鯧魚：pomfret
吳郭魚: tilapia
鯖魚: mackerel
紅鯛: red snapper
石斑魚：grouper
旗魚：marlin
海鱸魚: sea bass
河鱸魚: perch
蝶魚: sole (或叫龍利魚)
Showing posts with label 學英文. Show all posts
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Apr 1, 2012
Mar 28, 2012
Word of the Day
小嘍囉: peon /pee on/
車床: lathe
escapade: a wild or exciting adventure, esp one that is mischievous or unlawful; scrape
An adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking.
emu: 食火鳥
numbat: 澳洲一種很兇的小食蟻鼠
車床: lathe
escapade: a wild or exciting adventure, esp one that is mischievous or unlawful; scrape
An adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking.
emu: 食火鳥
numbat: 澳洲一種很兇的小食蟻鼠
Nov 4, 2011
Oct 24, 2011
Word of the Day
sultry: 炙熱的，惹火的
- Ex: sultry queen:
luscious: 可口的, 性感的
人中：philtrum
很普通的，沒什麼特別的：run-of-the-mill
Ex: Don't worry, he's just a run-of-the-mill poker player. You can beat him hands down.
- Ex: sultry queen:
luscious: 可口的, 性感的
人中：philtrum
很普通的，沒什麼特別的：run-of-the-mill
Ex: Don't worry, he's just a run-of-the-mill poker player. You can beat him hands down.
Oct 10, 2011
Word of the Day
- aeon: /'ion/ 永久
Ex: He's been on the news for aeon.
- Gordian Knot = 死結，解不開的難題
- Can you run that by me again? 你可以再講一次嗎？
- 攀關係：to ride one's coattails
Ex: He kept the fact of his famous offspring private from even those closest to him for fear of being perceived as someone seeking to ride their coattails.
- Gordian Knot = 死結，解不開的難題
- Can you run that by me again? 你可以再講一次嗎？
- 攀關係：to ride one's coattails
Ex: He kept the fact of his famous offspring private from even those closest to him for fear of being perceived as someone seeking to ride their coattails.
Sep 11, 2011
Word of the Day
● 12-year-old molar: 大概12歲長得那顆第二大臼齒 ( = second molar)
● primary teeth (baby teeth): 乳牙
● primary teeth (baby teeth): 乳牙
● permanent teeth: 恆齒
● third molar = wisdom tooth
● third molar = wisdom tooth
Aug 6, 2011
Word of the Day
Mack Daddy: the king of pimps, 把妹高手中的高手
loaf around: 打混
Ex: The lazy bum loafed around instead of doing his homework.
pus: 濃汁
A: "Do you know Marc?"
B: "Marc who?"
A: "The Mack Daddy"
B: "Oooh, of course!"
loaf around: 打混
Ex: The lazy bum loafed around instead of doing his homework.
pus: 濃汁
Ex: She thought she was biting into a cheeseburger, but it turned out to be a pus burger.
buji: (slang.)
buji: (slang.)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=buji
Extrasensory perception (ESP): the sixth sense, 第六感
Extrasensory perception (ESP): the sixth sense, 第六感
Jul 20, 2011
Word of the Day
largess: 厚禮
Ex: The tax-payers are living off of the largess of the bank
bone up on sth: to polish or refine one's knowledge, to prepare for a test
Ex: You'll have some time to bone up on the subject
ingrate: 不懂得感謝的人
Ex: F'n ingrate!
tuber: 塊莖
militate: 產生作用, 影響
Ex: The payment of dividends militates against early exercise.
Ex: The tax-payers are living off of the largess of the bank
bone up on sth: to polish or refine one's knowledge, to prepare for a test
Ex: You'll have some time to bone up on the subject
ingrate: 不懂得感謝的人
Ex: F'n ingrate!
tuber: 塊莖
militate: 產生作用, 影響
Ex: The payment of dividends militates against early exercise.
