日期:2014-04-07 Hostage lunch is meal purchased by the company, often pizza, and delivered for employees who bosses require them to attend a meeting or work over their lunch hour. 人质午餐是公司给员工买的快餐,通常是比萨,因为老板需要员工在午餐时间开会或工作。 Exam... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-04-07 Imagine the possibility of visiting any place in the world you want, maybe France, the Caribbean or even Alaska within one hour and without ever having to leave your living room. This form of niche tourism is referred to as Armchair Tourism, a fairl... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Couching distance originally refers to the distance one can reach without leaving the couch or sofa. But now it can also refer to distance that literally requires you to leave the couch but is near enough anyway. 沙发距离最初指无需离开沙发就能够到的... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Puma refers to an attractive woman in her late 20s or early 30s. She is a pre-cougar. Cougar is an older woman who frequents clubs in order to score with a much younger man. 美洲狮指的是年纪在三十岁左右的漂亮女人。她具有发展为熟女的潜力。熟女指的是... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Shapewear is simply underwear which is designed to temporarily alter the shape of the wearer's body, typically to flatten their stomach and make them look slimmer and more attractive in the outfit they're wearing over the top. Worn by women, it come... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's enforcers, who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote accor... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Don't you hate it when a nice meal with friends is constantly interrupted by beeping iPhones and Androids? Well, a buzzy new game called The Phone Stack offers an amusing solution. 想跟朋友好好吃顿饭却频繁被手机声打断的时候是不是很烦?现在,有个叫叠... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Thresholder refers to a young person on the threshold of adulthood, especially one who is anxious or depressed about leaving home or taking on adult responsibilities. 门槛者指的是刚跨入成人门槛的年轻人,尤其是那些为离家或开始承担成人义务而感到焦虑或... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as political marriage. I... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Backseat buyer is a person who gets excited over other people's future or current purchases. Backseat buyer enjoys helping other person choose stuff as much as buying something for himself/herself. Usually an enthusiastic shopper for themselves as w... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Husband chair is a chair in a womens' clothes store/department for a guy to sit in and wait while his wife or girlfriend shops. 老公椅是女装店或商场女装部里的椅子,供男士在女友或老婆选购时坐下来一边休息一边等待。 Example: You go ahead and shop. I'll... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 A pet sitter is a contracted service provider who takes care of a pet at its own home. The term comes from baby-sitter. 宠物保姆(pet sitter)指签订了雇佣合同,在宠物家中提供照看服务的人。该词源自于婴儿保姆(baby-sitter)一词。 The professional pet-... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-27 Expiration dating refers to starting a relationship that has a defined end date; for example, one of the people is moving soon. 到期约会指开启一段有截止期的恋情,例如,其中一方不久就要搬走。 Example: I hear you started dating some new girl. Yeah, bu... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Office ghost refers to an employee who maintains a position at a company despite the fact that all of his job duties have been reassigned to other employees. This could be by the ghost's own design or due to restructuring within the department. 办公... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Continuous partial attention (CPA) refers to a state in which most of one's attention is on a primary task, but where one is also monitoring several background tasks just in case something more important or interesting comes up. Continuous partial a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Web shy refers to unwillingness to expose one's thoughts, feelings or identity on the web, knowing that doing so means freaknobs from Baton Rouge to Bangladesh will know everything about you. 网络羞涩指的是不愿在网上透露个人的想法、感受或身份,知道... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Entrepreneur's syndrome refers to a condition in which an entrepreneur believes that only he or she is capable of running the business. 创业家综合征(entrepreneur's syndrome)指创业家认为只有他自己有能力把企业经营好这样一种思维。 The idea of company... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Meatatarian is a person who eats meat virtually to the exclusion of vegetables. It is a reactionary term created in response to vegetarianism. 肉食主义者是专吃肉、不吃蔬菜的人。它是素食主义者的反义词。 Example: Waiter: What can I get you? Mary: A ch... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Toy food is a food dish that comes premeasured and premixed and so requires only a minimal amount of preparation. 玩具食物是用预先切好、拌合好的食材,只需极少准备工作就能制成的一盘食物。 To make toy food, you just need to get a little piece of this,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2014-03-20 Deep bathing refers to bathing with one's body immersed in the water from the neck down. A designer for Kohler says that bathing in giant tubs that allow you to fully immerse yourself provides serenity for the body, mind and soul. 深度沐浴指把脖子以... 阅读全文>> |
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