• shake a leg 赶快,赶紧

    21-05-25 可能有的小伙伴就想了,shake是摇晃、抖动,那这个词组的意思一定是抖腿!不好意思,错~啦~~ shake a leg的意思是赶快,赶紧,与hurry up一样,用来催促别人加快行动。它是非正式的语言,常用在熟人朋友之间。 We now sometimes use shake a leg to mean hurry up. 我...

  • show a leg 起床

    21-05-25 说到leg,大家都知道,应是腿没错了。可能有人就要问了:show a leg难道不是秀出腿,不是露腿? 作为一个固定搭配,show a leg其实是起床的意思。当你妈妈叫你起床时,就可以说:Show a leg! Show a leg,这个表达的起源也挺有趣的。 据说在大航海时代,当水手叫大家...

  • 有关arm的表达

    21-05-11 1 up in arms 竭力反对;进行武装斗争 The whole village is up in arms about the proposal to build an airport nearby. 全村强烈反对在附近修建机场的计划。 2 at arms length 保持一定距离 I keep trying to get friendly with the girl who sits next to me. But...

  • have a dead leg/arm 腿/手臂暂时失去知觉

    21-04-12 搭配 have a dead leg/arm 的意思是 腿部或手臂因血液不流通而暂时失去知觉,感到麻木、不能移动。 人们 have a dead leg/arm 的原因可能是身体局部长时间保持同一个动作,血液不流通,从而感到麻木。Have a dead leg/arm 也可以用来表示在足球等接触式运动中突然被击...

  • 牙医为一只考拉制作义肢

    21-03-25 Its an unlikely story but an Australian dentist has made the worlds first prosthetic foot for a koala. 这是一个难以置信的故事:一位澳大利亚牙医制作了世界上首个给考拉用的义肢。 Jon Doulman, Dental Prosthetist My names Jon Doulman and Im a prosthetist...

  • 别把过去的失败当成常态

    20-09-06 As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break awa...

  • 裤装词汇

    16-10-12 leggings 紧身裤(打底裤) hot pants 超短裤(热裤) loose pants 阔腿裤 knickerbockers 灯笼裤 bootcut jeans 微喇牛仔裤 skinny jeans/jeggings 紧身牛仔裤 wide leg jeans 宽腿牛仔裤 straight leg jeans 直筒牛仔裤 crop jeans 7分或9分裤 shorts 短裤...

  • 新型飞机座椅可调节腿部空间

    15-09-20 Cramped aeroplane journeys could be a thing of the past thanks to a new legroom adjustable plane seat, which can be moved backwards or forwards dependent on your height. 新型腿部空间可调节飞机座椅出现了,只要根据身高进行前后调整便再也不用忍受憋屈的...

  • A Smart Parrot 聪明的鹦鹉

    13-01-18 A curious guy goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. There he sees a parrot with a red string tied to its left leg and a green string tied to it's right leg. He asks the owner the significance of the strings. Well, this is a highly trained parrot. If y...

  • The Right Leg 右腿

    11-08-18 Proctor (exceedingly angry):So you confess that this unfortunate freshman was carried to this frog pond and drenched? Now what part did you take in this disgraceful affair? Sophomore (meekly):The right leg, sir. 学监(非常生气):现在你承认这可怜的...