时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:弗兰肯斯坦.Frankenstein


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   中国有句成语"削足适履",意思是,因为鞋小脚大,就把脚削去一块来凑合鞋的大小.这个成语往往用来比喻不顾具体条件,生搬硬套.然而,近来在美国,削足适履成为了一种时尚,很多女士因为穿不了漂亮时尚的鞋子,到医院让自己的脚改变形状.


  美国开始流行 削足适履
  Daily Mail: Would you have your toes shortened to fit killer 1 heels? It's agonising - and dangerous, but more and more women are doing it.
  So-called 'Cinderella surgery' is a range of controversial new cosmetic 2 procedures that alter the shape and size of a woman's feet to improve their appearance.
  In recent years these operations — which include shortening or lengthening 3 toes, shaving off excess bone to remove 'unsightly lumps and bumps, and even sucking excess fat from big toes — have become popular in America.

1 killer
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
2 cosmetic
n.化妆品;adj.化妆用的;装门面的;装饰性的
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
3 lengthening
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的现在分词 ); 加长
  • The evening shadows were lengthening. 残阳下的影子越拉越长。
  • The shadows are lengthening for me. 我的影子越来越长了。 来自演讲部分
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ADIH
alphabetic telegram
alpine strawberry
ankersmit
anomal-
anterior pituitary gonadotrophin
arabidopsis lyratas
arms backward lift
arsenous acid anhydride
bad lot
barium enemator
blendent
blood-activating drug
breunig
Bruins
Calciobiotite
cape winter
caradons
clean up your act
cobbling
conditional independence graph
contactor density
craker
crystallosicope
cuparenone
curtains
cytometopus
decimal coefficient of absorption
decreasingly
demess
diazides
Dick Tracy
dimension size
dodecaedron
domestic population
Donovans Corner
eletronic oxytocic apparatus
enamcl bud
ethionamides
exhaust gas nozzle
free evaluation of the evidence
Galfan
gasket
girardelli
gulped down
gynecology of TCM
hadars
Harrower-Erickson tests
holy bark
hydroxyamino-norleucine
incision of scalp
indirectly heated thermister
indium arsenide
keiun
lactoproteinotherapy
latirus polygonus
lazyback
lithopedian
lowest tone
magastromancy
middlefield
Mlicrococcus acidi lactis
molded epoxy insulated coil
monophthongise
mpa (modulated pulse amplifier)
N-bromoacetamide
new-mercantilism
non-constant cost
not long
oeillet
of unsound mind
officered
Okawe
optically tracked
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oxalyl-urea
Palmarola, I.
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phylic
podsolisation
programmed amplifier
pulsimeters
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radial chromatic displacement
raghu
reduced cycle matrix
rounded bottom
senior certificate
single ingot pit
space detector
sthreal
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tax on gifts
through and through
trimodular
twillies
undisclose
uninerviate
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