Jul 18, 2011
Word of the Day
metastasize: 轉移
Ex: She has a breast tumor that wasn't spotted until it had metastasized.
pilule: 小丸藥
commando: 突擊隊
Ex: She has a breast tumor that wasn't spotted until it had metastasized.
pilule: 小丸藥
Ex: Want to make your lady happy? Take the magic pilule!
Out of wedlock: Of parents not legally married to each other:
Ex: He was born out of wedlock.Did you get poured on? 你有被雨淋到嗎
Jul 13, 2011
Word of the Day
weasel: 鼬鼠, 狡猾的人
weasel one's way out:
Marc: I don't see how Jordan can possibly weasel his way out of her ultimatum.
President Obama tries to weasel his way out of controversial attack on tea party patriots
full of oneself:
thinking that you are very important in a way that annoys other people
Ex: He seems full of himself
gimp: 瘸子, "掰咖"
one-up: having an advantage (over another): often in the phrase be one-up on
Ex: I'm gonna one up on her.
weasel one's way out:
Marc: I don't see how Jordan can possibly weasel his way out of her ultimatum.
President Obama tries to weasel his way out of controversial attack on tea party patriots
full of oneself:
thinking that you are very important in a way that annoys other people
Ex: He seems full of himself
gimp: 瘸子, "掰咖"
one-up: having an advantage (over another): often in the phrase be one-up on
Ex: I'm gonna one up on her.
Mar 28, 2011
Word of the Day
cut one some slack: = go easy on someone = 不對某人這麼嚴格
Ex: Since you're new here, I'll cut you some slack. But I expect you to know most of it by the end of this week.
他很強喔，不要讓他。He's good, don't go easy on him.
Ex: Since you're new here, I'll cut you some slack. But I expect you to know most of it by the end of this week.
他很強喔，不要讓他。He's good, don't go easy on him.
roll with the punches: to absorb the force of a blow, as in boxing.
Ex: If the ref doesn't call a foul, you gotta play on and just roll with the punches.
Ex: If the ref doesn't call a foul, you gotta play on and just roll with the punches.
fall by the wayside: 被人移忘了，(事情) 後來就沒去做了或沒人理了
Ex: I know if I don't do it now, it'll probably end up falling by the wayside.
Feb 28, 2011
Word of the Day
nonproductive cough: dry cough, 乾咳
A cough that's either dry or does not bring up any mucous.
nether: 下面的, 下方的
Ex: How do you think he would react when someone taps his nether region?
你覺得如果有人碰他下體他會怎麼樣？
chic: (法文) 時髦, 潮, 有型
Ex: A: "You' look pretty chic today." 今天看起來很有型喔！
B: "Duh ! " 當然！(開什麼玩笑！)
A cough that's either dry or does not bring up any mucous.
nether: 下面的, 下方的
Ex: How do you think he would react when someone taps his nether region?
你覺得如果有人碰他下體他會怎麼樣？
chic: (法文) 時髦, 潮, 有型
Ex: A: "You' look pretty chic today." 今天看起來很有型喔！
B: "Duh ! " 當然！(開什麼玩笑！)
Feb 27, 2011
Word of the Day
There's more than one way to skin a cat. :
There's more than one way to do something. 條條大路通羅馬。
There's more than one way to do something. 條條大路通羅馬。
Right up your alley: right in line with your tastes and/or abilities. 「你的菜」
Ex: "Wo, watercress over brown rice--this is right up your alley!" 「哇! 豆苗加糙米, 這根本就是你的菜!」
Ex: "Wo, watercress over brown rice--this is right up your alley!" 「哇! 豆苗加糙米, 這根本就是你的菜!」
cold front: 冷峰
warm front: 暖峰
warm front: 暖峰
occluded front: 滯留風
Ex: An occluded front is represented by a solid line with alternating triangles and circles pointing the direction the front is moving
Ex: An occluded front is represented by a solid line with alternating triangles and circles pointing the direction the front is moving
suicide sprint: 折返跑
Feb 10, 2011
Word of the Day
get posterized: 原意是指被別人在頭上灌籃而成為海報(poster)上被羞辱的人。用法很接近中文講的被"定"了，不一定要用在籃球上。
Ex: A: "Did you just get posterized?"
