The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Flashcards
The old woman FELL/go OVER without a sound.
跌倒、翻到
She lives ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF the road.
對面
a fetching new hairstyle
髮型、髮式
The CROSS/bad-tempered/ill-tempered little girls of today are the crabby old women of tomorrow!
脾氣暴躁
pajamas
睡衣
mystery novel/detective novel
神秘小說、偵探小說
Lasted APPROXIMATELY an hour (around/or so).
大約、左右、上下、大概
circular/round
圓形的
grab one’s attention
吸引眼球
quotation mark
引號
tights/leotards/pantyhose
褲襪、連褲襪
ankle/ankle joint
腳踝、踝關節
monkey business
胡鬧、惡搞、惡作劇
aftershave/aftershave lotion
鬚後水
The mugger ASSAULTED/attacked the woman.
襲擊
prime number
質數、素數
cardinal number
基數
positive whole number
正整數
an EXTINCT species of fish
滅絕的
Big Bang
宇宙大爆炸
Milky Way (galaxy/system)
銀河(系)
solar system
太陽系
36 is a MULTIPLE of 9.
倍數
formula/expression
公式、表達式
Swiss Army knife
瑞士軍刀
wire stripper
剝皮鉗
toothpick
牙籤
tweezers
鑷子
senile dementia/psychosis
老年痴呆症
cube
立方體
cubic meter
立方米
The melting pot is a METAPHOR for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous.
象徵、隱喻、暗喻
apocryphal
杜撰的、虛構的
simile
明喻
nostrils
鼻孔
corridor
走廊
bosom/breast
胸、乳房、奶子
milkshake
奶昔
lemonade
檸檬汽水
porridge
麥片粥
rhinoceros/rhino
犀牛
diving suit/dress
潛水服
Just sign on the DOTTED LINE.
虛線
Snooker
斯諾克落袋台球
Minesweeper
掃雷艦遊戲
steering wheel
方向盤
flowerpot
花盆
psychiatric/mental hospital
精神病院
observant
觀察敏銳的
The Russians called their ASTRONAUTS cosmonauts.
宇航員
air force
空軍
20/20 vision
正常視力
shopping cart
購物車
QED = quod erat demonstrandum
證明完畢、由此可證
digression
跑題、離題
footnote/footer
腳注
get-well card
慰問卡、安然無恙卡
Stanley knife
斯坦利刀、裁紙刀
aneurysm
動脈瘤
heart attack
心臟病突發
heart muscles
心肌
embolism
血管栓塞
blood clot
血凝塊
blood vessels
血管
aspiring
阿斯匹林
jeans
牛仔褲
spaghetti
義大利麵
tomato sauce
番茄汁
mph = miles per hour
時速英里
the Crusades
十字軍東征
frosted glass
磨砂玻璃
Venezuela
委內瑞拉
Caracas
加拉加斯
padlock
掛鎖、扣鎖
slippers/carpet slippers
拖鞋
spade
鐵鍬
rake
耙子
red herring
障眼法、掩人耳目的把戲、假象
sweatsuit/workout suit
長袖運動裝
gravity
重力、地心引力
black hole
黑洞
electromagnetic waves
電磁波
molecules
分子
cremate
火葬、火化
crematorium/crematory
火葬場
funeral
葬禮、喪禮
Antarctic
南極洲
detection/detective work
偵查
concussion
腦震盪
bracelet
手鐲、臂鐲
He stopped for a moment, collecting his thoughts, before deciding to TRY A DIFFERENT TACK.
改弦易轍、嘗試不同方法
training shoes
訓練鞋、跑鞋
sneakers
帆布膠底運動鞋
New Balance
新百倫(總統慢跑鞋、慢跑鞋之王)
amnesia
失憶症、健忘症
sewer
陰溝、下水道
The illegal immigrants STOWED AWAY on board the freighter.
偷渡
bubonic plague
黑死病、腺鼠疫
a chain of reasoning
推理鏈條
suspect
嫌疑人、嫌犯、懷疑對象
cutlery/eating utensil
餐具
hit the hay/hit the sack/go to bed/go to sleep
就寢、睡覺