22-10-24 无论是到餐厅吃饭还是叫外卖，知道菜肴的名称和一些餐饮常用语都是很有帮助的。试试《英语小测验》看看你能否顺利订餐。 1. Fast food is very popular in the UK. What fast food item is being described here? Slices of flame-cooked lamb served in a pitta bread...

22-08-18 full of beans 精力旺盛的；兴高采烈的 此习语原用来形容马膘肥体壮、精力旺盛，可以追溯到用马蚕豆（horse beans）作马饲料的时代。莎士比亚在他的喜剧《仲夏夜之梦》（A Midsummer Nights Dream）里曾经用bean-fed（本义为喂以蚕豆的）一词来形容马儿精壮。后来bean-...

21-09-03 去 spice something up 的意思就是放更多香料在食物或饮料里使其更有滋味。你也可以 spice up 一段讲话、一个表演或活动：在这里就不是放调料了，而是在其中加入引人趣味的内容。 例句 This salad was a bit boring so I spiced it up with some chilli sauce. Martins...

21-08-10 去 spice something up 的意思就是放更多香料在食物或饮料里使其更有滋味。另外你也可以 spice up 一段讲话、一个表演或活动：在这里就不是放调料了，而是在其中加入更有趣味，引人入胜的内容。 例句 This salad was a bit boring so I spiced it up with some chilli...

17-04-12 Its a little known fact that Julius Caesar did not die from stab wounds by Brutus, but, rather, was poisoned. During a sumptuous banquet which they both attended on that fateful Ides of March, Brutus slipped some poisonous hemlock leaves onto Julius...

14-10-15 Salad days is an idiomatic expression, referring to a youthful time, accompanied by the inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism, innocence, or indiscretion that one associates with a young person. More modern use, especially in the United States, refers...

14-08-23 Cold fried chicken Cold fried chicken served outdoors on a red-checkered tablecloth is the essence of picnic nostalgia（乡愁） in the US. Because fried chicken keeps well and is just as delicious cold as it is hot, it's ideal for picnic situations。...

12-05-14 Black bean sauce noodles and other delicacies served at one Beijing eatery are being snapped up by customers eager to order the dishes eaten by US Vice President Joe Biden on a recent visit, a meal dubbed noodle diplomacy . 美国副总统乔拜登访问中国...