B: "Totally.That guy has no mercy "
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=posterize
get chewed out: 被臭罵.
Ex: A: "Hey, why the long face?"
B: "Sigh...just got chewed out by my boss."
temperamental: moody, 情緒不穩定
Ex: That guy is way too temperamental to be a good manager.
quizzical:
Ex: A: "I've heard that he's a great consultant."
B: "No way, all he does is sound quizzical on the phone. "
Ex: A: "Did you just get posterized?"
B: "Totally.That guy has no mercy "
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=posterize
get chewed out: 被臭罵.
Ex: A: "Hey, why the long face?"
B: "Sigh...just got chewed out by my boss."
temperamental: moody, 情緒不穩定
Ex: That guy is way too temperamental to be a good manager.
quizzical:
Ex: A: "I've heard that he's a great consultant."
B: "No way, all he does is sound quizzical on the phone. "
Jan 31, 2011
Word of the Day
範圍：purview
Toshiba computers were once the purview of a small, radical fringe of laptop users.
愛挑惕，難取悅：fussy
A: How's your new phone?
B: I'm not fussy. It does its purpose.
出色的：spiffy
The company is not just about spiffy consumer electronics.
Toshiba computers were once the purview of a small, radical fringe of laptop users.
愛挑惕，難取悅：fussy
A: How's your new phone?
B: I'm not fussy. It does its purpose.
出色的：spiffy
The company is not just about spiffy consumer electronics.
Jan 30, 2011
Word of the Day
privy to:有利害關系的, 知道秘密的
They are often privy to private information.
knock-down-drag-out: extremely violent
a knock-down-drag-out affair between the buyers and the sellers
以下是一些用字遣詞非常漂亮的語句，摘錄自一封ESL老師 Stephen Dalton 的信，供大家欣賞：
They are often privy to private information.
knock-down-drag-out: extremely violent
a knock-down-drag-out affair between the buyers and the sellers
以下是一些用字遣詞非常漂亮的語句，摘錄自一封ESL老師 Stephen Dalton 的信，供大家欣賞：
Jan 25, 2011
Word of The Day
Confucian filial piety
foist:(vt.)偷偷插入,使混入,硬賣給
"They don't even choose to be born. It's parents who foist life on their kids, so it's the parents' responsibility to provide for them. Kids don't owe their parents anything." ----- excerpt from"Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior", by Amy Chua
foist:(vt.)偷偷插入,使混入,硬賣給
"They don't even choose to be born. It's parents who foist life on their kids, so it's the parents' responsibility to provide for them. Kids don't owe their parents anything." ----- excerpt from
Jan 23, 2011
Jan 20, 2011
Word of the Day
Electrocardiography: 心電圖. a.k.a. EKG., one of the tests included in a regular physical exam.
PPD test: test for TB (tuberculosis). PPD stands for Purified Protein Derivative
induration:硬化 = your skin after a positive reaction to the PPD test.
PPD test: test for TB (tuberculosis). PPD stands for Purified Protein Derivative
induration:硬化 = your skin after a positive reaction to the PPD test.
Jan 16, 2011
Word of the Day
inguinal: 腹股溝的
cellulitis: 蜂窩性組織炎
Otolaryngology 耳鼻喉科
Ophthalmology 眼科
Gastroenterology 腸胃病科
Nephrology 腎臟科
thoracic 胸的
cellulitis: 蜂窩性組織炎
Otolaryngology 耳鼻喉科
Ophthalmology 眼科
Gastroenterology 腸胃病科
Nephrology 腎臟科
thoracic 胸的
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