一、双十一
- headline 头条
- down coat 羽绒服
- gadgets 小巧的电子产品(如耳机、平板、运动手表等)
- maxout 刷爆卡
- bonanza 赚钱的机会
shopping spree 狂欢 ≈ shopping bonanza - brick and mortar stores 实体店
- shopaholics 购物狂
- retail therapy 不开心时买买买
- eat dirt = broke 吃土
- Generation Z 90后~00后
- millennial 千禧一代,80后~90后
- tech-savvy 技术大咖
- (手机操作)
swip 左右滑动
scroll 上下滑动
tap 点 - logistics 物流
- delivery 派送
- meme 表情包
- live streaming 直播
- live streaming broadcaster = live streamer 主播
- follower 粉丝
- deposit 定金
- pre-sale 预售
- remaining balance 尾款
- pay in installments 分期付款
- down payment 首付
- deals = bargain 折扣品
- impulse buying 冲动购物
- hoard 囤货(囤的货是不需要的)
stock up 囤货(囤的货是需要的) - V neck sweater V领毛衣
round neck 圆领
turtle neck 高领 - slimmer 想要苗条的人
二、疫情
- self-isolation 自我隔离
- lockdown 封城
- domestic trip 国内游
- pandemic 全球流行病
epidemic 区域流行病 - lift restrictions 放开限制
- contrain 控制住
三、其他
- VR = virtual reality
virtually 虚拟的,事实上(这两个意思需要根据语境分辨) - a budding romance 萌芽的恋情
budding 含苞待放 ——> in full bloom 盛放
flowers are in full bloom - aka = also known as
- head 掌管
- post-it 便利贴
- revenue = income from selling food or services
- exclusive report 独家报道
- embrace 接受 + the concept of sth.
- disconnect = different 区别
- take a chance = take risks 冒险
- make a / the difference 有影响
- accumulate wealth / knowledge
- pros and cons 优缺点
- hangry = hungry + angry
四、美食
- muton stew with bread 羊肉泡馍
- chinese hamburger 肉夹馍
- a chef’s signature dish 招牌菜
- hole in the wall restaurants 路边小店
fancy restaurants 高档餐厅 - shrimp dumpling 虾饺
- hot dry noodles 热干面
- sesame 芝麻
- peanuts 花生
- nuts 坚果
- filling馅
- savory 咸的
- sweet and sour 糖醋
- steam buns 蒸的馒头、包子等面食
- stinky tofu 臭豆腐
- cube = dice 丁
- stir-fried egg and tomoto 番茄炒蛋
- all-in-one dish 大杂烩
- a hearty meal 份量大的一餐
- delicate 精致的(份量小的)
- big-plate chicken 大盘鸡
- one can not think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
五、Halloween万圣节
- play pranks = play tricks 恶作剧
- pumkin 南瓜
- caramel 焦糖
- broomstick 扫帚
六、食物的比喻(俚语)
- smart / tough cookie = clever + successfully people
- apples and oranges = different 不同的
- the cream of something = the best people or thing of a group
- butter sb. up = please sb. 讨好,奉承
- use your noodle = use your brain
- as cool as a cucumber 冷静沉着
- food for thought 认真思考
The teacher’s advice give me food for thought. - pice of cake 小菜一碟
- not my cup of tea 不是我的菜
七、时尚
- python headband 蟒蛇头巾
- fashion is not about utility 时尚不是实用
- foster 培养 + an interest in / a sense of
- CK = Calvin Klein
- Chanel 香奈儿