扣眼儿给缝上了。...