音标:['bʌstə] ;
n. 起破坏, 制止作用的人或物;庞然大物;非凡的人或物;小鬼, 小家伙;茁壮的孩子
n. an informal form of address for a man
n. a robust child
n. a person who breaks horses

今天我们要讲的第一个习惯用语是:bait and switch。Bait就是钓鱼时用的鱼饵,或者是一种引诱。在这个习惯用语里,bait就是引诱一个顾客上圈套,付高价来买不值这个价钱的东西。Switch就是很快

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(182) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

BBC Learning English 6 Minute English Jargon Busters Yvonne: Hello, this is '6 minute English' - I'm Yvonne Archer William: And I'm William Kremer. Hello! Yvonne: Thanks for joining me, William! Now today, we're going to do a bit of glossing, play i

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

Who You Gonna Call? OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Let's meet our next two contestants. First up, Josh Polenberg. You're a grant manager at Pfizer and you're obsessed with board games. JOSH POLENBERG: I am... EISENBERG: ...Obsessed. OK, what is a board game

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In the kitchen yesterday, I was considering all of the language that we are exposed to around the house. Containers of food and cleaning fluids can all teach us a lot of a new language. Even some small appliances often have instructions of some kind

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English
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ternatus
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Your guess is as good as mine.
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