趣味青春英语电台 第252期:Put a cork in it
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：趣味青春英语
英语课
Idiom:
Put a cork 1 in it ( shut up )
Hit the book:
Outgoing
Shift
Grungy
Minimal 2
Take precedence
Cause
Work ethic 3
Sacrifice
AWOL
Acknowledge
No stranger to hard yakka, he began working at KFC at 14 and put in 30-hour weeks during his senior high school years. Wall moved out of home after graduating and his outgoings during his year doing double shift included rent of $90 a week on a grungy share pad and running costs for the Mazda 121 he bought from his mother for $2000. Social life was minimal—"I didn't party as much as everyone else"—with the greater goal of home ownership at a young age taking precedence.
n.软木，软木塞
- We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
- Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。
adj.尽可能少的，最小的
- They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
- I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。